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Review: The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Buy Here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A collection of raucous stories that offer a panoramic view of New Orleans from the author of the “stunning and audacious” (NPR) debut novel We Cast a Shadow. Maurice Carlos Ruffin has an uncanny ability to … Continue reading

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Review: Unfortunates by Leo X. Robertson

Tentative release date: June 24, 2021 Preorder it here: Amazon Synopsis: In this collection of stories a sadistic blogger gleefully documents the murders of Hollywood celebrities. A journalist infiltrates a sex club for the physically impaired, finding he has more … Continue reading

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Review: Wild Swims by Dorthe Nors

Buy here: Amazon Bookshop Synopsis: A dazzling return to the short story by a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize In fourteen effervescent stories, Dorthe Nors plumbs the depths of the human heart, from desire to melancholy and everything … Continue reading

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Review: Full Throttle by Joe Hill

Hardcover, 480 pages Published October 1st 2019 by William Morrow Original Title Full Throttle ISBN 0062200674 (ISBN13: 9780062200679) Edition Language English Buy Now Here: Amazon Barnes & Noble IndieBound Synopsis: In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles … Continue reading

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Friday Fiction: When Am I Gonna Lose You

Each Friday I plan to write a story inspired by a song I’ve been listening to. This week is “When Am I Gonna Lose You,” by Local Natives. I loved their first album, Gorilla Manor but kind of lost track of … Continue reading

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Fiction: Finished Projects

He was sick of everyone and everyone was sick of him. After he yelled at everyone for a solid twenty minutes,  he sat backstage, on a almost broken stool that he dug out of a pile of discarded show props, … Continue reading

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Review: Black Light by Kimberly King Parsons

  208 pages Expected publication: August 13th 2019 by Vintage Preorder Here: Amazon Barnes & Noble IndieBound Synopsis: With raw, poetic ferocity, Kimberly King Parsons exposes desire’s darkest hollows—those hidden places where most of us are afraid to look. In this debut … Continue reading

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