Jude’s Making a Bunch of Money
Thousands of pieces of stolen body parts? $5 million in tissue quarantined or destroyed? Man, with that kind of volume, Jude from Will Christopher Baer’s fantastic Kiss Me, Judas must really be busy. Taking organs from corpses isn’t her usual MO as she prefers live victims, but maybe she’s branching out.
continue readingFiction Editors Offer Tips for Publishing Short Stories
One of Slushpile.net’s most respected readers passed along this tip about a panel discussion involving editors from four respected literary publications. Presented on Poets & Writers website, the podcast captures editors of The New Yorker, Open City, The Paris Review, and One Story, discussing the odds of being published and how to increase your chances. The…
continue readingReview: The Fame Game
My review of Michael Flocker’s The Fame Game: How to Make the Most of Your 15 Minutes appeared on PopMatters yesterday. This interesting little book is a how-to manual on building a little fame in your life. Whether you want the paparazzi chasing you down the street or just a little more attention in the…
continue readingThe Final Word on the Fabricated Village Voice Story
Now, granted, I don’t live in New York City. With the exception of my years in the Washington, DC area, I’ve always lived in the “fly over states” as the coasters know us. And the majority of my time in the fly over states was spent in the South where air traffic control had…
continue readingThe Kindest Rejection of All
Just when stories of decapitations, corporate executive malfeasance, doping tennis dads, stolen prosthetic limbs, and firebombed homeless men make you think there is no hope for mankind, something always pops up to restore a bit of mankind’s dignity. Maybe it’s chicken soup for the soul kind of item. A stranger rescues a cat or…
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