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.
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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.
WORK by Andy Tran
December 13, 2023
The Algebra II teacher stood up with his hands full of frozen peas. “I don’t know what to say. But thank you,” he said. A pea dropped from his hand. Tess moaned.
TRANSMISSIONS: Textual Healing
December 8, 2023
As a writer I think it’s helped me to guess which questions an author might really want to get asked. So many podcasts solely focus on the writing. As a writer, I know that can be exhausting.
THE LUCKY ONE by Pamela Painter
December 6, 2023
She walks with purpose over to a gangly tree and dumps our mother’s ashes at its base, then smears them around with the toe of her purple sneaker. Then she turns to face me as if to see if I’m going to object.
SHORT, SMART, FUN, BAFFLING: An Interview with Brian Allen Carr
December 1, 2023
It’s infuriating to watch my peer group become less intelligent and more certain as time winds on. It’s supposed to go the other way. The more reality you experience, the less certain you should be.
MY FRIEND LOUISE… by Susannah Felts
November 29, 2023
Amber beads, electric blue billowing, jasmine. Here comes Louise, here she comes, into the kitchen.
XRAY SPECS: Chafed Elbows (1966)
November 24, 2023
Isn’t that what every artist wants? To do the thing in the way they want to do it and have everyone they care about want that for them, too?
ELAINE by LJ Pemberton
November 22, 2023
The more of Elaine he had had, the less it felt like she belonged to him at all. Besides, he said, I have learned that even possession is a kind of disappointment.