Simon Rich

An American Pickle

An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving relative is his great grandson, a computer coder who he can’t connect with.

Everyday Parenting Tips

A father offers advice on what to say when their child says they believe a monster lurks under the bed — at a time when an ongoing monster uprising is actually happening in the world.

Stage 13

A struggling film director meets the ghost of a silent-era actress who has haunted a soundstage on the studio backlot for decades. The two find an unexpected kinship and team up to make their mark on the world.