THE TRUTH AND ALL ITS UGLY52 STORIES
http://www.fiftytwostories.com/?p=1149#more-1149
Monday, March 8, 2010
CURTIS SMITH. TRUTH OR SOMETHING LIKE IT
Is America ready for the Truth?
Glen Tate didn't ask to be thrust into the heart of political upheaval. He has enough problems of his own--a love life adrift, his crew of disturbed schoolchildren, the lingering ghost of his dead brother... Yet these immediate worries are overshadowed when he survives a horrific accident which claims the son of Arthur Lyndon, the billionaire firebrand determined to forge a new America defined by his vision of the truth. Millions hail Lyndon as a modern messiah, and only Glen and his handful of misfit friends know the real truth.
In Truth or Something Like It, Curtis Smith examines friendship and love, society's penchant for cultish hysteria, and the power of one man to make a difference. By turns humorous, tender, and violent, Smith renders a world both fantastic and as disturbingly real as today's headlines.
"In Truth or Something Like It, Curtis Smith taps the full range of experience--joy, grief, humor, despair--with a keen ear for the subtleties of language and a compassionate eye for the complexities of human nature. His prose is simultaneously robust and impressively precise. This is a surprising, generous writer, one who cares about his craft, and so will you." - Elise Juska, author of One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
"Truth or Something Like It is a thoroughly engrossing novel--rich with unforgettable characters, vibrant prose, and strength of voice. Curtis Smith is a major talent, and this novel is a work to savor and celebrate." - Laura van den Berg, author of What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us
For addition info including how to order, click here:
http://www.casperianbooks.com/catalog/1-934081-22-1.html
Saturday, March 6, 2010
ALEXANDRA ISACSON
SACRED WRECKED VESSEL
for marilyn monroe
THE MEDULLA REVIEW
http://www.themedullareview.com/Alexandra_Isacson.html
for marilyn monroe
THE MEDULLA REVIEW
http://www.themedullareview.com/Alexandra_Isacson.html
ANOMALIES. HOWIE GOOD
Howie Good, a journalism professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz, is the author of thirteen previous poetry chapbooks, including Death of the Frog Prince (2004) and Heartland (2007), both from FootHills Publishing. He has been nominated four times for a Pushcart Prize and five times for the Best of the Net anthology. His first full-length collection of poetry, Lovesick, was released in 2009 by The Poetry Press/Press Americana.
Anomalies is a 28 page hand-stitched chapbook - $8.00
TO ORDER ON-LINE
http://www.foothillspublishing.com/2010/id47.htm
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2010
In the true spirit of INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2010, I scoured the globe in search of the sexiest women outside of the United States. So here's what I found:
JAPAN
JAPAN
MEXICO
TURKEY
SWEDEN
FRANCE
RUSSIA
SEX
IRAN
SEX
PORTUGAL
SEX
SEX
JAPAN
JAPAN
MEXICO
TURKEY
SEX
ITALY
SWEDEN
FRANCE
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
MORE STUFF TO READ
HOBART: THE GREAT OUTDOORShttp://www.hobartpulp.com/print/index.html
Mike Alber
Lydia Conklin
Lucy Corin
Curtis Dawkins
Matthew Derby
Gabe Durham
B.C. Edwards
Scott Garson
Becky Hagenston
Steve Himmer
Christopher Kennedy
Meghan Kenny
Peter Markus
Adam Peterson
Steven Rinella
Shya Scanlon
Patrick Somerville
Eliza Tudor
Gabriel Urza
Elise Winn
STORYGLOSSIA 38
http://www.storyglossia.com/
Liz Chamberlin
Sisters Are From Mars, Sisters Are From Vegas
Nikki Dolson
Take the Hit
Randal Gentry
