About this Substack
This is a place for my shorter writing—stories, personal essays, and humor pieces.
I also run a weekly feature, One Good Paragraph, where I highlight a passage from something I’ve been reading that, for its beauty, brilliance, or boldness (often all three), feels worth sharing.
I’m the author of the novella A Familiar Beast and the story collection How to Get into Our House and Where We Keep the Money.
In my day job, I’m the editorial director of The Next Big Idea Club and the creator of Author Insider, a Substack about the business of writing, where I share interviews, insights, and tactics for authors.
Thanks for joining me.
—Panio Gianopoulos
