posted on: 9 September 2025
The September 2025 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: Why do we prefer to believe a lie rather than the truth?
posted on: 12 August 2025
The August 2025 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: the redemptive arc.
posted on: 8 July 2025
The July 2025 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: when good people do bad things.
posted on: 10 June 2025
The June 2025 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: it’s all about the questions you ask.
posted on: 13 May 2025
The May 2025 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: only watch the third episode.
posted on: 8 April 2025
The April 2025 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: moral hazard.
posted on: 11 March 2025
The March 2025 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: twenty-first century fortune seeking.
posted on: 11 February 2025
The February 2025 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: a razor that doesn’t cut.
posted on: 14 January 2025
The January 2025 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: the coming of middle age.
posted on: 10 December 2024
The December 2024 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: you don’t know the whole story.
posted on: 12 November 2024
The November 2024 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: does death matter in fiction?
posted on: 8 October 2024
The October 2024 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: actions speak louder—what people are really saying.
posted on: 10 September 2024
The September 2024 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: no one believes in coincidences.
posted on: 13 August 2024
The August 2024 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: the truth you want to believe.
posted on: 9 July 2024
The July 2024 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: a complete story in a few words.
posted on: 11 June 2024
The June 2024 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: the monster within.
posted on: 14 May 2024
The May 2024 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: freelance spies and corporate armies.
posted on: 9 April 2024
The April 2024 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: espionage in the 2020s.
posted on: 12 March 2024
The March 2024 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: every story starts twice.
posted on: 13 February 2024
The February 2024 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: nobody talks, but everybody whispers.
posted on: 9 January 2024
The January 2024 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: could modern medicine lead to a dystopian future?
posted on: 12 December 2023
The December 2023 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: characters and stakes.
posted on: 14 November 2023
The November 2023 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
posted on: 10 October 2023
The October 2023 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: measuring inputs rather than outputs.
posted on: 12 September 2023
The September 2023 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: Policing in the Punjab.
posted on: 8 August 2023
The August 2023 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: what if a falsehood were true?
posted on: 11 July 2023
The July 2023 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: how to know when a character on TV or in a movie is about to die.
posted on: 13 June 2023
The June 2023 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: fixing the leaks.
posted on: 9 May 2023
The May 2023 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: a story in six words.
posted on: 11 April 2023
The April 2023 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: This is the Night They Come for You.
posted on: 14 March 2023
The March 2023 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: a Welsh heist.
posted on: 14 February 2023
The February 2023 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: will we read a novel written by a computer in 2023?
posted on: 10 January 2023
The January 2023 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: not in chronological order.
posted on: 13 December 2022
The December 2022 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: I’d like to introduce you to two new characters.
posted on: 8 November 2022
The November 2022 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: did you know the price you pay is optional?
posted on: 11 October 2022
The October 2022 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: what is a clipboard manager, and why might one be useful for you?
posted on: 13 September 2022
The September 2022 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: the cons we want to believe.
posted on: 9 August 2022
The August 2022 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: the best film score, ever.
posted on: 12 July 2022
The July 2022 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: a look at film noir—where it started, and how we feel its influence in movies and novels
posted on: 14 June 2022
The June 2022 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: We Own This City.
posted on: 10 May 2022
The May 2022 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: Can’t change the facts… Maybe you can change the context?
posted on: 12 April 2022
The April 2022 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: Wronged? Vengeful? Want to criticize?
posted on: 8 March 2022
The March 2022 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: Is it a crime to break the rules for crime fiction?
posted on: 8 February 2022
The February 2022 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: have you caught the Wordle bug yet?
posted on: 11 January 2022
The January 2022 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: why do we make changes?
posted on: 14 December 2021
The December 2021 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: have you watched Showtrial?
posted on: 9 November 2021
The November 2021 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: what notions will become so obsolete that they make no sense to future readers.
posted on: 12 October 2021
The October 2021 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: let me make the case for rereading books.
posted on: 14 September 2021
The September 2021 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: different ways to tell stories.
posted on: 10 August 2021
The August 2021 edition of Simon Says, my readers’ group communiqué, is out today.
In this month’s edition: avoiding online surveillance.