Cottonmouths
Shanna Germain
How to Learn a Language
Jesse Goolsby
Thirteen Steps
Barry Graham
Whatsoever A Man Soweth (Bloody Mary)
Natasha Grinberg
When in Rome
James Iredell
Sappy
Jeff Lacy
Good Intentions
Antonios Maltezos
A Gulp of Air
James Miranda
All In
Robert Paul
Moreira Scores
Anne Leigh Parrish
Pinny And The Fat Girl
Tammy Remington
What You'd Expect
Myra Sherman
The Carnivore Restaurant
Yvette Ward-Horner
Dirty Girl
Bonnie ZoBell
Uncle Rempt
ELIMAE: MARCH
http://elimae.com/new.html
ELIZABETH ELLEN
MICHELLE REALE
KATE WYER
MEL BOSWORTH
STEFANIE FREELE
HOWIE GOOD
KEVIN O' CUINN
GREG GERKE
ROBERT LAUGHLIN
MATTHEW SAVOCO
DECOMP
www.decompmagazine.com
FLASH PROSE
Sheldon Lee Compton, Jerome Edwards, S. H. Gall, Brad Green, Kevin Kaiser, Robert Kaye, xTx
SHORT PROSE
Kathryn Sanders
POETRY
Jude Dillon, Britt Gambino, KJ Hays, Karen Neuberg, Amy Oakley, Lynne Procope, Peter Richter, Jacob Russell, Daniel Wheatley
BOOK REVIEW
Prose. Poems. a Novel. by Jamie Iredell
Friday, February 26, 2010
GOTTA GET YOU SOME
The Taste of Penny: Stories Jeff Parker. Dzanc (Consortium, dist.), $16.95 paper (144p) ISBN 978-0-9825204-4-4
Ten dark, suspenseful, and tightly wound stories teeter on the edge of catastrophe and the surreal piecing-back-together of life afterwards. Parker (Ovenman) tosses his characters into some form of peril, whether physical—like the narrator of “Our Cause,” who loses the tip of his tongue—or emotional, like the jingoistic American in “The Boy and the Colgante,” who erects a giant illuminated American flag in front of his house in the heart of “French redneck” Quebec. Parker's characters are disfigured or pitiable—one weathers guilt and emotional torture while paralyzed in a wheelchair, one gnaws at his fingers and attempts to excrete a swallowed penny, one stands in line outside the house where his ex-girlfriend is interviewing potential new boyfriends. Parker's prose is concise and quirky, packed with unexpected turns (“It's like yak butter or meat jelly,” says one character. “You don't know exactly what it is but you know it's there”), and aside from the few moments when Parker gets too clever for his own good (as with the unnecessarily obscure “The Briefcase of the Pregnant Spylady”), these stories are haunting and constantly surprising. (Apr.)
Thursday, February 11, 2010
THANKS VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE...
... for blogging, mentioning, purchasing, interviewing, etc PETER SCHWARTZ and his chapbook OLD MEN, GIRLS, AND MONSTERS.X
Here's a few links:
X
HTMLGIANT
X
BIG OTHER
X
ORANGE ALERT PRESS
X
MATT BELL
X
BALBOA TRAINING CAMP
http://www.shimybalboa.com/2010/02/old-men-girls-and-monsters.html
PANK
http://www.pankmagazine.com/pankblog/?p=3043
BLUE PRINT REVIEW
http://just1m.blogspot.com/2010/02/peter-schwartz-old-men-girls-and.html
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
FIRESALE. ORANGE ALERT PRESS
February marks the official two year anniversary of Orange Alert Press. It was two years ago this month that Ben Tanzer approached my with his second novel Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine. To celebrate that spark of genius and to clear my closet of the 60+ copies I have left I am announcing a FIRE SALE! For the month of February I will be selling copies of Ben's book for just $6 (plus $3 shipping). They will be available on-line, but also at a few select events this month including The Torn Pages Event on Feb. 13th and the Orange Alert Reading on Feb 21st at The Whistler. Also, the first person to name six writers in the above video will receive a free book (put your guesses in the comments section).
