" . . . it had fallen flat and was mostly covered in pine needles. He bent to wipe some away and read the name Dean. Below, 'Missed by all' and below that a break in the stone that separated it into two fragments. He wiped away some more pine needles: 'and sundry'."
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The first excerpt from The Coast of Everything to be published is up now at the wonderful 3:AM Magazine. Many thanks to them and to @andrewgallix.bsky.social
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This is the correct headgear.
Just a fez I'm going through. Very happy to add to the buzz surrounding the most original, remarkable and enjoyable novel of the year. www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_...
This is the correct headgear.
LOVED this wild and terrifying novel!
For #WorldBookDay, this lovely message from Professor Luke Kennard (Film & Creative Writing, University of Birmingham) @lukekennard.bsky.social @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social
Such a photograph, I'm led to believe, is de rigeur.
here's a glimpse of my short story Artemis at the venerable @exactingclam.bsky.social.
One of the reads of my life.
Big news! Not only is Issue 20 out today, but from here on in you can create your own account on the website, where all issues will soon be available in their entirety. Some already are. Plus digital-only subscriptions at a much, much lower price!
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Wherein, at the invitation of @jonathangibbs.bsky.social, I write about twelve brilliant stories by twelve brilliant writers, some of whom are alive @egangoonsquad.bsky.social @theactualemma.bsky.social @cdrose.bsky.social.
I enjoyed this!
Thanks to the wonderful @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social for this short reading from The Coast of Everything. Preorder at www.thecoastofeverything.com and buy Julian's The University of Bliss while you're at it.
Compelling
absolute banger
The reviewer continues: " I can easily imagine someone else giving it one star — and I wouldn’t even argue with them — but I’d struggle more to agree with a three-star review. What a joy to read an author unafraid to be a little bit batshit."
I wouldn't argue either.
The latest on Goodreads (about Lake of Urine)
"A bizarre slapstick parody that feels like Foster Wallace, Kennedy Toole, and Pynchon filtered through an Irish creative writing program steeped in Joyce and O'Brien."
Up to my chin in Mann this year. 'Dr Faustus' and now 'Lotte in Weimar'. He doesn't really concern himself with forward propulsion does he? It's as if he thinks all that is up to the reader.
Can’t tell you what this means to me, Jeff. A fellow writer who has decided to read only small press books this year wrote to me and asked me to recommend what I thought were the best in the last ten years. I recommended three. Hashtag was one of them.
This early review is a drop of sunshine in an otherwise dark and stormy Jan/Feb. “Stitch takes the reader deeper into a book than any author has ever done before”. Deepest thanks. #books #booksky
Harry Mathews was born in New York City in 1930 and spent his adult life in the United States and in France. You can learn more about Mathews and his body of work on our website.
His book SINGULAR PLEASURES, will be republished on June 2, 2026. Preorder is available now.
Thanks @alinaetc.bsky.social!
I am always drawn to images of almost nothing. Almost, but not quite.
I'm not even comfortable admitting to the fact that I have a preferred podcast, but if I did . . .
Read.
‘No Stories’, a short story of mine online at The Georgia Review. www.thegeorgiareview.com/posts/no-sto...
You didn't consider confronting him? Moment of growth for you both, potentially.
