A Fool’s Cap and a Plate of Ice Cream By Peter Newell and Sara Clemens • May 11th, 2022 Better a witty fool than a foolish wit!
The Mary Celeste By Deirdre Coyle • May 10th, 2022 I watched the 1935 thriller The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (released in the U.S. as Phantom Ship). I took notes while watching, which include helpful annotations like “what is even happening” and “yikes this is racist.”
The Mysteries of Motorsport By Ben Sailer • May 6th, 2022 A melon farmer accidentally falls into a time warp and is commissioned to produce words on a popular videogame by the insatiable content overlords of Unwinnable Monthly LLC.
Boston is Burning! By Justin Reeve • May 5th, 2022 Many of the structures were too tall to reach by fire ladder and there wasn’t enough water pressure in the fire hoses to put out the flames on some of the rooftops.
As the Sea-Gull Flies By Emily Price • May 4th, 2022 The success of the Met in the last few months has inspired a new museum that has opened in our very own South Brooklyn: The Sea-Gull Gallery, a two-story establishment not five blocks from our offices.
Casting Deep Meteo Kings of the Cable: The British Chess Association Festival of 1872 By Levi Rubeck • May 3rd, 2022 With more players gaining proficiency with pawns and rooks and bishops by the day, a hunger has emerged – the people cry out for more games, more analysis and more rivalry!
Meet the Met! By Matt Marrone • April 29th, 2022 While no one would mistake the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a restaurant or trading post, its moniker lacks a certain. . . flair.
We Should Pay Attention to Germ Theory! By Rob Rich • April 28th, 2022 Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch have an interesting theory about sickness, and we should start paying attention.
A Near Miss for International Communication and Progress! By Phoenix Simms • April 27th, 2022 We have never been more aware that a man is a social creature and part of a very large web of interconnections in this world!
Sigurd Springer’s Music Box By Noah Springer • April 26th, 2022 In correspondence from a temporarily quiet battlefield, Private First Class Sigurd Springer writes on the premier melodians of 1872.
More Like Gilga-meh! By Stu Horvath • April 21st, 2022 This supposed epic, this paradigm-shifting piece of literature, is just another flood myth! Do you know how many flood myths we already have lying around?
Letter from the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – April 1872 By David Shimomura • April 15th, 2022 A trip down memory lane for this special milestone!
