You will not want to miss Katie Weekley‘s latest column–Treacle Bliss–at Moondance.

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Bring Me Your Saddest Arizona, a moving short story collection by Ryan Harty, follows the lives of those on the outside of emotion. The protagonists of these stories observe passively as those around them implode or explode, while the protags register a reaction, remove themselves from the fray, self-protect, realign, contain the moment for posterity. It is this passivity that draws me into the … Read More Previous Post

At some point last week I had a dream about two coyotes in my backyard. My dog was on his run and nosing around in the snow as he is wont to do. And I was looking out the window at him, worrying for some reason. And then these two animals–the coyotes–came tearing through the yard past Darby. And he started barking like mad … Read More

Staccato Magazine Issue #2

Got my contributor’s copy of Staccato Magazine — a collection of micro-fiction in the mail yesterday and was delighted because my pals Kathy Fish and Randall Brown are contributors to this issue as well.

Here are some blogs I’ve just recently discovered and have been really enjoying: Everybody I Love You, by Stephan Clark Booking Around by Nance Knauer The Bean Counter, by Cathie Byers Hamilton

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The amazing Susan DiPlacido‘s novelTrattoria (which if you have not yet read it, READ it, damn it!) has been nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award. Congratulations, Susan!

The Remains of the Cake

All good things must come to an end. So too the orange rum cake with bitter chocolate glaze. This is the cake plate after we finished Christmas dinner (there were still two pieces remaining but they barely made it out alive). And so, as you can tell from its decimated remains on the platter, the cake was a huge hit! Everyone had seconds and … Read More The Remains of the Cake

Okay, I’m off to finish my holiday prep (which include uncorking a bottle of wine much earlier than is considered decent. Whatever) but before I go, I want to direct you to this hilariously brillaint friend Ellen Meister — The Raving.

Because you really do care…

Listen, you know and I know that you are dying to know what I’ve been cooking up for the holidays. Well, wonder no more, my friends! Hot on the heels of my Thanksgiving success with The Bird, I’ve been cooking up a storm and today, I will treat you to an eye-stravaganza of tasty delights. So these are the quiche I made for Allen … Read More Because you really do care…

ooooh, read this please (it’s LOVELY): The Map, by Patry Francis.

I AM OVER THE MOON!!!

My 2005 is ending with a lovely bang. I just found out that not only did I get 3rd place in the Night Train Yates Contest for my story “Freak Magnet” but I also got honorable mention for another story. Cool! I am so happy! So very happy! Pour a glass of wine and celebrate with me please. Thank you the wonderful people at … Read More I AM OVER THE MOON!!!

The Bat Segundo Show #16 is now live, featuring Aimee Bender: Subjects Discussed: Attention to precision, Flann O’Brien, strange logic, Monty Python, first-person voice, Steve Erickson and The Black Clock, Jeffrey Eugenides, multiple personality disorder, grading papers, publishing short stories with dirty titles in literary journals, Prince, George Carlin’s seven words, sexual perversion, Mary Gaitskill, storming the gates of GQ, quotation marks, the visual … Read More