Author Archives: Samuel Snoek-Brown

A Writer’s Notebook: an old poem

This is an old poem. I’m still not happy with it. In retyping it here, I’ve made some small changes. Always tinkering. Sunrise. A cold wind moves only the surface of this pond. Down in that quiet, muddy mass, small fish doze while above, a blue heron stalks through the waters, more tai chi thanContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: an old poem”

Reel Librarians nears its one-year anniversary

Are you a writer? A reader? A film buff? A library lover? A nerd? A little naughty? 😉 Help Reel Librarians celebrate its one-year anniversary by checking out the site this weekend and next week! It’s a couple thousand hits shy of 20k for its first year, and Jennifer Snoek-Brown (yes, that’s my wife) would love toContinue reading “Reel Librarians nears its one-year anniversary”

A whole bunch of awesome to read

I don’t know what the deal is with Sept. 12. Maybe, after a national day of mourning and remembrance, we all feel the need to unwind with written art. Which sounds great to me. Anyway, in addition to my own new story that turned up online yesterday, several of my friends published or announced stories orContinue reading “A whole bunch of awesome to read”

New publication

I am so, SO happy to share my story “Lightning My Pilot” with you now that it’s up at Bartleby Snopes today. It’s easily the happiest, most pleasant story I’ve ever written. Like, my mom loves this story. It’s that pleasant. But I love it, too — it’s definitely up on my top five listContinue reading “New publication”

Photo blog 98

Still continuing my Texas stories series. This time I’m posting from a story that isn’t available online, so you’ll just have to track down a copy of Red Wheelbarrow from 2008 and look for “Bathe in the Doggone Sin.” (Or email me and beg me to send you the file.) It was just a fewContinue reading “Photo blog 98”

Eleven years ago today (and also a Tuesday)…

I was driving a two-hour commute to teach a college class. I listened to the news on the radio. At one point I had to pull over on the side of the road just to catch my breath. Later, I passed others who had done the same. When I got to school, I spent halfContinue reading “Eleven years ago today (and also a Tuesday)…”

Not-really-new publication

Today is a twofer! Though this publication isn’t exactly new: it’s “Horror Vacui,” which originally appeared in the online supplement to Vol. 6 of Ampersand Review last year. Ampersand, who is always awesome, went through a massive redesign of their website this year, and in the process a lot of their work disappeared from theContinue reading “Not-really-new publication”

A Writer’s Notebook: photo story

Long-time readers: by now, you should know the drill. Here’s a photo. Below there’s a draft of something. And then I explain it all. Outside, on the driveway, the dozen black garbage bags stacked up against the siding are beginning to stink. Inside, the bleach is reacting with the glue in the particle board andContinue reading “A Writer’s Notebook: photo story”