Jason R. Simon
@amancalledj.bsky.social
Teacher and writer based in Northeast Ohio, USA. Former expat. Aspiring luddite. Nonpartisan. Gustatory learner. Pilot G2 Pens Distinguished Educator. https://linktr.ee/amancalledj
My favorite books of 2025
Fiction: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Nonfiction: The CIA Book Club by Charlie English
Fiction: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Nonfiction: The CIA Book Club by Charlie English
December 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My favorite books of 2025
Fiction: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Nonfiction: The CIA Book Club by Charlie English
Fiction: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Nonfiction: The CIA Book Club by Charlie English
Here's a list I put together of some of the media I liked and consumed this year. open.substack.com/pub/workingc...
Best of 2025: Out-of-Touch Middle-Aged Guy Edition
It’s natural for most people to reach an age at which pop culture fails to hold much appeal.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Here's a list I put together of some of the media I liked and consumed this year. open.substack.com/pub/workingc...
Check out #GoodreadsYearinBooks @goodreads to discover the 57 books I read in 2025! www.goodreads.com/user/year_in...
Goodreads 2025 Year in Books
Check out My 2025 Year in Books on Goodreads!
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December 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Check out #GoodreadsYearinBooks @goodreads to discover the 57 books I read in 2025! www.goodreads.com/user/year_in...
At home, drinking Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout after a Christmas party.
December 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
At home, drinking Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout after a Christmas party.
Preparing the mix for this year's #Christmas cocktail: classic hot buttered rum.
December 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Preparing the mix for this year's #Christmas cocktail: classic hot buttered rum.
Here's a brand new holiday-themed short story I wrote. God Jul! #shortstory #literature #holiday open.substack.com/pub/allperso...
Winter Warmer
Stepping out of the howling wind and snow and into the doorway of the nearby pub, the unaccompanied man first removed his knitted hat and gloves and then unbuttoned his wool parka to reacclimate to th...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Here's a brand new holiday-themed short story I wrote. God Jul! #shortstory #literature #holiday open.substack.com/pub/allperso...
Deck the Hall at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Akron, Ohio)
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Deck the Hall at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (Akron, Ohio)
Getting festive
November 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Getting festive
Reposted by Jason R. Simon
this book, NORTH SUN or The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther by Ethan Rutherford, is very good and weird.
I would be happy to see it win the National Book Award for Fiction this year.
I would be happy to see it win the National Book Award for Fiction this year.
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
this book, NORTH SUN or The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther by Ethan Rutherford, is very good and weird.
I would be happy to see it win the National Book Award for Fiction this year.
I would be happy to see it win the National Book Award for Fiction this year.
Here’s a new story I wrote. Note: there’s stuff here about kids and school and violence here. Consider the whole thing a trigger warning, literally and figuratively. #shortstory #fiction #literature allpersonsfictitious.substack.com/p/shelter-in...
Shelter in Place
Hurston writes, “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” Sitting there that day, 365 days beyond the tragedy, we weren’t exactly sure which of these it had been, only that it was a ...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Here’s a new story I wrote. Note: there’s stuff here about kids and school and violence here. Consider the whole thing a trigger warning, literally and figuratively. #shortstory #fiction #literature allpersonsfictitious.substack.com/p/shelter-in...
Thankful for NM editions of albums from 1987 available on Discogs for 20-some dollars.
Today’s #Thanksgiving listening.
Today’s #Thanksgiving listening.
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thankful for NM editions of albums from 1987 available on Discogs for 20-some dollars.
Today’s #Thanksgiving listening.
Today’s #Thanksgiving listening.
Here’s a very short and previously unpublished story I wrote back in 2021 #shortstory #fiction #literature substack.com/home/post/p-...
Title Withheld
From a young age, we were taught never to utter the words.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Here’s a very short and previously unpublished story I wrote back in 2021 #shortstory #fiction #literature substack.com/home/post/p-...
Enjoying this: Swearing at Motorists' first album since 2014. They're a Hamburg, Germany-based lo-fi indie rock band originally from Dayton, Ohio, who, as the title indicates, have been at it for 31 years.
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Enjoying this: Swearing at Motorists' first album since 2014. They're a Hamburg, Germany-based lo-fi indie rock band originally from Dayton, Ohio, who, as the title indicates, have been at it for 31 years.
Here’s a new story just before Halloween. Some of it is autobiographical, but I’ve, of course, taken some liberties. Hope you all enjoy it. #shortstory #horror #fiction open.substack.com/pub/allperso...
Nemesis
Uncle Doug died in June in his old, trusty recliner with an open book on his lap and a rocks glass of bourbon on his side table.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Here’s a new story just before Halloween. Some of it is autobiographical, but I’ve, of course, taken some liberties. Hope you all enjoy it. #shortstory #horror #fiction open.substack.com/pub/allperso...