Carswell, Sean, Train Wreck Girl. San Francisco: Manic D Press. 2008. paper,ISBN: 978-1-933149-21-9
Before I go any further, know that Train Wreck Girl will easily be one of the best novels of 2008. At 20 pages in, the earth paused. I remained absolutely entranced through the final page. Novels like this don’t happen very often, so [...]
Like the subject matter in this, Harley Elliott’s twelfth book and first collection of non-fiction, there exists below the surface, universal binds and shared histories from which the impetus of progression can be said to reside.
The non-fiction moniker given to this collection belies the engaging, story-telling mode Elliott uses. Set against the backdrop of the [...]
Rayo Casablanca’s debut novel, 6 Sick Hipsters is now officially out and available for order.
Rayo was nice enough to send me an ARC of his novel a few months back, which I reviewed for Dogmatika, here.
Casablanca is truly a great writer and all around great guy. He can probably dance, too, which makes me even [...]
When a man in a suit made of cockroaches meets a man in a suit made of Twinkies — well, that’s about as easy as subtraction gets.
From Jeremy Robert Johnson’s Extinction Journals
About a year ago I came across this novella, fell in love, then promptly forgot it in favor of my ever-increasing to-read stack. [...]
Note: This review originally appeared in the now defunct DepravedPress.com
Jason M. Heim. Remember to Blink. Lulu.com, 2003-04. $15.99, paper, ISBN: 1-4116-1121-7.
The narrator of Jason M. Heim’s debut novel, Remember to Blink, suffers from what might best be described as a chronic case of boredom. Taking a cue from his mundane job in [...]
Midnight finds us rolling through the waves of the old Double Drive In, the gravel crunching under our tires, the Monte Carlo’s trunk bottoming out like it used to, and all the broken glass, beer caps, and bullet casings now [...]
…”How old were you the first time?”
“The first time I shot someone? Nineteen.”
Leksi nodded and opened his mouth, [...]
