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Monday, January 05, 2009
Keyhole Press announces fiction chapbook finalists
Another incredible group. Looking forward to hearing who the winner is, as judged by Michael Martone. Here are the finalists:
Jason Stout - Out Into Nothing
Thomas Cooper - Phantasmagoria
Randall Brown - Future Perfect Tense
Chauna Craig - Children, Gamblers, Drunks, and Saints
Adam Peterson - The Flasher
Stefanie Freele - Breathing Oysters
Matt Bell - The Collectors
Aaron Burch - How to Predict the Weather
Laura Loomis - Lost In Translation
Kathy Fish - It's Possible I'm Not Even Here
Congratulations to all. Keyhole's official announcement is here. Also, check out Keyhole's latest issue, their special handwritten issue. One of the coolest issues of a lit mag I've ever seen.
Labels: Aaron Burch, Adam Peterson, Jason Stout, Kathy Fish, Keyhole Magazine, Matt Bell, Michael Martone, Randall Brown, Stefanie Freele, Thomas Cooper
posted by Dave Clapper at 2:56 PM 0 commentsSean Lovelace wins Rose Metal Press Chapbook contest
This is an impressive list, to be sure. Many congratulations to the winner, Sean Lovelace, and all those short-listed, as chosen by judge Sherrie Flick.
Winner
Sean Lovelace for How Some People Like Their Eggs
Finalists
Aaron Burch for Birthmarks
Stefanie Freele for Breathing Oysters
Molly Gaudry for Come See the Monkey & Other Stories
Jac Jemc for This Stranger She'd Invited In
Erika Mikkalo for 26 Letters
Semi-Finalists
Lisa Buchanan for Artifacts from the American Century
Dawn Corrigan for Under the Power Lines
Roseanne Griffeth for Getting There Eventually
Tiff Holland for Straight Out of the Can
Kate McCorkle for The Last Parakeet and Other Stories
Full story, as announced by Rose Metal Press, is here. Again, congratulations to all of these excellent writers.
Labels: Aaron Burch, Dawn Corrigan, Erika Mikkalo, Jac Jemc, Kate McCorkle, Lisa K. Buchanan, Molly Gaudry, Rosanne Griffeth, Rose Metal Press, Sean Lovelace, Sherrie Flick, Stefanie Freele, Tiff Holland
posted by Dave Clapper at 2:43 PM 0 commentsMonday, June 02, 2008
Top Ten Page Views for May 2008
Well, Almond's "Pornography" is back on top again. I think I always sort of knew that at least part of its page views were coming from folks who weren't necessarily looking for a good story to read. Now that we have our referrers being tracked, it's become a little clearer that that's the case. In looking at the top referrers for "Pornography," seven of the top ten referrers are searches for "Porno" on various different Microsoft search enginges. Ah, well. I hope that a few of them get over their disappointment at not finding pud-pulling material long enough to give it a read. It's a hell of a story.1. (2) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
2. (1) The Cockroach by David Barringer (3/15/08)
3. (5) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07)
4. (4) Trestle by Matt Briggs (3/15/08)
5. (6) Scrape by Utahna Faith (3/15/08)
6. (3) Worried & Wondering by Aaron Burch (3/15/08)
7. (7) We by Patricia Parkinson (3/15/08)
8. (8) Dead Dog Rising by Kate Hill Cantrill (3/15/08)
9. (NR) The Last Stop by Jenny Halper (3/15/08)
10. (9) Last Fall by Katherine Grosjean (3/15/08)
Expect a shake-up next month, as our birthday issue goes live in a hair under two weeks, so there'll be lots of new content to read.
Labels: Aaron Burch, David Barringer, Jenny Halper, John Leary, Kate Hill Cantrill, Katherine Grosjean, Matt Briggs, Patricia Parkinson, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Top Ten, Utahna Faith
posted by Dave Clapper at 11:47 AM 0 commentsWednesday, May 21, 2008
Top Ten Page Views for April 2008 (stats are back!)
