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.
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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.