Main fiction: “Not Responsible! Park and Lock It!” by John Kessel
Born in Buffalo, NY, novelist and story writer John Kessel is emeritus professor of literature and creative writing at North Carolina State University, where he taught courses on literature and creative writing and helped found the MFA program in creative writing.
His fiction has received the Theodore Sturgeon, Locus, James Tiptree Jr./Otherwise, Ignotus, and Shirley Jackson awards, and twice received the Nebula award. The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel, was published in 2022, and his The Presidential Papers appeared in PM Press’s Outspoken Authors series in 2024.
He lives with his wife, the novelist Therese Anne Fowler, in Raleigh.
This story originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sept 1981.
Narrated by: Will Stagl
Will Stagl lives in his adopted home of Tucson Arizona where he is a creative professional by day and proudly recruits talented voice actors for StarShipSofa whenever duty calls. He shares a birthday with Mark Twain, Billy Idol and Winston Churchill, who will all be raising a pint together at the end of this month in celebration.
Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis
