If this was Novemeber, I could say Happy PANKsgiving and feel mildly clever. But it's December. So maybe: Merry PANKsmas. I'm not sure that's appropriately non-demoninational. It also sounds weird.
In any case, this is all to say that the December PANK is live right here and it contains my story-like thing "The Nameless."
So ends today's self-promotion.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
"Cast Out" Now at PANK
The newest issue of PANK is now live and includes "Cast Out" -- a post-apocalyptic short story I wrote while considering ideas for a novel.
Can't say how excited I am to be in PANK. They consistently publish some of my favorite stories. And they manage the rarest of feats -- a consistent aesthetic that isn't beholden to a specific style or genre.
Hope you get a chance to read the whole February issue.
Can't say how excited I am to be in PANK. They consistently publish some of my favorite stories. And they manage the rarest of feats -- a consistent aesthetic that isn't beholden to a specific style or genre.
Hope you get a chance to read the whole February issue.
Friday, January 29, 2010
A Story I Keep Remembering...
I didn't write about this story when I first read it. I think it's possible I hadn't yet started this blog. Or I was busy. But I want to mention:
Yearlight Savings Time by Kevin Griffith. Published in the August '09 issue of PANK.
This is fantastical fiction about Americans trying to relive a year exactly as it happened the year before in an attempt to stave off the end of the world. The story centers on one man, the narrator. His personal hopes and failures are perfectly interwoven into the story of a world struggling to relive the past in order to have a future.
It's fantastical fiction at its best because it makes you think AND feel. Given how many stories I read, I think it's a sign of this one's power that it keeps returning to me. So I wanted to mention it.
And encourage you to read it if you haven't.
Yearlight Savings Time by Kevin Griffith. Published in the August '09 issue of PANK.
This is fantastical fiction about Americans trying to relive a year exactly as it happened the year before in an attempt to stave off the end of the world. The story centers on one man, the narrator. His personal hopes and failures are perfectly interwoven into the story of a world struggling to relive the past in order to have a future.
It's fantastical fiction at its best because it makes you think AND feel. Given how many stories I read, I think it's a sign of this one's power that it keeps returning to me. So I wanted to mention it.
And encourage you to read it if you haven't.
Friday, November 20, 2009
A Little Noise for "Quiet"
What I love about reading online fiction is the variety you can find – particularly in the realm of flash (a form that is very suited to the Internet). That’s all just a prelude to the praise I want to throw David Erlewine’s way. Specifically for ”Quiet”, his new story in PANK.
The story is under 250 words and has the weight of a story ten times as long. David does this so well in his writing –condenses the essential flavor of a narrative so that nothing is missed despite the brevity. In “Quiet”, he gives us the entire story of a mother/son relationship. Impressive not just in its ambition but in its effect. Its impact. Its success in causing the reader to pull in a long breath and wait a good moment before being able to move on.
The story is under 250 words and has the weight of a story ten times as long. David does this so well in his writing –condenses the essential flavor of a narrative so that nothing is missed despite the brevity. In “Quiet”, he gives us the entire story of a mother/son relationship. Impressive not just in its ambition but in its effect. Its impact. Its success in causing the reader to pull in a long breath and wait a good moment before being able to move on.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sick Writing
I like stories that make me feel a little ill. Actually, I like stories that make me feel anything and I'm not upset if that feeling is of the skin-itching variety.
In the September online issue of PANK, Brandi Wells gives us "Instructional". It's a rape story. But not one you've read before.
It's sick writing, both in the sense of "not right in the head" and in the modern sense of "really, really good".
In the September online issue of PANK, Brandi Wells gives us "Instructional". It's a rape story. But not one you've read before.
It's sick writing, both in the sense of "not right in the head" and in the modern sense of "really, really good".
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