"Most Likely You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine is an honest, funny book whose depiction of dating angst in the nineties will ring true for those of us who were there, and likely win plenty of new converts for this talented Chicago author." - Matt Staggs (Enter The Octopus)
http://www.orangealert.net/node/559
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
MORE STUFF TO READ
LEN KUNTZ
WORD RIOT
SKIN
http://www.wordriot.org/template_3.php?ID=2038
ALEXANDRA ISACSON
EMPRISE REVIEW
THE ORCHARD’S MEMORY
http://emprisereview.com/?page_id=3015
JEN MICHALSKI
EMPRISE REVIEW
BIG BOY
http://emprisereview.com/?page_id=2719
BEN LOORY
EMPRISE REVIEW
THE KNIFE ACT
http://emprisereview.com/?page_id=2714
ROBERT SWARTWOOD vs. NARRATIVE MAGAZINE
http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=597
WORD RIOT
SKIN
http://www.wordriot.org/template_3.php?ID=2038
ALEXANDRA ISACSON
EMPRISE REVIEW
THE ORCHARD’S MEMORY
http://emprisereview.com/?page_id=3015
JEN MICHALSKI
EMPRISE REVIEW
BIG BOY
http://emprisereview.com/?page_id=2719
BEN LOORY
EMPRISE REVIEW
THE KNIFE ACT
http://emprisereview.com/?page_id=2714
ROBERT SWARTWOOD vs. NARRATIVE MAGAZINE
http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=597
Monday, January 4, 2010
J.A. TYLER. WHEN WE MAKE OUR DINOSAUR
From ARTISTICALLY DECLINED PRESS:"Our second .pdf ebook is here and ready to be consumed. We’ll let the awesomeness speak for itself, so here’s J.A. Tyler’s When We Make Our Dinosaur"
http://www.artisticallydeclined.net/2010/01/ja-tylers-when-we-make-our-dinosaur/
Friday, January 1, 2010
R.I.P. 2009
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS FOR 2010
Christy Call
Stretch more. Learn sign language. Go to the dentist.
Marc Schuster
I will spend less time talking about writing and more time writing.
Myfanwy Collins
I resolve to stop googling Jon and Kate Gosselin.
Kyle Minor
I resolve, in the year 2010, to finish my novel.
Cynthia Reeser
Procrastinate less, write more, and don't get screwed (in the negative sense of the word).
Dan Wickett
I have a long-standing resolution to not make any NY Resolutions.
Ashley Fallon
My resolution is to have my bikini body come summer!
Claudia Smith
I think I will resolve to stop doing stupid things, but the more I try to do that, the more stupider I seem to get.
Timmy Waldron
I resolve to drink more often, but less at a time.
Tracy Shields
My New Year's Resolution is to do everything in my power to get my Distribution money back
Sean Lovelace
I resolve to never skip out on motel bills/damage again (while on Ambien or on Tuesdays) and leave you in that uncomfortable/awkward situation, Sara.
Larina Warnock
Every year for many years, my resolution has been to finish writing the first draft of my novel. This year, my resolution is to finish revising the first draft of my novel and start querying agents by March.
Regan McGrory
I resolve to spend more time with Barry and less time with the governor.
Molly Gaudry
I resolve to work harder, write harder, love harder.
Drew Kalbach
I'm going to resolve to send out more work more frequently. Because I think I'm really lazy about that.
Howie Good
I will use whiskey only for gargling. I will argue that dogs are U.S. citizens, too. I will compare work to a strip search. I will stare at you as if you were someone else. I will call it war rather than armed conflict, and in my head, I will see myself spiraling down in orange flames. I will admire the dainty feet of a hugely fat woman. I will place birds like commas around the yard.
Peter Schwartz
My New Year's resolutions for the year 2010 are to: Work out like I'm in prison because who knows, someday I might be. Finally listen to my OBGYN's advice and really live "in the moment.” Enjoy and appreciate my time in Philly. Force people to publish me. Defeat Evil.
Kim Chinquee
I'm going to smile more and take up boxing.
Michael J. Bible
My resolution is to ignore the thoughts I have during the first 30 minutes after I wake up.
Simon A. Smith
My new years res is to lose some of my petty anger and find more happiness in small things, even in places where it has no damn business being.
Nicolle Elizabeth
Eat Carrots, Write Poems, Listen to Slayer. Stay Fly. Read until my eyes fall out. Write until I have no hands then keep writing. Quote Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure: "Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!"
