HUMOR

Why Didn’t You Tell Us You Were Beautiful?

A story of regret

Daniel Williams
8 min readDec 24, 2022

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In seventh grade we had a long-term substitute teacher who was a hunchback. That’s the word we used. Being seventh graders, we liked our words from the 18th century, especially if this added that special punch of cruelty.

I’ve been a sub. It’s a tough job even with the best of spines. Even if you’ve…

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Daniel Williams

A poverty-stricken, soft Batman by night. Illustrator and writing teacher by day. Previously: McSweeney’s, Slackjaw.