I was the winner of the first round of semifinals (“a short fiction Thunderdome,” “American Idol-style live readings, wherein selected submitters read in front of a panel of judges (led as always by the New Yorker‘s Ben Greenman), competing for their affections, cash, and a place in the L’s annual Summer Fiction Issue”), so if you’re in New York City you should definitely come hear me read my short-short “Men Kill Things.”