Jamie Jones
I resolve to not make convulsive and guttural noises when remembering embarrassing moments from my past.
Ben Tanzer
I resolve to fight for world peace, well that and finally achieve a 7-hour tantric orgasm like my hero and mentor Sting.
Sarah Sweeney
My resolution is to finish my book of essays in 2010, and only staying a little insane in the process. I'd also like to round out my list of abilities by perfecting a cherry pie recipe, if I can learn to bake first.
Heather Fowler
I resolve to take more pleasure where I find it--and look harder for its murmurs where I don't, and to attempt to find the good points about every person I meet and/or have to be near--because we all have bad traits, this much is true--but why waste my time on recognizing those?
Brandi Wells
This year I'd like to learn to pole dance. The way strippers grab the pole and swing around upside down and almost land on their heads. That's what I want to do, but with clothes on and maybe an extra sweater. I'm going to need someone to buy me that sweater though, since I don't own one.
Paula Bomer
A long time ago, I gave up on making resolutions, because I don't do well under pressure and because the disappointment in myself at never coming close to actually living out any of my resolutions was crushing. And yet, on New Year's Eve and Day, I live even more keenly with those things I try to live with every day- a supreme sense of awe and gratitude for the mystery which is our existence on this earth, and with a humble hope that I can show some kindness to my fellow souls, love my family with the love they deserve and fight off the despair which accompanies the knoweldge of our mortality that haunts us all.
Shellie Zacharia
I'm going to read more. Spend less time goofing around on the computer. And I'm going to crack open some cookbooks and learn some new recipes. Yeah! 2010!
Ryan W. Bradley
In years past I have resolved to have no resolutions, but I decided against douchebaggery, and hereby resolve to DO BETTER. If I do it, whatever it is, I want to do it better in 2010. From brushing my teeth, to writing stories, to massaging my wife's back. It's all going to be done better.
Donna D. Vitucci
Lessen the grieving, amp up the dreaming, and not let it all matter so much.
Daniel Wallace
To stop allowing college to interfere with the day's writing.
Matt Charles
To actually start, if not finish, writing a novel in 2010.
Jason Behrends
Be in control of my mind, body & spirit at all times. Better balance of all aspects of my life. Become a more active reader and listener. Sell more books!!!
Andrea Kneeland
My New Year's resolution is to get a passport and get the hell out of the country.
Laura Ellen Scott
My resolution is very boring--gonna finish writing a collection of spooky vsf, and see if anyone wants to read it!
Jereme Dean
INSERT CLEVER, WITTY OR SOMEWHAT PROFOUND STATEMENT FOR AN ARBITRARY DAY IN AN ARBITRARY YEAR IN AN ARBITRARY EXISTENCE HERE.
Amanda Nazario
Treat people with more respect. Wake up earlier in the morning. Stop complaining about money. Compliment the people I admire. Defend myself
Tracy Lee
My resolution: to judge myself less.
Suzanne Burns
My resolutions are to floss every day, apply lotion every night before bed, finish my novel by spring, let's see, try not to be a bitch.
Robert Swartwood
I will try to write every day. I will try to support more indie publishers and magazines. I will try at least once a month to read a book by an author I've never read before.
Christy Call
Stretch more. Learn sign language. Go to the dentist.
Marc Schuster
I will spend less time talking about writing and more time writing.
Myfanwy Collins
I resolve to stop googling Jon and Kate Gosselin.
Kyle Minor
I resolve, in the year 2010, to finish my novel.
Cynthia Reeser
Procrastinate less, write more, and don't get screwed (in the negative sense of the word).
Dan Wickett
I have a long-standing resolution to not make any NY Resolutions.
Ashley Fallon
My resolution is to have my bikini body come summer!
Claudia Smith
I think I will resolve to stop doing stupid things, but the more I try to do that, the more stupider I seem to get.
Timmy Waldron
I resolve to drink more often, but less at a time.
Tracy Shields
My New Year's Resolution is to do everything in my power to get my Distribution money back
Sean Lovelace
I resolve to never skip out on motel bills/damage again (while on Ambien or on Tuesdays) and leave you in that uncomfortable/awkward situation, Sara.
