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”
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BER-nee, Texas
Several years ago, my wife and I were on our first trip to Prince Edward Island, in the Canadian Maritimes. One evening, we decided to attend a “murder mystery” dinner theater, just for fun, and got to chatting with one of the actors. This guy was playing (or maybe was in real life) an over-the-topContinue reading “BER-nee, Texas”
Reel librarian giveaway!
Originally posted on REEL LIBRARIANS:
My, how time flies! This week, we celebrate the second anniversary of Reel Librarians. 😀 And even though we turn two, there have been a lot of firsts and milestones this year, including: Responding to readers’ questions in this Q&A post Throwing down the gauntlet in a reel librarian trivia challenge…
There’s nothing but time here
This afternoon I heard the familiar knock and rattle of our mailbox and stepped onto the porch to collect the mail. We had a flier from The Container Store and a tightly bundled parcel of coffee beans from an old friend down in Austin. But what caught my attention was the quiet rain shower mistingContinue reading “There’s nothing but time here”
Meanwhile, the Jersey Devil got drunk with General Grant
That’s an odd title for a post, but let me explain: The first story in the September issue of Jersey Devil Press is about a woman from the set of a vanity zombie flick having a love affair with General Robert E. Lee. And I know you’re not surprised by that sentence, because it’s JerseyContinue reading “Meanwhile, the Jersey Devil got drunk with General Grant”
Manscaping the website
And, we’re live again. Thanks, gang, for bearing with my disappearing site while I worked on it. The whole site was getting a little, shall we say, hairy, at least in terms of all those little drop-down menus and subcategories…. I am notorious for over-organizing things, with menus under menus and folders inside folders. (MyContinue reading “Manscaping the website”
A quick note about a quick hiatus
For people who follow the blog or just like popping in from time to time to browse the website, I thought I’d let you know I’m going dark tomorrow. I’ve been planning a fairly significant redesign of the website, so I’ll be pulling it down Tuesday afternoon to work on it. I hope to haveContinue reading “A quick note about a quick hiatus”
A writing retreat
When I won an Oregon Literary Fellowship this year, the award itself was more than I could ever have hoped for. But the fellowship also helped fund a research trip to Louisiana to finish my novel. That was an outstanding experience that I could only have dreamed of. And that was all I ever expected.Continue reading “A writing retreat”
Unshod and pregnant. With bees.
Oh, you guys. This issue. The photography, the poetry, the prose. The cover art. The beauty of it all! The long-awaited Issue 8 of Unshod Quills is live and online now, and it’s a wonderful, sweet, buzzing literary creature. Since we’ve switched to a focus on poetry, our ranks of gorgeous poets have swelled beyondContinue reading “Unshod and pregnant. With bees.”
After Everything Has Changed Forever: Justin Lawrence Daugherty
Originally posted on BookTalk:
Justin Lawrence Daugherty lives in Atlanta, GA, and runs Sundog Lit. His chapbook, Whatever Don’t Drown Will Always Rise, is out at Passenger Side Books. *** BookTalk: You recently released a collection of ten stories called Whatever Don’t Drown Will Always Rise, from Passenger Side Books. What holds the collection together? Are there any…
Samuel Snoek-Brown 