We have a brand-new issue of Jersey Devil Press, and it’s just in time for you to get your freak on for 4th of July! We have people wearing animal flesh, bloody murder for the throne of a back alley mob, haunted madmen on murder sprees, moth men, upside-down houses . . . And a rad woman on raging motorcycle for our coverContinue reading “The Jersey Devil loves a freak show”
Author Archives: Samuel Snoek-Brown
New review of Box Cutters
Folks, there’s a new review of my chapbook, Box Cutters! This one’s by Elise Matthews, in American Microreviews and Interviews, and maybe I’m biased, but I think it’s a fascinating read. A lot of reviewers have paid a lot of attention to the “between the lines” stuff going on behind the stories, but Matthews goes theContinue reading “New review of Box Cutters“
Every Kiss A War
Originally posted on Brianna Pike:
When you’re a poet sending out work into the universe, it can seem like the literary world is very, very large. But then something happens that reminds you that indeed it is a small world. A small world full of generous, talented writers. A few weeks ago I was online…
Little Surprises Around Every Corner But Nothing Dangerous, or We’ve Got a Delay
In which amazing writer Ally Malinenko writes of many awesome literary things. And also of me. (Thanks, Ally!)
More literary news than you can read in a week
Man oh man. I’m looking at my web browser now and I have half a dozen tabs open just to stories about writing and publishing. And in my history, I’ve got almost a dozen more links I’ve visited in the past week or so. It’s been a busy time for literary news, is what I’mContinue reading “More literary news than you can read in a week”
5 character facts: the “special features” part of Hagridden
There’s this writerly meme going around. The rules: to share five facts about the main character from my current work-in-progress. I got tapped for this on Facebook, by the amazing Ally Malinenko, author of one of my favorite stories ever in Jersey Devil Press. Ally has a book coming out (very!) soon, the beautiful-sounding ThisContinue reading “5 character facts: the “special features” part of Hagridden”
New publication — it’s an article!
I talk a lot about place in fiction: setting, a sense of home, checking your maps…. Mostly in my classrooms, bit also online here is the blog, in writers forums, or in casual Facebook chats. Now I’ve written an article about the interplay of place and character in fiction. It’s part craft, part Francine Prose-likeContinue reading “New publication — it’s an article!”
A sneak preview of Hagridden
Apologies to people following me on Twitter or on my Facebook page, for whom this is repeated news. But my advance review copies of Hagridden came in the mail today. Please excuse me while I do a happy dance. It’s still the rough copy — it doesn’t yet have cover art, the blurbs are all stillContinue reading “A sneak preview of Hagridden“
People die around the Jersey Devil — but at least there’s an afterlife
The June issue of Jersey Devil Press is live. And full of death. Seriously. Everything from sweet old ladies in hospice care to suicides and, ultimately, nuclear destruction. For our own good, of course. But don’t worry! You can still get cell phone reception in Heaven. Okay, so the news out of JDP looks a littleContinue reading “People die around the Jersey Devil — but at least there’s an afterlife”
On making a book trailer
I wanted a book trailer for Hagridden. I don’t know what good they do, really, and I might not have really worried about it at all, but just about the time my publisher and I were going over the initial proof of my novel, I saw the trailer for Leesa Cross-Smith’s Every Kiss a War.Continue reading “On making a book trailer”
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