Larina Warnock
Every year for many years, my resolution has been to finish writing the first draft of my novel. This year, my resolution is to finish revising the first draft of my novel and start querying agents by March.
Regan McGrory
I resolve to spend more time with Barry and less time with the governor.
Molly Gaudry
I resolve to work harder, write harder, love harder.
Drew Kalbach
I'm going to resolve to send out more work more frequently. Because I think I'm really lazy about that.
Howie Good
I will use whiskey only for gargling. I will argue that dogs are U.S. citizens, too. I will compare work to a strip search. I will stare at you as if you were someone else. I will call it war rather than armed conflict, and in my head, I will see myself spiraling down in orange flames. I will admire the dainty feet of a hugely fat woman. I will place birds like commas around the yard.
Peter Schwartz
My New Year's resolutions for the year 2010 are to: Work out like I'm in prison because who knows, someday I might be. Finally listen to my OBGYN's advice and really live "in the moment.” Enjoy and appreciate my time in Philly. Force people to publish me. Defeat Evil.
Kim Chinquee
I'm going to smile more and take up boxing.
Michael J. Bible
My resolution is to ignore the thoughts I have during the first 30 minutes after I wake up.
Simon A. Smith
My new years res is to lose some of my petty anger and find more happiness in small things, even in places where it has no damn business being.
Nicolle Elizabeth
Eat Carrots, Write Poems, Listen to Slayer. Stay Fly. Read until my eyes fall out. Write until I have no hands then keep writing. Quote Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure: "Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!"
Jamie Jones
I resolve to not make convulsive and guttural noises when remembering embarrassing moments from my past.
Ben Tanzer
I resolve to fight for world peace, well that and finally achieve a 7-hour tantric orgasm like my hero and mentor Sting.
Sarah Sweeney
My resolution is to finish my book of essays in 2010, and only staying a little insane in the process. I'd also like to round out my list of abilities by perfecting a cherry pie recipe, if I can learn to bake first.
Heather Fowler
I resolve to take more pleasure where I find it--and look harder for its murmurs where I don't, and to attempt to find the good points about every person I meet and/or have to be near--because we all have bad traits, this much is true--but why waste my time on recognizing those?
Brandi Wells
This year I'd like to learn to pole dance. The way strippers grab the pole and swing around upside down and almost land on their heads. That's what I want to do, but with clothes on and maybe an extra sweater. I'm going to need someone to buy me that sweater though, since I don't own one.
Paula Bomer
A long time ago, I gave up on making resolutions, because I don't do well under pressure and because the disappointment in myself at never coming close to actually living out any of my resolutions was crushing. And yet, on New Year's Eve and Day, I live even more keenly with those things I try to live with every day- a supreme sense of awe and gratitude for the mystery which is our existence on this earth, and with a humble hope that I can show some kindness to my fellow souls, love my family with the love they deserve and fight off the despair which accompanies the knoweldge of our mortality that haunts us all.
Shellie Zacharia
I'm going to read more. Spend less time goofing around on the computer. And I'm going to crack open some cookbooks and learn some new recipes. Yeah! 2010!
Ryan W. Bradley
In years past I have resolved to have no resolutions, but I decided against douchebaggery, and hereby resolve to DO BETTER. If I do it, whatever it is, I want to do it better in 2010. From brushing my teeth, to writing stories, to massaging my wife's back. It's all going to be done better.
Donna D. Vitucci
Lessen the grieving, amp up the dreaming, and not let it all matter so much.
Daniel Wallace
To stop allowing college to interfere with the day's writing.
Matt Charles
To actually start, if not finish, writing a novel in 2010.
Jason Behrends
Be in control of my mind, body & spirit at all times. Better balance of all aspects of my life. Become a more active reader and listener. Sell more books!!!
Andrea Kneeland
My New Year's resolution is to get a passport and get the hell out of the country.
Laura Ellen Scott
My resolution is very boring--gonna finish writing a collection of spooky vsf, and see if anyone wants to read it!
