Three of my flash fiction pieces went up today in Hobart! The titles: “Famous,” “Two Men,” and “My Husband.” And “Two Men” begins thusly:
In times of great dissatisfaction, you will occasionally find yourself dating two men.
Two poems in Gargoyle
My copy of Gargoyle #62 finally arrived in my mailbox — after a little detour to my former apartment. Thanks to the postal service for sending it on!
The 394-page thick issue has within its covers two poems of mine: “A Reading” and “A Drinking Solo.” Here are three lines from a poem:
Water under the ridge, I say. It’s a day
when the news fills with familiar
terrors: suicide, parricide, coincide.
The issue — edited by Richard Peabody — also contains work by Nin Andrews, Thaisa Frank, and many many others. Pick up a copy at Gargoyle for about $20.
Two poems in So and So
So and So‘s latest issue just launched with two of my poems: “Assignation” and “Santa Monica.” Here are three lines from a poem:
What clings to the brick wall is gray. How plastic
numbers shuffle across tables, collecting
fingerprints.
Read the rest at So and So — which also has great new work by Amy Lawless (“His fingers are small matte pigs”) and Adam Soldofsky (“Incredible lengths of time are pressed into your head”) and other poets —
The Supplies in Juked
My short story, “The Supplies,” is now up in Juked! It’s about temping and driving and making out. Here’s an excerpt:
Driving to Roy’s that afternoon I felt a connection to everyone I saw, a deeper sort of understanding about our relatedness that didn’t need to be defined in concrete, hierarchical terms. I took time to notice the people inside the cars, their little fidgety preoccupations. Here we all were on our various paths, which weren’t so much paths but rather oneiric somnambulations, bumping gently along in the manner of benign bacteria. This is the attitude I should have had all along, I thought, just saying yes to whatever wanted to happen, not in an overt or grabby way, but in a more acquiescent, shrugging manner.
Juked is an indie lit journal, with new work going up weekly. Dig through its archives for works by Aimee Bender, Tao Lin, and other writers I like.
A Poem in The Volta
My poem “Sunk Costs” is in the They Will Sew The Blue Sail section of the July issue of The Volta, a poetry and poetics site edited by Joshua Marie Wilkinson and Afton Wilky. Enjoy!
Stories, Poems, and Reviews
Fiction
- Eight microprose pieces. New Flash Fiction Series, June 2016
- “The Locust of Desire,” Nothing to Declare: A Guide to the Flash Sequence, Marie Alexander Series, April 2016
- “The Panel,” “Social Psychology,” The Los Angeles Review, Fall 2015
- “Famous,” “Two Men,” and “My Husband,” Hobart, June 2015
- “The Supplies,” Juked, October 2014
- “Holiday Love Scarf,” Eclectica Magazine, July 2014
- “Five Boys, Three Guys, a Dogwalker, and a Suit,” ZYZZYVA
Poems
- “Occupied,” Speaking of Marvels, November 2015
- “A Drinking Solo,” “A Reading,” Gargoyle, February 2015
- “Assignation,” “Santa Monica,” So and So Magazine, January 2015
- “Sunk Costs,” The Volta, July 2014
- “Picnic,” Toad, April 2014
- “Resolutions,” LEVELER, February 2014
- “Carrington’s Cavalry,” Denver Quarterly, 2014
- “Eager,” “Opener,” “Tidier,” “Brighter,” The L.A. Telephone Book Vol. 2, 2012-13, 2014
- “Might Club,” Drunken Boat, January 2014
- “Ozone,” Spoon River Poetry Review, Winter 2013
- “The Permission of Memory,” “Diet and Exercise,” “Boy Toy,” wicked alice, October 2013
- “Like It’s 1984,” “Rebound,” “Stilettos,”The Offending Adam, October 2013
- “Literati,” “Surveillance,” “Critical Mass,” Otoliths, August 2013
- “After School Care,” “Conundrum,” “Exhibit A,” “Visiting Hours,” “W” Horse Less Review, July 2013
- “Last Supper,” “Operation,” “Fake It Forever,” “Parricide,” “A Formal Feeling,” Hobart, July 2013
- “Miracle Mile,” The Missouri Review (Poem of the Week), June 2013
- “Who,” “When,” “Without,” “Which,” “What,” Sonora Review, Fall 2012
- “Hollywood Forever,” “The Smoking Sun,” “Swing Practice,” PANK, November 2012
- “Parable” and “Warm Winter,” LIT, Summer 2012
- “Marmont,” “Ambrose,” “The Standard,” The Loudest Voice, Vol. 1, 2010.
- “Cleaner,” “Longer,” Painted Bride Quarterly, 2010.
- “ZZ,” “SS,” “RR,” “LL,” “VI. Industry: Veggie Cheese,” Fringe, September 2008.
- “Darwin I,” “Darwin II,” “Darwin III,” How2.
- “Sofitel,” “Shutters,” “Fairmont,” Shampoo.
- “alice thinks,” “alice has a little fun,” alice watches sunset,” “alice watches sunset’s relapse,” “alice reads,” “alice, naked,” Mad Hatter’s Review.
Book Reviews
- Bird by Noy Holland, Los Angeles Review, March 2016
- The Staked Plains by Stefan Kiesbye, Los Angeles Review, Feb 2016
- Not Dark Yet by Berit Ellingsen, Los Angeles Review, Jan 2016