For the six days leading up to the official release of my chapbook, Box Cutters (sunnyoutside press), I’m posting the first sentence or two of each story in the chapbook, one each day, as a kind of teaser for the book. Today is excerpt #2! But you don’t have to wait until November 12 to order yourContinue reading “Box Cutters: excerpt #2”
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Box Cutters: excerpt #1
As of today, it is six days until the official release of my chapbook, Box Cutters, from sunnyoutside press. And the chapbook contains six stories. So, for the next six days, I’m going to post the first sentence or two of each story, one each day, as a kind of teaser for the book. ButContinue reading “Box Cutters: excerpt #1”
The Jersey Devil and Jesus are best buds
One of my favorite things about working with Jersey Devil Press is that it NEVER gets old. Every issue feels like the best issue ever — I always love the work we get to publish. This month, we also get to introduce our new online editor, our old friend Laura Garrison, who is stepping upContinue reading “The Jersey Devil and Jesus are best buds”
Slip loose the blade and rip her open!
Ladies and gentlemen, today I have some huge news. HUGE! This morning, sunnyoutside press revealed the cover of my upcoming chapbook, Box Cutters. This is my first chapbook — my first book, for that matter — and I am simply GEEKING OUT over it! Huge thanks to the gang over at sunnyoutside, as well asContinue reading “Slip loose the blade and rip her open!”
National (I don’t have time for) Novel Writing Month
I can’t believe I’m about to do this, but here it is: I’ll be participating in NaNoWriMo again this year. My trepidation is not for lack of interest — I love NaNoWriMo. My first outing resulted in the first draft of my novel Hagridden, which in turn led to my Oregon Literary Fellowship and aContinue reading “National (I don’t have time for) Novel Writing Month”
New publication
I have a new story online today, gang. It’s called “Please Know Our Loving Thoughts Embrace You,” and it’s a love story, a classic romantic tale of boy-meets-corpse. No, seriously. And before you all start frothing at the mouth in Walking Dead glee, no, it’s not a zombie story. And no, you more twisted horrorContinue reading “New publication”
Words everywhere
What a week in literature! This past Tuesday, my wife and I went to see Salman Rushdie speak as the inaugural writer in this year’s Portland Arts & Lectures series. I’ve heard him on the radio several times and I’ve enjoyed his appearances on The Daily Show, so I knew the guy was not onlyContinue reading “Words everywhere”
Look ma! I’m on TV!
That’s right, folks: earlier this summer — on June 18, to be precise — I was on the local TV program Arts Alive, based in McMinnville, Oregon. Host Lynda Phillippi invited me on to talk about my Civil War novel Hagridden and the research trip I took to Louisiana. It was a great conversation, duringContinue reading “Look ma! I’m on TV!”
I’m notable!
Several weeks ago, I announced here on the blog that Nathaniel Tower and the other excellent folks at Bartleby Snopes had nominated my story, “Lightning My Pilot,” for the storySouth Million Writers Award. (Actually, the story got nominated twice — my wife got there first, with a reader nomination.) Today I got an email from theContinue reading “I’m notable!”
New publication
I’m an ingredient in a drink, y’all! As of today, my story “Have Love, Will Hurt” appears in the August/September print issue of The Rusty Nail, which is both my father’s favorite cocktail and a kick-ass literary magazine. This story is one of the fun ones, too. Not because of the content (a guy falls in love with aContinue reading “New publication”
Samuel Snoek-Brown 