Jereme Dean
INSERT CLEVER, WITTY OR SOMEWHAT PROFOUND STATEMENT FOR AN ARBITRARY DAY IN AN ARBITRARY YEAR IN AN ARBITRARY EXISTENCE HERE.
Amanda Nazario
Treat people with more respect. Wake up earlier in the morning. Stop complaining about money. Compliment the people I admire. Defend myself
Tracy Lee
My resolution: to judge myself less.
Suzanne Burns
My resolutions are to floss every day, apply lotion every night before bed, finish my novel by spring, let's see, try not to be a bitch.
Robert Swartwood
I will try to write every day. I will try to support more indie publishers and magazines. I will try at least once a month to read a book by an author I've never read before.
Monday, December 28, 2009
MORE STUFF TO READ
TRYSThttp://www.tryst3.com/issue18/contents.html
PETER SCHWARTZ
CAROL LYNN GRELLAS
RAY SUCCRE
FOSTER TRECOST
PRICK OF THE SPINDLE 3.4
http://www.prickofthespindle.com/
LEN KUNTZ
MEG POKRASS
KYLE HEMMINGS
CL BLEDSOE
STACCATO
http://staccatofiction.com/?page_id=67
JAMES R. TOMLINSON
LAURA ELLEN SCOTT
DAVE ERLEWINE
BETH THOMAS
DAWN CORRIGAN
MEG POKRASS
ETHAL ROHAN
KATHY FISH
ROXANE GAY
ADAM MOORAD
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
MORE STUFF TO READ. STORYGLOSSIA 37
STORYGLOSSIA 37
http://www.storyglossia.com/
Mary Akers
Bones Of An Inland Sea
Mikael Covey
Transubstantiation
Owen Duffy
A New Plan
Jennifer Greidus
Offa Rex, Pigeon Fancier
Laura Hirneisen
Besties
John Jodzio
Octane
Len Kuntz
Summer Scalping; Scarecrows
Gary Moshimer
Feel Your Boobies
Nick Ostdick
True Hair
Meg Pokrass
Her Own Music
Kodi Scheer
Hero
Laura Ellen Scott
Karaoke People are Happy People
Amber Sparks
If You Don't Believe, They Go Away
J. A. Tyler
when Jimmy fishes for what was his mother
Mimi Vaquer
Creative Handwriting
Isadora J. Wagner
The Mathematical Theory of Elasticity
BP Whalen
Semiotic Love
http://www.storyglossia.com/
Mary Akers
Bones Of An Inland Sea
Mikael Covey
Transubstantiation
Owen Duffy
A New Plan
Jennifer Greidus
Offa Rex, Pigeon Fancier
Laura Hirneisen
Besties
John Jodzio
Octane
Len Kuntz
Summer Scalping; Scarecrows
Gary Moshimer
Feel Your Boobies
Nick Ostdick
True Hair
Meg Pokrass
Her Own Music
Kodi Scheer
Hero
Laura Ellen Scott
Karaoke People are Happy People
Amber Sparks
If You Don't Believe, They Go Away
J. A. Tyler
when Jimmy fishes for what was his mother
Mimi Vaquer
Creative Handwriting
Isadora J. Wagner
The Mathematical Theory of Elasticity
BP Whalen
Semiotic Love
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
SCOTT McCLANAHAN. STORIES II. SIX GALLERY PRESS
SCOTT McCLANAHANSTORIES II
SIX GALLERY PRESS
ORDER STORIES HERE:
http://www.amazon.com/Stories-scott-mcclanahan/dp/0981009123
STORIES II will be avaikable for pre-order soon.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
FOX FORCE 5. ALTERNATE COVER
FOX FORCE 5CHAPBOOK COLLECTIVE
PAPER HERO PRESS
160 PGS.
FEATURING:
ELIZABETH ELLEN
ANDREA KNEELAND
BRANDI WELLS
SUZANNE BRUNS
LYDIA COPELAND
Here's what some folks already said:
"Moving from Elizabeth Ellen's aggressively sexual women to Andrea Kneeland's carefully enumerated tragedies, from Brandi Wells' non-realist replacement fathers to Suzanne Burns' witty fantasticism and Lydia Copeland's often second-person dreamings, this collection covers a swath of literary ground as broad and varied as the stylistic variances of its very talented writers. Fox Force 5 is a revelation, both sexy and funny, and from its pages leap forth these five great minds and hearts, shining out from underneath the gleaming surface of their suprising stories and their always inventive language."
