Writer In Residence Archives

 
Sara Levine, February 2012

The Characters Who Aren't Clubbable

 
Origin Stories, January 2012

Madeleine D'Arcy, 'Return to Chez Dora' by Madeleine D'Arcy

AD Jameson, ‘Roses’ by AD Jameson

Sandi Sonnenfeld, 'Blue Ash' by Sandi Sonnenfeld

Gary Percesepe, ‘Gail’ by Gary Percesepe

Nick Ripatrazone, ‘Pursell’ by Nick Ripatrazone

Rare Animal Facts by Jenny Halper

Two Poems by Dennis Mahagin by Dennis Mahagin

Snap by Myfanwy Collins

Bang, Bang by Joey de Francesco

Inconsequential, Oklahoma by Robert Lopez

Alpha Woman Rapes Husband by Daphne Buter

Not Cool by Ellen Parker

Rain by Molly Gaudry

Starts by Scott Garson

 
Renee Zambo, December 2011

5 Questions for Amelia Gray

 
Kathy Fish, December 2011

Fox by Marcus Speh

Till by Kim Chinquee

Wrestling with Genetics by Robert Vaughan

Moussaoui Remembers Fire by Chad Simpson

There Are No Lines in Nature by James Robison

 
Lee Rourke, November 2011

Some words on Houellebecq (part III) . . .

 
Scott Rettberg, October 2011

Thanks and the Last Volcano

Blue Company: glimpses by Rob Wittig

Blue Company: best news by Rob Wittig

Nameless Films by Sandy Florian and Talan Memmott

Ingenstans by Talan Memmott

A Casual Introduction by Dirk Stratton

Intervention by Dirk Stratton

From The Unknown: Dirk Stratton's Last Will and Testament, Dirk's Last Wish, After His Death, Dirk Floated by William Gillespie, Scott Rettberg, and Dirk Stratton with Frank Marquardt

From The Unknown: Unfathomably, We Won a Shit Load of Awards by William Gillespie, Scott Rettberg, and Dirk Stratton with Frank Marquardt

From The Unknown: How We Trashed the Hotel Room, Boston, The First Time William Was in Space by William Gillespie, Scott Rettberg, and Dirk Stratton with Frank Marquardt

From The Unknown: Paris Miller, Dublin, Dirk is Cuchulainn by William Gillespie, Scott Rettberg, and Dirk Stratton with Frank Marquardt

From The Unknown: Public Health Transportation, Division of Labor, William's Ancestral Origins, On the Plane to London by William Gillespie, Scott Rettberg, and Dirk Stratton with Frank Marquardt

From the Unknown: Fall at the House of John Barth by William Gillespie, Scott Rettberg, and Dirk Stratton with Frank Marquardt

From The Unknown: Hypertext of the Unknown, Trip, Innocent, Illinois, Denver by William Gillespie, Scott Rettberg, and Dirk Stratton with Frank Marquardt

 
Jess Stoner, September 2011

Walking Away from the Buffet

SF for MFAs by Chris N. Brown (aka Chris Nakashima-Brown)

