“It’s one thing to know a place on paper, but it’s never any good to be totally out of place with no sense of the turf you’re in…” – Theodore […]
11 Monster Books You Should Read
“If you’re not a beautiful monster, then you’re a villager.” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘Mongrels’ Not sure what’s come over me, but the urge has struck me to write some […]
Friday Links: It’s Percival Everett Week Edition
“White people often spent time admiring their survival of one thing or another.” – Percival Everett, ‘James’ To read a Percival Everett book is to read a book with all […]
Does Your Book Have Buildings and Trees?
“and the days rummaging his eyes / and the nights flickering through a slit / of narrow bars. hips. thighs.” – from ‘does Your House have Lions?’ by Sonia Sanchez […]
Friday Links: Good Books About Rough Stuff Edition
“Be literal. Be devoured by light.” – John Allen Taylor, “History of My Godlessness” This poetry week, I am thinking about the power of literature to give voice to the […]
No Matter How Bad Things Get, I’m Still Better At Life Than Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos
“fuck it, Dude, let’s go bowling” – Walter, ‘The Big Lebowski’ This has been the hardest column to begin since I started this blog. Usually, when people say that, it’s […]
Friday Links: Haunted Coast Edition
“He held his hands up…So much for visiting a quaint southern mansion and lecturing to an elderly historical society.”- Theodore C. Van Alst Jr, ‘Pour One For The Devil’ One […]
You Only Like The Beginnings Of Things: Having Ideas In Speculative Fiction
“The Orb 4 had grand if unrealized plans…Not only were there to be ‘solo novels’ spun off by the members, but…talk of graphic novels, poetry chapbooks, and at least one […]
Friday Links: Interstellar & Interpersonal Decay Edition
“Darya stood firm…’I think art is what makes life worth living.’ The Castles harrumphed, and the waiter appeared with our dessert. We ate the blintzes in silence.” – Lincoln Michel, […]
Ekphrasis: Vampires Edition
“A strangeness. A ripple of unease…A sense that there was a reason to watch one’s back when shadows grew long.” – Isabel Cañas, ‘Vampires of El Norte’ Hey look, it’s […]