Ben Loory's fables and tales have appeared in The New Yorker, Gargoyle, and The Antioch Review, and been heard on NPR's This American Life and live at Selected Shorts. His book Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day (Penguin, 2011) was a selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program, and contained the story "The TV," which was listed as a Distinguished Story of the Year in The Best American Short Stories 2011.