Lost Boy

by Ben Tanzer

Dude, look at this mess, leaves all over the place and beer bottles everywhere, a used condom. So fucked-up bro, and not cool, so not cool, who treats a grave like this? It’s like a desecration or whatever. Anyway, I will make sure someone starts taking care of this, soon, promise."Lost Boy" is a part of I Am, a story collection by Ben Tanzer due in 2014 from Artistically Declined Press.

8 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 11, 2013

About the author

Emmy-award winner Ben Tanzer's acclaimed work includes the short story collection UPSTATE, the science fiction novel Orphans and the essay collections Lost in Space and Be Cool. His recent novel The Missing was released in March 2024 by 7.13 Books and was a Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year finalist in the category of Traditional Fiction and his new book After Hours: Scorsese, Grief and the Grammar of Cinema, which Kirkus Reviews calls "A heartfelt if overstuffed tribute to the author’s father and the ameliorative power of art," was released by Ig Publishing in May 2025. Ben is also the host of the long running podcast This Podcast Will Change Your Life and lives in Chicago with his family.

Reviews

[Ben]

It changed my life.

[Steve Karas · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's no one I'd rather have dig into the mind and soul of Corey Feldman than one Ben Tanzer.