John Madera’s fiction may be found in Conjunctions, Opium Magazine, The &Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing, and many … More
Tag: Rhizomatic
WHAT COULD BE SAVED, bookmatched novellas and stories excerpt, by Gregory Spatz
For a time—ninth grade, some of tenth—he’d lost himself in music. Listening, playing along to songs on the stereo, … More
An Excerpt from the Novel THE COLOR INSIDE A MELON by John Domini
Risto—Aristofano Al’Kair—is a rarity in contemporary Italy, an immigrant success story out of Africa. Born in Mogadishu, he’s earned … More
“How Hazel Tried to Kill the One Good Thing,” an excerpt from the novel HAZEL by David Huddle
Hazel never completely moved into Forrest’s apartment. She kept paying her rent in graduate housing, but she left more … More
“Puritan Remnants,” an excerpt from TIME’S UP! A MEMOIR OF THE AMERICAN CENTURY by Robert Cabot
I entered America’s Century in 1924. World War I was over, Europe lay devastated, millions killed—a hundred thousand of … More
“A Night, Like Any Other, or Ooh, That Smell,” an excerpt from GRISTLE, weird tales by Jordan A. Rothacker
Gasoline is poured on the dead face. The body, entirely saturated. Drying blood charges with the illusion of new … More
Excerpt: SITU by Steven Seidenberg
That the glint of shining rill…the shining rill of coruscations should impregnate his mute sputter of a credo with mimesis—with … More
An Excerpt of Laura Catherine Brown’s Comic Novel MADE BY MARY
Made by Mary is a black comedy using magic realism to blow up myths about women, mothers, daughters and motherhood. … More
