Essay

Issue 2

What More Do You Want?

Bystander #2 Publisher's Letter

,   and  Michael Gerber

April 7, 2025

Issue 1

Notes from “Janitorgod”

“It’ll be the end of everything.” “Exactly,” he suddenly smiles.

,   and  Dennis Perrin

April 7, 2025

Essay

Back Just in Time for...This

Sometimes not knowing the future is better.

,   and  Michael Gerber

February 24, 2025

Essay

The Greatest Story Never Told, Part One

A brief excerpt from my never-to-be-finished (?) memoir

,   and  Michael Gerber

October 2, 2024

Essay

One Monday In October

Days like today always make me think of it.

,   and  Michael Gerber

August 7, 2024

Essay

Memoir Excerpt: Trial by Fire(work)

Just in time for the Fourth of July!

,   and  Michael Gerber

July 3, 2024

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East Coast Travel Notebook #2

The co-conspirators meet again.

,   and  Michael Gerber

April 21, 2024

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East Coast Travel Notebook #1

My trip East to SAVE BYSTANDER (and also drink some really astounding wine) (and also...)

,   and  Michael Gerber

April 15, 2024

Essay

Notes from a Zygote

From 54 to a single celled organism in just one week!

,   and  Michael Gerber

March 28, 2024

Essay

This column is not about Flaco the Owl

There are too many of those already

,   and  Michael Gerber

February 26, 2024

Essay

The Bystander is back

And I'm PISSED

,   and  Michael Gerber

February 24, 2024

Essay

The Heiress

Sometimes they don't. But I still like it, so here you go.

,   and  Michael Gerber

January 23, 2024

Essay

Joy Among the Tombstones

I was an odd 21-year-old, but I had a certain Mystique.

,   and  Michael Gerber

December 15, 2023

Essay

Tomorrow Never Knows

A memo from the trenches

,   and  Michael Gerber

August 4, 2023

Essay

The Recipe That Saved My Life

For some people, it's a DJ. For me, it was Vincent Price.

,   and  Michael Gerber

June 30, 2023

Travel

How Low Can You Sink?

MIKE REISS takes a submersible to the RMS Titanic.

,   and  Mike Reiss

June 19, 2023