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“Everything is Beautiful” is now LIVE at Troubadour21
Posted on October 20, 2009 3 Comments
So my strange little story “Everything is Beautiful” is up now at Troubadour 21. Enjoy. We might turn this into a series. Peace, Richard
QUICKIES! Chicago
Posted on October 14, 2009 2 Comments
QUICKIES! Chicago – October 13, 2009: JAC JEMC ELIZABETH WYLDER BEN TANZER KATE DUVA CAROLINE PICARD AARON PLASEK GRAY CASEY BYE ZACH DODSON RICHARD THOMAS AARON BURCH BLAKE BUTLER AMELIA GRAY Wow, so what a great night. I was thrilled when Mary and Lindsay invited me to read at QUICKIES! Chicago, but little did I […]
SCORCH ATLAS by Blake Butler release party with Featherproof Books
Posted on October 13, 2009 2 Comments
So last night I fought traffic for an hour and a half to just barely get down to the SCORCH ATLAS book release by Blake Butler and Featherproof Books on time. It was at No Coast Collective @1500 W. 17th St, Chicago so if you’re in the Pilsen area, check them out. I love Pilsen, […]
Interview with Richard Thomas
Posted on September 29, 2009 Leave a Comment
Thought I would make sure this link was up here on a more glorious and permanent basis. http://craigwallwork.blogspot.com/2009/01/interview-with-richard-thomas.html Craig is a writer whose work I’ve really grown to love. I have in time published him in Colored Chalk (twice, Issue #6 – Waking Up Strange and Issue #9 -Heaven and Hell) as well as in […]
“Interview” at Troubadour 21
Posted on September 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
My short story “Interview” is now live at Troubadour 21. It’s a dark little tale that has three unique voices. I hope you enjoy it. Peace, Richard
Dueling Columns – I’m all for Simultaneous Submissions
Posted on August 31, 2009 14 Comments
First of all, Larina and I are doing a dueling column on this issue. I am FOR simultaneous submission (the writer’s perspective) and Larina is FOR no simultaneous submission (editor’s perspective). You can read her column right here, and YES it IS the same WordPress site. Cute isn’t it? We’re like twins. http://larina.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/simsubs/ I’ll post […]
Sideshow Fables #1 is OUT – Circus Fiction
Posted on August 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
I’m posting this for Paul. I am the co-editor and designer. I’m really proud of the overall vision, look and quality of work in this debut issue. Fiction by Steve Almond, Craig Wallwork, Nik Korpon, Catherine J. Gardner, Caleb J. Ross, Rhian Waller, Deborah Walker, Christopher Kugler, Colin McKay Miller, and the first installment of […]
An Incomplete List of My Online Stories
Posted on August 12, 2009 4 Comments
This is a Table of Contents for all of my current, LIVE fiction that is available online for FREE. Below are each of the stories, a brief synopsis, and a link to the site that hosts them. They are in reverse chronological order. What do all of these stories have in common? I tend to […]
Colored Chalk #9 is LIVE – Heaven and Hell
Posted on August 2, 2009 2 Comments
I’m very excited to post this up. Such a great group of writers. Thanks Jason Heim for all of the web work, and to Mark Wilkinson for his beautiful cover (http://www.the-masque.com/) I just wanted to take one moment to talk about the fantastic writers involved: Zsa Zsa – she was a very misunderstood soul and […]
Annotation on Will Christopher Baer’s Phineas Poe Trilogy – KMJ, PD and HHA
Posted on July 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
This was something I did for my MFA at Murray State. My professor, Lynn Pruitt, really liked it, and in fact, I’m bringing down a copy of KMJ for her, she was so intrigued. I don’t know if any of you die-hard WCB fans will get anything MORE out of this, you’ve probably all come […]
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