decomP: April, 2008

New issue of decomP is now live, April’s issue. Great stories and poems this month, kids, and I review Ben Percy’s Refresh, Refresh as well. There is an interview with Mr. Percy too. Click here for the interview and click here for decomP’s homepage. Below is a dispatch from decomP editor Jason Jordan.
“Welcome back to [...]

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Anything’s Possible

And he still works for the Transit Authority! Read on.
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New York subway worker in Hollywood’s fast lane
Thursday March 27 8:45 AM ET
A New York City tollbooth worker in desperate need of a car wrote a crime thriller script titled “Brooklyn’s Finest” last year. Now he finds himself rubbing shoulders with some of Hollywood’s finest, including [...]

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One Week!

Friday, April 4th
Quimby’s
1854 W North Ave
Chicago, IL
7:00 PM
FREE
Featuring Spencer Dew, Jeremy Biles, Jill Summers, and Nick Ostdick.
I will be reading to help release Dew’s long awaited first book of fiction entitled Songs of Insurgency. Should be a great show. I’m going to be reading something new, something no one has ever read before. Or maybe [...]

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New Segment

That’s right: something new coming here very soon.
Author interviews. But with a twist. Very short stories. But with a twist. Gin and tonic with a twist? A little early in the morning, but boy do I wish.
Stay tuned.

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Excerpt

Storyteller and friend Peter Anderson has just finished a chapbook entitled This Land Was Made For You And Me, with each story based off of a photo. He’s submitting the chapbook to DIAGRAM’S annual chapbook contest. We here wish him well. Stop by Pete’s blog and read an excerpt of one of the stories. It’s [...]

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Some Belated Things To Note

It has been quite a while, huh? I’ve been off from school this whole week and have been enjoying some time off–some time to write (on a more productive and predictable schedule, which has yielded some interesting things), to read, to kick back. Some things to note:
 I attended Columbia College’s Story Week and it was [...]

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Maybe Love Can Do That Too…

a new story, the title of this blog, is now live at Word Riot. It’s an older story, maybe a year or so, but cut it open and count the rings and check my math. Many thanks to Jackie from Word Riot for having faith in it. Enjoy!

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Nominated

I am pleased to announce that Identity Theory has nominated my story ‘The Sleeping Shags’ for a 2007 StorySouth Million Writer’s Award. I am honored, deeply. GIANT thanks to Andrew at Identity Theory for the nod. That is all.

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Dew’s Launch, Etc…

So last night I traversed to The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square to pay witness to the launch of Spencer Dew’s book Songs of Insurgency. A fine roster of readers, including Dew, Kate Duva (who was quite impressive), and Elizabeth Crane, who was gracious and lovely and read from her new book, You Must Be [...]

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Go To This…

This Saturday RAGAD contributor and good friend Spencer Dew will release his first book, Songs of Insurgency, a collection of stories, at The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square. He’ll be reading with the fantabulous Elizabeth Crane and Kate Duva. Festivities start at 7 PM. Come and see. I’ll be there. Buy his book. I will [...]

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