Author: Robin Becker

  • The Ultimate by Robin Becker

    At an amusement park in a dystopian future, Miss Polly holds a spot in line for a terminally ill customer: I’m a line-sit for the Ultimate Roller Coaster. At first, I thought the job would be depressing, everyone standing in line waiting to ride-n-die, but what I do is altruistic. I’m helping my clients out,…

  • An Open Letter to the Better Robin Becker by Robin Becker

    This is a fun one: a letter from the author to her more famous namesake. You teach at Penn State and I notice you’ve added your middle name to your online university bio. Does that mean you think about me? Want to distinguish yourself from me, the other Robin Becker?

  • The Stranger by Robin Becker

    I was halfway through reading the interview with when I realized that the original story is labelled Nonfiction. It’s a barnburner, and the tension keeps rising with every paragraph.