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Slightly conflicted as posting this theoretically increases the entries sent into the NPR Three Minute Short Story contest thus decreasing my chances of winning. But maybe you will all write terrible, terrible stories and make mine look that much better. Check out all the info here.
Stories have to be under 600 words. One character must tell a joke and one must cry. Good luck, mwah ha ha...
If you haven't been reading Ethel Rohan's stories in FRiGG, Hobart, PANK, Pindeldyboz, Bound off Magazine, etc, here's your chance. Her first collection of stories, Cut Through the Bone is now out from Dark Sky.
Ethel gets to the heart of a story with deft precision. Her hauntingly beautiful stories dig at you long after you've read them. And what would make a better Christmas present for your angsty goth teenage niece?
Working Backwards from the Worst Moment in my Life
Rob Roberge, who wrote Drive and More Than They Could Chew, has a new collection of stories out. Want a Christmas present that will make your nephew think you are the shit or your grandpa think you are a sicko, then buy this book.
Steve Almond likes it!
"Rob Roberge is a modern master of the down-and-out-that-just-got-worse. His stories are dark and thrilling. They take hold of the reader like some bad, bracing dope and don't let go until you feel the full measure of your own humanity. Prose this carefully wrought and true puts him in the tradition of Bukowski, Hammett, and Denis Johnson."
Steve Almond, author of My Life in Heavy Metal, Candyfreak, The Evil BB Chow and Not that You Asked: Essays.
