I started writing about Andre 3000’s courageous new music project New Blue Sun, but ended up with a year-in-review piece for The Prompt. Links galore!

You play Mambo No. 5 one time and Spotify is like “Your number one artist this year is Lou Bega. We told him you want to meet him” & more dirty secrets

The intimate, awkwardly close relationship of two strangers who pass each other on the street. Try not to look. Try not to engage. Try not to judge.

A teenage boy. His pet dog. A final trip to the vet.

When it’s the prosecutor’s birthday, should the defense attorney partake of the celebratory cupcakes? A snap judgment, and (dis)order in the courtroom.

Reg and Shan have been living in sin, as the old prudes might say. What resentment lies with them on the couch, in the bed, in their hearts and minds?

When a new resident moves into the recycling bin, he finds the current residents are not so happy about his arrival. A cruel reminder that not everyone belongs.

Writers have strong opinions about punctuation, and we at The Prompt are no exception. So we asked our team to share their favorite.

There are no instructions for when you feel disoriented. But once you find out where the ground is, you can find your way back up again.