1/11 — “P.A.L.A.D.I.N.” by Jeff Chon
from This is the Afterlife, originally published in The North American Review
The collection opens with this story about a community burning metal records because they're "devil's music," and features a Kurt Loder cameo or two. Incredibly up my alley. It so perfectly captures that moral panic of a community responding to a local crisis that is getting blamed on pop culture.








