Running the Whale’s Back

2014-05-21T12:55:36-04:00

It's a great title isn't it? It's actually drawn from one of the stories in the collection, Samuel Martin's story, and it's a perfect fit. You'll see why, when you read the introduction to the colection. Goose Lane Editions, 2013 From the opening pages, readers realize that the

Running the Whale’s Back2014-05-21T12:55:36-04:00

Nick Cutter’s The Troop (2014)

2014-03-03T18:45:39-05:00

A Stephen King blurb. And, it's declared: a novel of terror. Nick Cutter's readers know what they're in for. And, if there was any doubt, little clues speckle the first few chapters. Readers are "waiting for unknown wickedness". There are shadows coalescing into permanence and logs groaning. There is a sheet

Nick Cutter’s The Troop (2014)2014-03-03T18:45:39-05:00

Michael Winter’s One Last Good Look (1999)

2014-03-20T15:32:46-04:00

Dear Gabriel English, You don't know me, but I'm usually quite obsessive about reading things in the proper order, so I'm surprised that I read This All Happened a couple of years ago, having somehow missed the fact that you are also at the heart of this collection

Michael Winter’s One Last Good Look (1999)2014-03-20T15:32:46-04:00

Revisiting Lisa Moore’s Short Fiction

2020-11-03T17:04:44-05:00

For years, a set of loose photocopied pages were housed on my bookshelf with the M's. (Do you do this, too?) Then, they were tucked inside my copy of Lisa Moore's Alligator: her short story "Azalea", which first appeared in the March/April 2002 issue of THIS Magazine. I was first drawn

Revisiting Lisa Moore’s Short Fiction2020-11-03T17:04:44-05:00

Lisa Moore’s Alligator (2004)

2014-07-11T16:54:32-04:00

When readers look into the eye of Lisa Moore's fiction, they are changed. House of Anansi, 2004 "I knelt down near the fence and looked into the eye of a giant alligator that was very near the fence. The alligator did not move and did not move. I

Lisa Moore’s Alligator (2004)2014-07-11T16:54:32-04:00
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