Email Author Ariel Swartley

2000 Stories by Ariel Swartley

• Blood Sacrifice

  published October 19, 2000

  Ah, family values. Somehow an engagement is never so official, turning 75 nowhere near such an achievement, the reunion not anything like as... More >>

• Life Is Sweet

  published September 7, 2000

  At about the same moment that gray was becoming the new black -- though with far less fanfare -- caramel was becoming the new chocolate. It was... More >>

• True Quest

  published August 10, 2000

  Like fishermen, writers and scholars are highly susceptible to the belief that something really huge -- call it a meta-fish -- is lurking out... More >>

• The Green Stuff

  published June 22, 2000

  www.timbiskup.com With the shape of a mule’s ear and crinkles worthy of an elephant‘s hide, the dusky blue-black... More >>

• The Chai Life

  published April 20, 2000

  The designated brew person at the Los Feliz Coffee Bean bobbed his head and timed his stirring to a ska beat. ”Chai?“ He caught my eye a... More >>

• Scars of Sweet Paradise

  published March 9, 2000

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• Boho

  published March 9, 2000

  Illustration by Hadley Hooper There may be no truer test of New York Times rock critic Ann Powers’ ability to engage a reader than t... More >>