Mlaz Corbier, well-read crazy man and all-around glorious inbastard, offered to translate my story, “The Camel of Morocco,” into Dutch (mainly for a university class, but I like to pretend my work is so captivating that it demands translation). I don’t read Dutch, so it is entirely possible that Mlaz may have turned this story [...]
A couple fellow Cutlies (www.chuckpalahniuk.net members are called Culties, the site is called The Cult; I’m not at risk of drinking tainted Kool-Aid, I promise) very recently started a new online lit mag site called Lobster Cult. It’s too early to tell what sort of material will become their foundation, but if my personal knowledge [...]
Disclaimer: I’ve never read/seen any part of the Twilight franchise. The last vampire movie I saw was The Lost Boys. I’m not a fan of the vampire genre and probably never will be. So, why the hell did I write a vampire story for the new Eternal Night: a Vampire Anthology? Two reasons: 1) the [...]
I’ve been a fan of Tim Hall’s since first coming on board with Outsider Writer’s Collective over a year ago. His articles were always great (his Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey as part of his Naked Opinion column is especially good), the email and forum exchanges I had with him consistently proved his dedication to [...]
The easiest characters are those with baggage included.
OPRAH READ THIS > OPRAH, READ THIS is a collection of stories that each leverage the name-recognition of other writers to impart a meta-layer of interpretation. These are fictions. The writers are not. Here, we explore the overlap.
This collection will be live for 11 months: January 2010-November 2010
Writers [...]
Today, Charactered Pieces officially goes on sale after an absolutely amazing pre-sale period. I can’t thank enough the many people who have traded their hard-earned cash for these bound words of mine. Due to such generosity, I have decided not to use the money to purchase a new Lay-Z-Boy for the PETA compound. They will [...]
A few of you know how unbelievably happy I am to say this. The rest of you will likely get tired of me saying this: my story chapbook is now officially available for preorder! Books will ship around November 16th.
All preorders will receive a copy of the book, along with the following:
A (very) personal inscription. [...]