Infamous Library by Işıl Eğrikavuk

Prepare for Bloat by Elizabeth Ellen

The Dictionary of Your Fears by Alexander Lumans

Parochial Plaids by Alexander Lumans

The O Mission Repo: Weave Plan by Travis Macdonald

The O Mission Repo: the Reface by Travis Macdonald

Prowlers by Jac Jemc

The Roommate, Ritz by Meghan Austin

 
Brian Kiteley, August 2011

The Third Person vs. the First Person

From The Racer Stories by Jennifer Denrow

The Weather by Marream Krollos

Bundling by Susan Stinson

The First and Final Season by Christine Gardiner

Our Past by Richard Froude

From Estranger by Erik Anderson

 
Tim Horvath, July 2011

The Gleaming of Beryl by Stephen Mounkhall

The Mechanics of Love by Amy Marcott

What He Saw by Lily Hoang

The Affliction by Robert Kloss

 
Terri Griffith, June 2011

All that Begins Must End

 
Kevin Fanning, May 2011

Interview with A.M. Robinson

 
Jeff Vande Zande, April 2011

The Slow Moon Climbs, Chapter 15

 
Ethel Rohan, March 2011

Ethel Rohan, Signing Out by Ethel Rohan

Goldfinch in the Snow by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

What I Was Left by Bernie McGill

Islands by Kevin Spaide

Dark Days by Jon Boilard

By Ballytrasna by Nuala Ní Chonchúir

A Heap Of Snow by Mairéad Byrne

Polishing by David Mohan

Cold Cuts by Eimear Ryan

Graveside by Tania Hershman

My Secret War by Philip O'Ceallaigh

Madeleine D'Arcy, 'Clocking Out' by Madeleine D'Arcy

 
Michelle Bailat-Jones, February 2011

celebrating the impossibilities

tokyo fishermen by Margaret Fletcher Saine

Social Experiment by Pauline Blatt

morning on the mountain by Claude Bailat

St. Tropez by Margaret Fletcher Saine

Indiscretion by Laure Mi Hyun Croset

The Settler by Céline Cerny

 
First Footing, January 2011

Casey Hannan, 'Fabulous Lightning' by Casey Hannan

Jennifer Marie Donahue, 'How We Burn' by Jennifer Marie Donahue

S. Craig Renfroe, 'The Banshee' by S. Craig Renfroe

 
Robert Kloss, December 2010

The Clown Show

___________ by Matt Bell

Clown How She Said by Christopher Higgs

A World (So Long) Unseen by J.A. Tyler

Erasure by Molly Gaudry

Columbine and Harlequin by Craig Medvecky

A Holiday Remix Double Feature by Charles Dodd White and Matthew Salesses

Aria for the Clown's Wife by Amber Sparks

Pierrot, Under the Big Top by Michael Kimball

In the Lost by Andrew Borgstrom

Long Days by Cory Lahue

The Final Room by James Tadd Adcox

Acrobat by Laura van den Berg

Kidd, Kier, Kimball by Matt Bell

Halloween Sestina by Molly Gaudry

2nd Contact by Craig Medvecky

The Sweet Sorrowful by Charles Dodd White

Plots by Andy Devine

The Sleepers by Amber Sparks

The Rise of Dr. Fu-Manchu by James Tadd Adcox

from: Around Here by Andrew Borgstrom

Fiji & the Grocery Store by Christopher Higgs

 
Gina Frangello, November 2010

Goodbye, thanks, and a glimse at things future . . .

 
Peter Grandbois, October 2010

Farewell and Thanks

 
Amber Sparks, September 2010

Thank You and a Little Something More

Artifact 24: Textbook by Sheldon Compton

Artifact 29: Do Remember Me by Chantel Louise Tattoli

Artifact 12: The Boy of Threes by Alan Stewart Carl

Artifact 28: Blood Sucker by Lori Richards

Artifact 21: Artifact 21 by Kirsty Logan

Artifact 15: Artifact 15 by Henry Vauban

Artifact 1: Artifact One by Matt Kirkpatrick

Artifact 20: Soulkeeper by Molly Gaudry

Artifact 11: Artifact XI by John Minichillo

Artifact 17: When She Spoke by Vanessa Ramos

Artifact 3 by Don Antenen

 
Matt Briggs, August 2010

The Remains of River Names

 
William Walsh, July 2010

Guitar Event

 
Roxane Gay, June 2010

From a Nebula a Star is Born

Full Form by Mel Bosworth

Martha Seeks Revenge by Lily Hoang

Martha in Love by Lily Hoang

Cagarse en la leche by Jen Michalski

His Days by Lauren Becker

Time/change by Amy McDaniel

Goodnight Dogs by Marcelle Heath

The Year Away by Erin Fitzgerald

Ready by xTx

The Subway Station by Tim Jones-Yelvington

Peafowl by Jensen Beach

Other Woman by Brandi Wells

Leroy Knows Things by M. Bartley Seigel

Make Over by Ethel Rohan

Tom Jane by Ken Baumann

Homesick by Paula Bomer

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Michelle Bailat-Jones reviews Echolocation by Myfanwy Collins (Engine Books, 2012).

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In this week’s Research Notes, Megan Stielstra describes the lengths — and depths — she went to for the sake of a story.

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Matt Baker and Mel Bosworth discuss their recent projects in hypertextual fiction.

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Susan Jupp reviews Laikonik Express by Nick Sweeney (Unthank Books, 2011).

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In this week’s Research Notes, Ben Nadler reflects on writing about military experience, without having military experience of his own.

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