Birth of Eros, a novel by Debra Di Blasi, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald

Size matters. I have yet to forget the first time I read those words, (and yes, in the exact context … More

Dave Fitzgerald on Jared Joseph’s A Book About Myself Called Hell

One of the first things I did after the initial wave of COVID-19 sent me and my 10,000 some-odd coworkers … More

The Celestial Bandit, a tribute anthology to Isidore Ducasse, the Comte de Lautréamont, edited by Jordan A. Rothacker, reviewed by Jarrod Campbell

Some writers’ legends are so large that they are usually read about rather than read. The author’s work takes on … More

ANGEL HOUSE, a novel by David Leo Rice, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald

ANGEL HOUSE is the kind of novel that will mean something different to everyone who reads it, and indeed, will likely … More

A Review of Aimee Parkison’s Sister Séance by Stephen Daly

Set in Massachusetts c. 1865, Aimee Parkison’s novel Sister Séance presents the haunted world of a family with many dark secrets, and … More

“Matthew Burnside Crafts Stories from a Wiki”: Michael Maiello Investigates the novel Wiki of Infinite Sorrows

Wiki is an acronym for “What I Know Is,” and wikis have sprung up all over the internet, covering everything … More

“Gravity and Other Theories”: A Collaborative Interview with authors Andrew Farkas & David Leo Rice

Andrew Farkas is the author of a novel, The Big Red Herring, and two fiction collections, Sunsphere and Self-Titled Debut. He is an Assistant Professor of … More

“I’m Resistant to Form, in Life and in Art”: An Interview with Loie Rawding, author of the novel Tight Little Vocal Cords by Laura Eppinger

Loie Rawding grew up on the coast of Maine. Her personal work exists as hybrid monster, a cocktail of prose … More

“A Great Mentor Is the Kind That Teaches You How to Kill the Mentor”: John Kazanjian Interviews David Leo Rice about His Novel ANGEL HOUSE

David Leo Rice’s novel ANGEL HOUSE is the story of an ensemble cast brought into existence by Professor Squimbop, who … More

The Fabulous Dead, Andriana Minou’s un-historical flash fictions from KERNPUNKT Press, reviewed by Christina Ghent

The iconic and celebrated historical composers, astronauts, actresses, philosophers, and authors among a host of others are brought back to … More

“Don’t Think About the Elephant”: An Interview with Andrew Farkas, Author of The Big Red Herring

Andrew Farkas is the author of a novel: The Big Red Herring (KERNPUNKT Press), and two short fiction collections: Sunsphere … More

Chelsea Biondolillo’s essay collection The Skinned Bird, reviewed by Christen Kauffman

Song birds, or oscine Passeriformes, with fixed song repertoires learn to sing in four steps. The steps are studied, in … More

Haunted Passages: An Excerpt from ANGEL HOUSE, a coming-of-age horror novel by David Leo Rice

After crossing a vast inland sea in an ark called ANGEL HOUSE, Professor Squimbop docks on a distant shore. As … More

“History Repeats and Stories Become Complete”: Fabulations, minimalist short stories by José de Piérola, reviewed by Mark Crimmins

José de Pierola’s Fabulations is an impressive and deeply stimulating collection, one that explores a diapason of forms and modes … More

The Book of Transparencies, a literary detective novel by Jefferson Navicky, reviewed by Laura Nicoara

The Book of Transparencies begins (or does it?) in 2005 when an unnamed narrator, an adjunct professor at a community … More