Reading Recommendation

If ever it seems to you that this blog is just a place for me to tout the superlative skills of one LiAnn Yim, that's because the lady is on fire these days. Her flash piece "Security" appeared recently in First Stop Fiction: The soldiers who came for us had their orders in the form …

Reading Recommendation: NANO Fiction Volume 7.1

My dear friend LiAnn Yim has a piece of flash fiction out in NANO Fiction volume 7.1! LiAnn's writing never fails to delight and amaze me, and I am so, so excited to see this in print. Besides being my co-editor on The Golden Key and my own ideal reader, she's also the sharp eye …

Amy Hempel in The Paris Review

The Paris Review's 'Art of Fiction' interview with Amy Hempel isn't new, but it's a good one.  The whole thing, obviously, is worth a read, but I wanted to excerpt a bit I particularly liked here: HEMPEL The term [minimalism] had meaning in the art world, but quickly became meaningless and pejorative when applied to …

“Speed the Collapse”

Today I read:The truth is she who was milk-white is redrawn by the man she lives with. Newfangled machinery prickles glyphs nightly into her skin. She is quilled, traced, re-lined. He hovers over the device with reverence. The machine touches her with mechanical science. Pictures unfurl, snug as a ribbon tied around her throat. The …

“Matty Groves”

Oh, and did I mention I have a short short story up on Lightning Cake today?  Because I do, and LiAnn did the most marvelous illustration for it. It's called "Darling" and you should go read it right now.

“Storm Song”

Have I mentioned lately how much I love LiAnn's flash fiction project Lightning Cake?  Because I do, a lot. ♥

“Hole in the Middle”

Today I read: Perhaps predictably, the cloud became enamored of a girl who came to visit it occasionally. The cloud adored her. She was both sillier and more serious than the other visitors. Instead of poking, she petted, curving her palm into gentle bowls. Rather than grab the cloud up, she turned her face from …

“Intermezzo in A Minor”

Today I read: The man will read the “Believe It Or Not News” to his wife and boy at the table because other news gives indigestion, encourages the kind of crying that can go on forever. He will try them with this: The 900 year old heart of an Irish saint has gone missing. The …

“In A Landscape”

I'm really delighted to be able to say that I have a piece of flash fiction up on Lightning Cake, LiAnn's newly minted flash zine.  She's curating and illustrating short-short stories of a speculative bent and I'm so excited to see what's up next! You can check out my piece, "Teeth," here.

“Destiny”

Today I read: I was slain by my foe, a smaller man, as I fled the field. Though my head was not recovered my body was sent back to the village. My mother recognised the purple birthmark upon my shoulder, but she refused me. This could not be her son she said, with his wounds …