“I write my poems on scraps of paper because I want to carry them in my address book. I’m likely to read them at a moment’s notice.” – Gwendolyn Brooks, […]
12 (Or So) Books I’m Stoked To Read In 2026
“Bro, you ain’t the only one who picks up the newspaper, knows where the library is, likes the big humbug in Beowulf, moving out on Grendel and whatnot, or fighting […]
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“The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.” – Stephen King, ‘On Writing’ Apologies to my parents for the frank weed discussion […]
A Short Afterward For ‘Behind With Knife’
“Can’t I just like horror because it’s great? Does there have to be some big explanation?” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘My Heart Is A Chainsaw’ Promise to keep this short. […]
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 […]
What Does Success Look Like To You?
“There’s a place some of us choose to live / gated community cops can’t come in / a neighborhood for punks over the hill” – NOFX, “Mattersville”
I Had An Idea For A Story
“I got ideas, man! I got ideas! Like, how bout a shirt that says, I don’t know, LOSER. Or a hat! A f–kin hat that goes BEEOOOOWWWEEEET!” – Lance Brumder, ‘Orange County’ (2002)