Woohoo! Stats are working again! I'd like to apologize for the downtime we had with the site for a couple days over the weekend and hope it didn't panic anyone too much. On the plus side, having to talk to our web host prompted me to mention that we'd really like to have our stats working again. And now they are! I've gone through and backfilled the missing top tens. If you click here, you should be able to see all of them that were missing (and, at some point, I'll go back and put tags on all of the top tens ever, so they'll all be viewable on one page). April saw another new #1, David Barringer's cockroach micro.1. (3) The Cockroach by David Barringer (3/15/08)
2. (2) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
3. (6) Worried & Wondering by Aaron Burch (3/15/08)
4. (5) Trestle by Matt Briggs (3/15/08)
5. (1) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07)
6. (NR) Scrape by Utahna Faith (3/15/08)
7. (NR) We by Patricia Parkinson (3/15/08)
8. (8) Dead Dog Rising by Kate Hill Cantrill (3/15/08)
9. (NR) Last Fall by Katherine Grosjean (3/15/08)
10. (NR) Raymond Carver by Dan Chaon (9/15/07)
SO glad to have stats working again. I'll be compiling the stats for the last two issues in a bit, and will be posting them as well.
Labels: Aaron Burch, Dan Chaon, David Barringer, John Leary, Kate Hill Cantrill, Katherine Grosjean, Matt Briggs, Patricia Parkinson, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Top Ten, Utahna Faith
posted by Dave Clapper at 12:38 PM 0 commentsTuesday, April 01, 2008
Top Ten Page Views for March 2008
John Leary jumps back into the top spot again, with a challenge from an old powerhouse. And a bunch of stories from the latest issue start getting much-deserved attention.1. (3) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07)
2. (8) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
3. (NR) The Cockroach by David Barringer (3/15/08)
4. (2) The Off-Season by Jami Attenberg (12/15/07)
5. (NR) Trestle by Matt Briggs (3/15/08)
6. (NR) Worried & Wondering by Aaron Burch (3/15/08)
7. (6) Holiday Inn by Kim Chinquee (12/15/07)
8. (NR) Dead Dog Rising by Kate Hill Cantrill (3/15/08)
9. (1) 8x10 by Elizabeth Ellen (12/15/06)
10. (NR) The Last Stop by Jenny Halper (3/15/08)
Labels: Aaron Burch, David Barringer, Elizabeth Ellen, Jami Attenberg, Jenny Halper, John Leary, Kate Hill Cantrill, Kim Chinquee, Matt Briggs, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Top Ten
posted by Dave Clapper at 12:28 PM 0 commentsFriday, January 04, 2008
Monkeybicycle Issue #5 guest-edited by Eric Spitznagel available for order
Here's the scoop from their website:
Looking for something to read after you put the kids to bed? Then Issue Five of Monkeybicycle is for you. It's bursting at the seams with humor that is not for innocent minds or faint hearts.
Our fifth issue is filled with the kind of humor that would make any good man blush, and it's delivered from some of the best in the business. Just take a look at this killer line-up:
Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt, Myfanwy Collins, Johnny Ryan, Davy Rothbart, Wendy Molyneux, Aaron Burch, Bret Scott, Elizabeth Ellen, Matt Craig, Timothy Bennet, Pete Grosz, Liliana V. Blum, Katie Schwartz, Tyler Smith, Michael Frissore, Antonius Wiriadjaja, Amy Guth, J. Marcus Weekley, Matt Summers-Sparks, C. J. Kershner, Ben Tanzer, Jennifer Dziura, Peter Bognanni, Charlie Anders, David Hart, Noria Jablonski, Bob Fingerman, Vince LiCata, Jack Pendarvis, Christopher Monks, and an introduction by David Cross.
Labels: Aaron Burch, Elizabeth Ellen, Eric Spitznagel, Jack Pendarvis, Monkeybicycle, Myfanwy Collins
posted by Myfanwy Collins at 5:57 AM 4 commentsSaturday, December 15, 2007
Storyglossia's Issue 25
is a special flash fiction issue and is now live. It has pieces by SLQ contributor Aaron Burch, former SLQ editor Randall Brown, and me.
