Results are in, and here are the prizes, if you've forgotten: First prize: packet of Hannah books, Airships, Ray, Geronimo Rex, a $25.00 gift card from Barnes & Noble Second prize: Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction and my book Breaking it Down. Third prize: Breaking it Down All placing stories will be published in Fried Chicken and Coffee First […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nicole swung around the corner of the café counter in her smooth way, balancing a tray of dishes and coffee cups, just right, before stacking everything in the bus tub. She wore the same tight-fitting white outfit she cleaned every day before she came to work at 6:00 AM. Two days ago, I’d seen everything […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Politicians propound challenge of gas growth is balancing fact, fiction Cheryl Clark writes in the Sun-Gazette: WELLSBORO, PA — As gas drilling protestors staged a vigil outside, state and federal legislators spoke about that hot topic Thursday at the Tioga County Development Corp.'s 14th annual Legislative Breakfast at the Penn Wells Hotel. The economic future of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Only a little overdue… By Christopher J. Jackson Register-Herald Reporter BECKLEY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has tightened limitations on mountaintop removal with new actions to “clarify” and strengthen guidelines for Appalachian mining permits. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said Thursday the guidelines were long overdue and were being implemented to protect Appalachian communities from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I first met Ray up in the mountains at the I-40 rest stop, where I used to go to meet guys sometimes. I found him leaning against a wall, albino-pale, with these watery fish eyes. We messed around in a stall for a bit, and then he told me to meet him at the red […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A spectral kid named Swanly, delivered shivery Delta banjo licks with mad love. Eyes rolled back, to the whites of Barry Hannah. In the irreducible jet stream, fighter pilots whistle "Born on the Bayou." Cryogenic curly cues spell sonic boom: Barry Hannah. Those tiparillo-smoking slot machine catfish, made a riverboat tilt whiskers and silver— when […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I want to go, just to touch the General Lee (like you needed me to link that). Where I grew up, there was no cable. You got, depending on where your house was, two and sometimes three TV channels. The Dukes of Hazzard was on CBS, which we didn't get, but my parent's Friday night euchre partners, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I'd just like to note here that my addiction to Mountain Dew ended at about age 24, or when I left grad school. Further, I'd like to point out that I lost 20 pounds in a month simply switching to Diet Pepsi. Even further, my addiction to Diet Pepsi, which measures in the gallons per […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a poem, by Clay Matthews, posted at Girls with Insurance today. It fits right in here, but please follow the link and read the other good stuff they have to offer, then visit Ghost Road Press or Blazevox and pick up his book(s), why don't you? I will be doing so forthwith. Hit-or-Miss […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You don't have to pay much attention to this blog to know I'm a huge Ron Rash fan. His new collection Burning Bright arrived in the mail yesterday. I'm saving it until tonight when I can devote full attention to it. In the interim, here's a review from, of all places, the Harvard Crimson. Ron […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator (magazine) Issue 0
GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator (magazine) Issue 1
