Free nerd
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff It’s no secret that I’m a nerd. I’ve waxed poetic about The Lord of the Rings and Star Trek enough in these pages for the average reader to pick...
Category: Random Digital Madness
208 Fiction results for 2025
Here we present the winners of the fourth annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration by a panel...
Cruel party
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Of all the self-immolations in modern politics, Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem takes the cake. Or should I say dog treat? Noem is a firebrand acolyte of former-President...
On this day… in 2063
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff When the clock strikes midnight on April 5, Earth will be 39 years away from humanity’s first official contact with an alien race — at least, according to Star...
The Dude abides
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It might just be my opinion, man, but The Big Lebowski could, quite possibly, be the perfect movie. If not, it is certainly among the most quotable. The Panida...
Erin go craic
By Ben Olson Reader Staff At one point in history, slang was regarded as the vocabulary of disreputable people, with those in high society refraining from such low speech. Today, everyone from street urchins...
Mother, daughter, temptress, victim
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff A writer, essayist, poet and professor at the University of Puget Sound, where I earned my English degree, gave an insightful lecture on representation and the nature of good...
Cursing Chaucer’s name
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Modern, commodified celebrations of Valentine’s Day are equally loathed and adored by couples, bachelors and bachelorettes alike. Anyone who finds themselves resisting the desire to decapitate the giant teddy...
208 Fiction competition results
Welcome to the third annual Sandpoint Reader 208 Fiction contest, in which we invited any and all writers to submit a work of fiction totaling exactly 208 words for consideration by a panel of...
2024 year in preview
By Reader Staff We don’t want some of this to come true, nor do we wish to give anyone any ideas, but as is our custom, the Reader staff presents its annual list of...
