Each month, we bring together authors, bloggers, comedians, and performers to share fiction and nonfiction stories involving a theme object that could be found in a lost and found box. We’ve featured burlesque stars, magicians, Moth Grand Slam winners, actors, someone’s mom, and a ukulele player.
 
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Jacob Tomsky is a dedicated veteran of the hospitality business, the bestselling author of Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality, and the founder and president of Short Story Thursdays, a weekly, email-based short story organization. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Time magazine among other outlets. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
 
Jacob Tomsky official site
@jacobtomsky

J.D. Oxblood is co-founder Burlesque Beat and an ongoing contributor. He has covered the New York Burlesque Festival and Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas for many years running, and has worked as far afield as the legendary MoMs Ball in New Orleans and the Calypso Cabaret in Bangkok. His burlesque writing has also been seen in Burlesque Magazine, 21st Century Burlesque and Zelda. His academic critique of Sleep No More was published by Borrowers & Lenders, and he contributes regularly to New York Magazine’s Bedford + Bowery.
 
Burlesque Beat official site
@jdoxblood

Erica is an actress and comedic/fiction writer. She performs improv regularly with several indie teams in venues around New York City, including Under St. Mark’s and People’s Improv Theater. Her teams “The Picklebacks” and “Open Relationship” host monthly shows in Chelsea. You can find her sketches and song parodies on her YouTube channel or on the Miss Pleasers youtube channel.
 
Erica Hernandez official site
@Ericuddy

Mark Pagán official site | Mark Pagán on Twitter | Mark Pagán on Instagram

Mark Pagán is an award-winning filmmaker, podcast producer, writer, and educator. His work and performances have been shown at festivals and shows worldwide including Slamdance Film Festival, Arizona International Film Festival, Panoply’s Family Ghosts, North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, Charleston Comedy Festival, RISK!, The Moth, and Story Collider. He currently produces and hosts the award-winning podcast, Other Men Need Help.

Daniel is a writer of surreal fiction, essays, and film reviews. His work has appeared in the New York Press, Cinespect, the L Magazine, and Rio Grande Review. He has performed at such venues as The Slipper Room, Cornelia Street Cafe, KGB Bar, The Bell House, and the Bowery Poetry Club.
 
@mynameisguzman