Bereft of language, youths will express themselves with a knife, a fist, or a gun.
The home has long been a powerful metaphor, and for good reason. The place where we live comes to represent us. But here is a story I haven’t seen before, where the homeowner cannot seem to see his house as it is. Where he can’t stop seeing it as a metaphor. —Matt Salesses, Good Men Project [...]
The Cool Dad
May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“Yeah dudes, me and the boy were tight. I didn’t worry about what was going on with him. It seemed to me he was just a cool kid, having a good time.”
The Isle of Khería
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Study for the New Fictional Science
April 28, 2012 By 1 Comment
“After all, Peter Parker became Spiderman by accident. Bruce Banner made the best of his terrible growth spurts and temper spasms. You, too, can turn trouble around and become a small god.” By Amber Sparks
First Look: KINO, by Jürgen Fauth
April 14, 2012 By 2 Comments
They’d been back for three days now and the marriage was off to a rocky start. The reception had been a disaster, the honeymoon was ruined, and Mina was beginning to resent the long hours at the hospital. This was not how she had envisioned her new life.
First Look: MY ONLY WIFE, by Jac Jemc
April 7, 2012 By 4 Comments
This excerpt and the mounting advance praise for Jac Jemc’s My Only Wife has me excited for April 10th. “Ten years ago the narrator unlocked the door of a wrecked apartment, empty of any trace of his wife. As stunning as her disappearance is his response. He freezes on the facts of her, haunting his recollections. [...]
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March 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mike Meginnis is doing something you will love. It’s called, EXITS ARE. He’s recreating those old text adventures (think Apple IIe), in real time, with authors of note. Remember: “Exits are… (N, S, W, E)”?
Crows Eat Well
March 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“The day I get out on parole, Toby picks me up in Kingston. He’s two hours late.” — Andrew F. Sullivan lets us into the dark parts of his soul.
Sustainable Practices
March 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“The whole world’s going broke, and it’s because we’re importing water”—he glared at her—“from Tahiti. But whatever makes you happy, baby.” By Vanessa Blakeslee
First Look: FORGOTTEN COUNTRY, by Catherine Chung
February 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A first look at the novel, FORGOTTEN COUNTRY, by Catherine Chung, out March 1 from Riverhead Books.
Two from HARD TO SAY, by Ethel Rohan
February 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
“An Irish daughter struggles with her relationship with her mother, who drinks, beats, goes blind, loses her sanity. The stories in this aptly titled book are relentless, full of terror, frighteningly true. Ethel Rohan’s rhythms will get inside you.” —Matt Salesses, Good Men Project Fiction Editor
Paradise Is a Place with Plenty of Music
January 28, 2012 By 8 Comments
“She ground her pelvis against John’s thigh and sang ‘I Wanna Sex You Up’ with a mouthful of toothpaste. And when he frowned down at her, she only laughed harder.” By Heidi Bell
Asperger’s: A Chronology, an excerpt from FATHERMUCKER
January 14, 2012 By 4 Comments
“Roland has invented a game. He pokes you in the eye with his index finger, Three Stooges’ style, and yells, ‘Boook!’” By Greg Olear
The Underwater Room
January 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
“He slides his finger up the shaft to catch the trickle of red sap oozing down the damp inner skin of the bark, studies his finger, then shoves his hand into the crowd for them to see.
Obama Appoints Kevin McCallister
December 17, 2011 By 3 Comments
“Several unnamed White House officials have confirmed that President Obama has appointed fellow Chicagoan, Kevin McCallister, as Special Consultant to the Secret Service’s detail.” By Katharine Gingrich
Cherry Tomatoes
December 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
He looked at me, and I sensed trouble. Like he was checking my distance, like he might try and run off with you.
Vocalyze
“I spent years in confusion that led me to ask awkward even wholly inappropriate questions at the wrong moments…”
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