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LENGTH OR GIRTH OR BOTH: An Interview with Gwen E. Kirby

January 12, 2024

As for the demon novel, yes, I am dancing with that devil, so we’ll see what happens. But I hope to write short stories for as long as I’m writing.

BLADE OF GRASS by Mason Koa

January 10, 2024

Almost breathlessly, he raved to me that he had done it: He had separated himself from nature once and for all. I pointed out that we ate from nature before a light flickered in his eyes and I cupped my hand over my mouth.

TRANSMISSIONS: Agitator

January 5, 2024

Podcasting has forever cured me of being precious about writing time or having writer’s block. There’s so much commitment in podcasting, I’ve learned it doesn’t matter if I don’t feel like it or whatever, the time to do it is the time to do it.

THE SECRET TO A LONG LIFE by Kevin Grauke

January 3, 2024

Scientists have theories about why this happens, but I’ve got one of my own: our brain wants us to remember our horrible moments most clearly.

2023 STAFF PICKS

December 31, 2023

I have rewatched Guadagnino's Suspiria remake at least a dozen times and it's never been beaten, although Cosmatos' Mandy came really close.

THE UNDERCURRENT OF DEATH: An Interview with Julian Tepper

December 29, 2023

Early readers have already told me that this is a novel about coming to New York as an artist and what it takes to succeed. Believe it or not, I wasn’t thinking about that all too much.

JOHN JACOBS by Conor Truax

December 27, 2023

To the conscious Cartwrights, the deer warnings were novelties. The yellow on the signs was not invented. The deer recognized it as the sun.

X-R-A-Y SPECS: The Catechism Cataclysm (2011)

December 22, 2023

And isn’t a catechism a religious text that takes the form of questions and answers? Is our conversation a catechism? Or just a cataclysm? Ha.

THE STAGE NAME by James Tadd Adcox

December 20, 2023

Just as the first wife had found the stage name pretentious and comical, the second experienced the real name as uncanny, unnatural.

THE EDGE OF THE EDGE: A Numinous Conversation with Mike Thorn and Kathe Koja

December 15, 2023

I’ve never felt I’ve fully, accurately transcribed a mental concept through writing, and that’s one of my key motivations for continuing: maybe I’ll get closer next time, or maybe not, but I’ll keep trying.