Labels: Aaron Burch, Katrina Denza, Randall Brown, Storyglossia
posted by katrina at 2:42 AM 2 commentsThursday, March 01, 2007
Top Ten Page Views for February
Almond's still at the top, although the distance closed a bit.
1. (1) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
2. (NR) A Deep Desire for Blue by Alexandra Fox (6/15/05)
3. (7) Five Fat Men in a Hot Tub by Jeff Landon (9/15/05)
4. (4) Moth by Joanne Comito (12/15/06)
5. (6) Aquarium by Nadine Darling (12/15/06)
6. (3) Untitled (Gum) by Aaron Burch (12/15/06)
7. (5) 8x10 by Elizabeth Ellen (12/15/06)
8. (8) On the Way to Work by Stephen Elliott (12/15/06)
9. (NR) Prey by Myfanwy Collins (3/15/06)
10. (10) I Am Waiting for My Dogs to Die by Davin Malasarn (12/15/06)
Labels: Aaron Burch, Alexandra Fox, Davin Malasarn, Elizabeth Ellen, Jeff Landon, Joanne Comito, Myfanwy Collins, Nadine Darling, SmokeLong Quarterly, Stephen Elliott, Steve Almond, Top Ten
posted by Dave Clapper at 2:14 PM 0 commentsThursday, February 01, 2007
Top Ten Page Views for January
Lotsa shakin' up in the top ten after issue 15's first full month online. Eight out of the ten are from the latest issue, which reflects just how amazing I think this issue is. Only stalwarts Almond and Landon remained here from previous issues. (Almond continues to post insane numbers: just under 6,000 page views in January.)1. (1) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
2. (NR) Photographers by Joseph Young (12/15/06)
3. (5) Untitled (Gum) by Aaron Burch (12/15/06)
4. (NR) Moth by Joanne Comito (12/15/06)
5. (7) 8x10 by Elizabeth Ellen (12/15/06)
6. (8) Aquarium by Nadine Darling (12/15/06)
7. (2) Five Fat Men in a Hot Tub by Jeff Landon (9/15/05)
8. (NR) On the Way to Work by Stephen Elliott (12/15/06)
9. (NR) Disgusting by Pam Mosher (12/15/06)
10. (NR) I Am Waiting for My Dogs to Die by Davin Malasarn (12/15/06)
Labels: Aaron Burch, Davin Malasarn, Elizabeth Ellen, Jeff Landon, Joanne Comito, Joseph Young, Nadine Darling, Pam Mosher, SmokeLong Quarterly, Stephen Elliott, Steve Almond, Top Ten
posted by Dave Clapper at 2:17 PM 0 commentsTuesday, January 02, 2007
Top Ten Page Views for December
Steve Almond continues to be Steve Almond: over 6,000 page views for "Pornography" again in December. Three stories from the latest issue crack the top ten (and if you haven't read Issue 15 yet, what are you waiting for?) in the half-month it was live. Also, an oldie from Chad Simpson makes the list. The rest are the stories that have been here a lot. Happy reading!1. (1) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
2. (2) Five Fat Men in a Hot Tub by Jeff Landon (9/15/05)
3. (7) Irvin Hammers a Cat House by Mike Young (6/15/05)
4. (4) Prey by Myfanwy Collins (3/15/06)
5. (NR) Untitled (Gum) by Aaron Burch (12/15/06)
6. (3) Axl Rose Is My Dog by Scott Ford (12/15/04)
7. (NR) 8x10 by Elizabeth Ellen (12/15/06)
8. (NR) Aquarium by Nadine Darling (12/15/06)
9. (NR) Miracle by Chad Simpson (6/15/06)
10. (10) Brisket by Stuart Dybek (6/15/05)
Labels: Aaron Burch, Chad Simpson, Elizabeth Ellen, Jeff Landon, Mike Young, Myfanwy Collins, Nadine Darling, Scott Ford, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Stuart Dybek, Top Ten
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