Sharper
by Jackie Shannon-Hollis
The list of the things I did for him is inside the black silk envelope. The black silk envelope is in the top left drawer… Read More »Sharper
by Jackie Shannon-Hollis
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I Live in a Triangle
by Stephen MacKinnon
I live in a triangle. It’s exactly 213 square miles. It’s a place of Indian curses, ghostly apparitions, cattle mutilations, gigantic snakes, low-flying UFOs, huge… Read More »I Live in a Triangle
by Stephen MacKinnon
The Double
by Laura Schadler
She pulled her girls in a carriage behind her bike. Their plastic high heels and necklaces clicked. The river was in the distance. So was… Read More »The Double
by Laura Schadler
What the Parade is For
by Laura Schadler
She didn’t know what the parade was for. People carried crosses. Flowers pink as bubble gum. The rain was coming in over the capital. She… Read More »What the Parade is For
by Laura Schadler
Closet of Love
by Dylan Lee
It costs only 50¢ to enter the Closet of Love. The nominal fee covers electricity and the occasional light bulb replacement. The light bulb is… Read More »Closet of Love
by Dylan Lee
The Last Record Store
by Corey Mesler
You walk into the last record store on Earth. It was quite a trek to get there. The clerk has complicated hair and a tattoo… Read More »The Last Record Store
by Corey Mesler
Ray Bradbury at Home
I just came across this odd and wonderful little collection of video clips, taken at Ray Bradbury’s home in LA in 2001, by the folks… Read More »Ray Bradbury at Home
David Mamet on Hollywood
Mamet was interviewed in Time Out New York by Joshua Rothkopf. The subject: Mamet’s new book about film, Bambi vs. Godzilla. Hollywood is capitalism at… Read More »David Mamet on Hollywood
the feel of the pen
Empires fall, votes are accorded, but to those people writing in the circular room it is the feel of the pen between their fingers that… Read More »the feel of the pen
Write Well. Imagine Deeply.
Today, in the graduate fiction workshop I teach, we’re discussing a story written by a young white woman who grew up somewhere in the middle… Read More »Write Well. Imagine Deeply.