A story for Halloween

In celebration of Halloween, I offer you this story by the late Kurt Vonnegut, published by the LA Times for the first time (and forthcoming in a new book from Delacorte Press).

“Look at the Birdie” is just what we might expect of Vonnegut: it’s bizarre and brilliant — and with such lines as “she was…watching us with the harrowing cuteness of schizophrenia,” you won’t be able to stop reading (and you may be looking over your shoulder for the rest of the day, too).

(Writers: Check out Vonnegut’s eight rules for writing.)

Happy Halloween.