by Seth Fried…

“In the seventh grade, I starred in a play written by my school’s gym teacher. That year, Mr. Whitley had bullied the school board into letting him teach a section of drama so that they would be forced to raise his salary on a technicality.”

Read the whole frog-eating story at the Barcelona Review…

Seth Fried is 29 years old.  His stories have appeared in numerous publications, including Tin House, One Story, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review, and Vice. His short story collection, The Great Frustration, was released last year by Soft Skull Press. Sethfried.com