Stuff That's Going On

Here's some stuff that's going on:

• Dogzplot is having a huge reading weekend bender in Atlantic City (pictured).
• The Fiction Circus lays out the Booker Prize--isn't there a Man in there somewhere now?

People are busy. Well, I'm not. But people, people are busy.

A Well Known Book I Haven't Read

So it's summer, and I'm actually reading things other than student work, but it just reminds me of things I haven't read that I feel like I should. Today's book I have not read is Independence Day by Richard Ford. That's right, haven't read that one. But one of my past professors told a story about how he was jerk, so that probably makes it okay.

Bram Stoker Had Grey Eyes

Grey, gray, grey, grey, definitely. Reading a Stoker biography and turns out he had grey eyes and loved it! So does one of my brothers, though I'm not sure about his feelings on having said grey eyes. Why do I bring it up? No reason.

"Scientist Mad" nominated for Best of the Net

So the good people at decomP nominated my story "Scientist Mad" for Best of the Net 2009. The other nods include:

Stories:

Adam Moorad - "Star-Spangled Enterprise"

Poems:

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz - "A SHORT HISTORY OF UNUSUAL FISH"

Kristin Dombrowski - "Bog"

Kira Hesser - "inertia / inner / in her"

Heather Momyer - "Dead Dog"

Iftekhar Sayeed - "the early mangoes"

Buff Whitman-Bradley - "Aerial Intercourse"

Me on LITnIMAGE

So my story "Paternity" (that's right, fatherhood comes natural to me--though it hasn't right yet) is in the Summer 2009 issue of the illustrious LITnIMAGE. Not only does it have a great look as you'd expect considering the name (in this issue check out Leslie Ditto's bizarro cool work) but has also published some killer fiction in the past, including Jenny William's “The Fisherman’s Wife”, which won the 2008 Million Writers Award.

Why Would You Want to Kill the Author...Unless...

So the first issue of > kill author is up with great pieces from Barry Graham, Brad Green, and J. A. Tyler, among others. The editorial staff of > kill author has chosen to remain anonymous, claiming that the reputation of editors is getting in the way of something, what's that thing called that people don't care about having anymore...integrity?

Though the mag is literary in tone and the title comes from a Roland Barthes quote and though they deny being robots, I can only assume that they are, in fact, editors come back from the dead...zombie editors. But not famous ones like Gordon Lish or Max Perkins. No these are middle-management, zombie editors. Though don't get me wrong, they do an excellent job, especially when you consider a zombie's imprecise motor skills.

Me on Flatmancrooked

So my story "Come, Come Away to Sumerville" is featured at Flatmancrooked. And if you haven't already, you should read their great blog with series like Deena Drewis' on the state of the short story--pretty good in case you're wondering and too lazy to read, which is sad because you are, in fact, reading this very second. Relax, you've stopped now.