Mostly True Stories

91 stories by Dave Balter · a new one every Tuesday

• Monsters are ComingOctober 20, 2026 · Everyday Life
• How to Pitch Your Startup to InvestorsOctober 13, 2026 · Work & Money
• The Sound of AI ClappingOctober 6, 2026 · Everyday Life
• Our Flat TiresSeptember 29, 2026 · Everyday Life
• Dear Nail Biters Anonymous,September 22, 2026 · Everyday Life
• Memories of MoneySeptember 15, 2026 · Love & Family
• Pictures, in 1,000 WordsSeptember 8, 2026 · Everyday Life
• Only Way OutSeptember 1, 2026 · Identity & Belonging
• The Black BatAugust 25, 2026 · Identity & Belonging
• Beetle BaggedAugust 18, 2026 · Everyday Life
• So Pitch Black It's Almost PurpleAugust 11, 2026 · Everyday Life
• UncleAugust 4, 2026 · Love & Family
• I'm No Lion. I've Got a Tail.July 28, 2026 · Identity & Belonging
• Verdie the BirdieJuly 21, 2026 · Grief & Loss
• Corporate Drinking ResponsibilitiesJuly 14, 2026 · Vices
• The Manufacturing of GooseJuly 7, 2026 · Music
• Twin Balls DoctoringJune 30, 2026 · Everyday Life
• Look!June 23, 2026 · Love & Family
• The Sport of the Common ManJune 16, 2026 · Everyday Life
• Ween: A Confliction of BrownsJune 9, 2026 · Music
• Eras of Assistance Part III: KateJune 2, 2026 · Work & Money
• Literary Devices, Deploy'dMay 26, 2026 · Writing
• The Impossible WhyMay 19, 2026 · Grief & Loss
• StoneMay 12, 2026 · Writing
• Nitrous, It's a GasMay 5, 2026 · Vices
• The Dog is Where Your Mystic LivesApril 28, 2026 · Love & Family
• Why is it you can blow leaves but they can never blow you?April 21, 2026 · Love & Family
• Sleep TalkingApril 14, 2026 · Everyday Life
• The Harvester & the MissApril 7, 2026 · Music
• Your Ball, My ProblemMarch 31, 2026 · Everyday Life
• 1 + 1 + 1 = 3March 24, 2026 · Love & Family
• On the Proper Hosting of a GanjaramaMarch 17, 2026 · Vices
• Jew to JewMarch 10, 2026 · Identity & Belonging
• Tour is Adventure (Tour Part III)March 3, 2026 · Music
• The HandFebruary 24, 2026 · Love & Family
• Sunday Edition Review: InvisibleFebruary 17, 2026 · Everyday Life
• InvisibleFebruary 10, 2026 · Everyday Life
• The Storyer of Smarterer (part VII, final chapter)February 3, 2026 · Work & Money
• The Storyer of Smarterer (Part VI)January 27, 2026 · Work & Money
• The Storyer of Smarterer (Part V)January 13, 2026 · Work & Money
• The Pool GuyJanuary 6, 2026 · Everyday Life
• The Storyer of Smarterer (Part IV)December 30, 2025 · Work & Money
• The Storyer of Smarterer (Part III)December 23, 2025 · Work & Money
• Eggy @ Toad'sDecember 16, 2025 · Music
• The Storyer of Smarterer (Part II)December 9, 2025 · Work & Money
• The Storyer of Smarterer (Part I)December 1, 2025 · Work & Money
• Guyute: The Ugly PigNovember 25, 2025 · Music
• A minor in memoriesNovember 18, 2025 · Writing
• Selling BzzAgentNovember 11, 2025 · Work & Money
• MarufNovember 4, 2025 · Everyday Life
• The Cosmic Wallet of The Twelve TribesOctober 27, 2025 · Music
• Sixteen Lessons on Leadership, with Eskanley DupitraOctober 14, 2025 · Work & Money
• So Long, DadOctober 7, 2025 · Grief & Loss
• Sometimes a Money Shot is Just a Money ShotSeptember 30, 2025 · Work & Money
• HospiceSeptember 23, 2025 · Grief & Loss
• My Friend Kevin Was Once Hit By a BusSeptember 18, 2025 · Everyday Life
• The MachineSeptember 16, 2025 · Identity & Belonging
• Tape DubsSeptember 9, 2025 · Music
• Let Go, DadSeptember 2, 2025 · Grief & Loss
• When You Cry, I Get AngryAugust 26, 2025 · Everyday Life
• Deer Dog DeerAugust 19, 2025 · Everyday Life
• Sparking Experiences of JoyAugust 12, 2025 · Music
• Tour is HardJuly 29, 2025 · Music
• I ❤️ TourJuly 22, 2025 · Music
• Pot Brownies for The EmployeesJune 3, 2025 · Vices
• A Lesson in AssholeryMay 20, 2025 · Everyday Life
• The Psyche of the Men's HaircutMay 20, 2025 · Everyday Life
• What Happened with Intelligent.ly?April 22, 2025 · Work & Money
• The Founding of The Flipside, IVApril 15, 2025 · Work & Money
• One might tailgate a grannyJanuary 28, 2025 · Everyday Life
• 1/25/25: The Writing is The SabbaticalJanuary 25, 2025 · Writing
• Sometimes I dream I'm biting down on tinfoilJanuary 19, 2025 · Everyday Life
• Eggy F√cksJanuary 13, 2025 · Music
• Hot and Sour SoupJanuary 13, 2025 · Music
• Your Stay at an All-Inclusive Mindfulness Luxury ResortJanuary 12, 2025 · Everyday Life
• Eggy At The Edge of SeventeenJanuary 12, 2025 · Music
• My BaggpakJanuary 10, 2025 · Everyday Life
• The WeedJanuary 8, 2025 · Everyday Life
• Boston Crime StoriesJanuary 7, 2025 · Work & Money
• How Does One Write for a Band, Really?January 3, 2025 · Music
• My Dear Fellow PassengerDecember 31, 2024 · Everyday Life
• I Read Miranda July's All Fours and I'm a ManDecember 31, 2024 · Identity & Belonging
• How to Lose WeightDecember 29, 2024 · Everyday Life
• John ButmanDecember 29, 2024 · Grief & Loss
• Eras of Assistance, Part IDecember 29, 2024 · Work & Money
• 12/26/24: The Three Phases of SleepDecember 26, 2024 · Grief & Loss
• 12/18/24 Dear Leadership,December 18, 2024 · Work & Money
• Eggy, Dripping RizzOctober 30, 2024 · Music
• You. You Are a PariahOctober 25, 2024 · Work & Money
• How To Deliver a SpeechOctober 4, 2024 · Work & Money
• Note to Flipside: A Typo Billows Black SmokeDecember 22, 2023 · Work & Money