--Matt Bell
"A joy to read. Each piece in this collection is its own world, beautifully wrought. Lydia Copeland's prose poetry shimmers off the page."
- Kathy Fish
"I'm drawn to the strong, sensual voice in these lovely, visceral pieces by Lydia Copeland, for the way she loads her prose with physical details that become much greater than their sum. Her unsentimental observations are to be savored - visions of family life, family solidarity, and unexpected violence. She shows us how the living go about the impossible through characters that are equally delicate and strong. The driving rhythm in these prose poems create the effect of music on the reader- the cumulative effect is stunning."
- Meg Pokrass
"If FOX FORCE 5 was a relationship Elizabeth Ellen would be the part where we are breaking, not yet broken but tearing apart, ripping; and Andrea Kneeland would be our aggressive sex, the angry rug-burned knees and all the yelling; Brandi Wells would be the place where we don’t know each other anymore but it seems like there is still something left, something shredded but worth saving; and Suzanne Burns would be that time when we still thought there was love, but it was a kind of beautiful, horrific, frightening love; and Lydia Copeland would then be, in our end and our beginning, coupling as a memory, the way back when our hands first met and there was no way of knowing what was ahead. How mesmerizing it is to live in this relationship, if only as we read it out."
- J. A. Tyler
PRE-ORDER HERE:
http://paperheropress.blogspot.com/
Sorry I'm dragging my ass with this one folks, but these are the kind of ladies worth waiting for.
Also, less than 20 copies of the DOGZPLOT 2009 ANTHOLOGY are left. All contributors copies and orders have been sent out. If you ordered the book during the two free books promo, which I think there are six of you, only one person has reported receiving theirs, so something has gone wrong, I think. If you are one of them let me know and I'll resend ASAP.
Order one of the remaining anthologies here:
http://www.dogzplot.blogspot.com/
MORE STUFF TO READ
New issue of ELIMAE. Includes stuff from:
DAVID PEAK
ADAM MOORAD
BEN SEGAL
KEVIN O 'CUINN
KENDRA MALONE
MICHELLE REALE
HOWIE GOOD
JESSIE TANGEN-MILLS
DAVE ERLEWINE
MEL BOSWORTH
EDMUND SANDOVAL
J. MICHAEL WAHLGREN
and others
...but start with this:
NICOLLE ELIZABETH
http://www.elimae.com/2009/12/Kinetic.html
New issue of DECOMP. Includes things from:
ALEXANDRA ISACSON
PETER SCHWARTZ
TIMOTHY GAGER
and a review of MOLLY GAUDRY's TAKE ME APART
Read the December issue in its entirety here:
http://www.decompmagazine.com/
DAVID PEAK
ADAM MOORAD
BEN SEGAL
KEVIN O 'CUINN
KENDRA MALONE
MICHELLE REALE
HOWIE GOOD
JESSIE TANGEN-MILLS
DAVE ERLEWINE
MEL BOSWORTH
EDMUND SANDOVAL
J. MICHAEL WAHLGREN
and others
...but start with this:
NICOLLE ELIZABETH
http://www.elimae.com/2009/12/Kinetic.html
New issue of DECOMP. Includes things from:
ALEXANDRA ISACSON
PETER SCHWARTZ
TIMOTHY GAGER
and a review of MOLLY GAUDRY's TAKE ME APART
Read the December issue in its entirety here:
http://www.decompmagazine.com/
PUFFIN CIRCUS
PUFFIN CIRCUS issue 2 is now available to order. It includes poetry and artwork from DOGZPLOT contributors and friends, KRISTINA MARIE DARLING (poetry), PETER SCHWARTZ (art).Info is here:
http://puffincircus.wordpress.com/issue-2/
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