Ellie Powell

Ellie Powell is an editor for House House Magazine. Her writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, On the Rag, The Harvard Advocate, and the Qutub Minar Review, among other publications. She owns an Alaskan Malamute named F. Scott Fitzgerald and another dog named Boo.

TWO SHORT PIECES by Ellie Powell

October 9, 2025 · Fiction

In which Kazuo Ishiguro runs a dating hotline on the radio like in Sleepless in Seattle

MEHello? KAZUO ISHIGUROHello, you’ve reached the Kazuo Ishiguro Dating Hotline. My name is Kazuo Ishiguro. How can I help you tonight? MEOh, wow. I didn’t think you’d actually pick up. I’m Ellie. I loved The Buried Giant. KAZUO ISHIGUROEveryone loves The Buried Giant. We’ll see what Guillermo does with it. Are you dating, Ellie? MENo, but it’s all a bit more complicated than that, don’t you think? KAZUO ISHIGURONo, not really. KAZUO ISHIGURO hangs up the phone. It’s a really bad dating hotline.It’s a pretty good dating hotline.

In which Statler and Waldorf review Bridge Over Troubled Water

STATLERMore like “So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong”! WALDORFWhere is this bridge over troubled water? I’d like to jump off it!They laugh. STATLERThe only living boy in New York? Not after I get my hands on you! WALDORF“Why Don’t You Write Me”? Why don’t you write some better songs! STATLER“I’m begging you please” to stop singing!They laugh. The air feels tight.

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