It's 2 AM here. I can't sleep.
By the way, please meet my new desk chair. I just peeled off the plastic covering three-four hours ago. Look at those contours. Look at that reclining thingy that will be forced to bend to my will for years and years. Look at that gray covering -- so plain, so predisposed to resemble any ordinary chair in the world. As for the thing that looks like a table -- that's my table. This is inside my bedroom. This is where all the action in my life happens. P.S. I hardly use paper. My parents are asleep. There's only the three of us in a big house with a "history," a paranormal history! I need something to snack on, but I will never dare to cross the great and limitless divide that separates me from the fridge in the kitchen. This ends our senseless blog post for today. Me, hungry. You, bored. We lurk late. We real cool...
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The clock is ticking for the Goodreads giveaway (US, UK, Canada, and Australia) of my book. We Bury the Landscape is a collection of 100 little stories about 100 different paintings and other works of art (indicated alongside each story). The book is now available for pre-order, with a release schedule of April 1st.
A couple of thoughtful reviews here: Megan Monell at Love, Literature, Art, and Reason Rachel at The Joy of Booking More than half of the flash fiction/prose poems in this collection previously appeared elsewhere. Some online excerpts: "Revenge of the Goldfish" in The Brooklyner "Boy with a Propeller Head" in Birkensnake "We Figure the Leaves" in Hobart "The City is Landing" reprinted in Schlock Magazine, first appeared in Linger Fiction "Requiem for Industry" in Eschatology Teaser opening line of "Bug Chairs" in Mixer We Bury the Landscape Goodreads Page We Bury the Landscape Facebook Fan Page Amazon.com Barnes & Noble Book Depository Also, Upper Rubber Boot Books' Couplets: a multi-author poetry blog tour is underway, and I'm in it! Meanwhile, two of my flash fictions, "Cameraman" and "Contortionist," are in Qwerty Magazine's Winter 2012 issue. FICTION by Sacha Siskonen, Vanessa Farnsworth, Phyllis Rudin, David Como, Kristine Ong Muslim, and Alyssa Songsiridej. POETRY by Sue Sinclair, Roxanna Bennet, Blair Trewartha, Stevie Howell, Carla Hartsfield, Anna Daniels, Jesse Ferguson, Sheila Stewart, Emily McGiffin, Anne Baldo, Katie Murphy, and K. V. Skene. ART & DESIGN by Eleanor Leonne Bennett, Abby Diamond, Fabio Sassi, Olivia Dreisinger, and Katherine Murray |
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