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Benjamin Percy’s The Wilding
Posted on December 23, 2010 Leave a Comment
So my review is now up at TNB. Go check it out, peeps. If you haven’t read Ben’s work, well, you need to go do that. I can’t remember the last time I found a new voice that captivated me as much as Ben Percy. It started with the story, “Refresh, Refresh” in an issue […]
Stay God, the debut neo-noir thriller by Nik Korpon IS OUT RIGHT NOW!
Posted on December 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
“Someone stabbed the sun. It’s dripping onto Baltimore, seeping through gauze clouds onto the cobblestone street, reflecting off wet tire tracks in pinpoint sparks like the ones that follow a two-by-four across the nose. It’s dimming, dying, falling in slow motion, but the city is oblivious. Couples in matching jackets and complementary scarves walk arm-in-arm […]
It Came From Del Rio by Stephen Graham Jones
Posted on November 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
My review of It Came From Del Rio (Trapdoor Books) is up at The Nervous Breakdown. What can I say except I love this book, and Stephen’s work in general. I think the review will speak louder than anything I can add here, but this was a real pleasure to read. I’ve never been disappointed […]
The Paris Review – discount for HTMLGiant (and other fans of literary fiction)
Posted on November 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
I’ve really grown to love The Paris Review. There was a discussion over at HTMLGiant about it, and Roxane Gay was talking about how individual copies are expensive, and got this response from the people at TPR: Roxane, Peter from The Paris Review here. Thanks for such a thoughtful review–very much appreciated. Unfortunately, there’s nothing […]
Daddy’s by Lindsay Hunter
Posted on November 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
I’ve met Lindsay a couple times, starting with an event at Quickies! Chicago where I was thrilled to read with a ton of talented people. I was blown away by Amelia Gray, Blake Butler, Jac Jemc, and of course, Lindsay herself. It’s not surprising that I’ve become a big fan of her work. I’ve come […]
The Avain Gospels by Adam Novy
Posted on November 1, 2010 Leave a Comment
My book review for The Avian Gospels by Adam Novy is now LIVE at The Nervous Breakdown. This was a wild ride, a surreal, dystopian book, issued in two beautiful volumes by Short Flight / Long Drive Books. I don’t know if you’d call this a division or an arm of Hobart, but whatever you […]
Pela Via interviews Richard Thomas at Word Riot
Posted on October 15, 2010 Leave a Comment
Not your typical interview, Pela Via and I talk about all kinds of wild things at one of my favorite online fiction sites, Word Riot. They published one of my stories last year, “Three Mistakes”.
OWP Reading Saturday October 16th at 7 pm at Quimby’s, Chicago
Posted on October 13, 2010 Leave a Comment
I’ll be reading Saturday at my favorite bookstore, Quimby’s in the hip and happening Bucktown / Wicker Park area with several other OWP authors – Laura, Nik, and David at 7pm. COME ON OUT! Blocks from the Damen/North/Milwaukee el stop and right on the North Avenue bus line. Saw Chuck Palahniuk read here years ago.
The Nervous Breakdown – Book Reviews by Richard Thomas
Posted on October 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
Hey guys! I’m going to be doing some book reviews for The Nervous Breakdown, and I’m really stoked about that. I’m going to be focusing on small presses and the genre/lit benders. I’m also thrilled to be working with Shya Scanlon, a really talented author I first heard of with his online serial Forecast 42, […]
New Velvet Podcast – Sex and Violence in Fiction
Posted on September 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
Episode 008: Don’t Pull My Hair Unless You Mean It I join writers Nik Korpon (Stay God), Pela Via and Nic Young to grind out the topic of sex and violence in fiction and their complex relationship to sadistic bedfellows, love and shock. VELVET PODCAST 008 This was a lot of fun, some great thoughts, […]
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