Guest Blogger: Writer Ian Denning

Ian Denning is currently enrolled in the MFA in fiction at the University of New Hampshire. His short fiction has appeared in A Cappella Zoo and 5×5, and is forthcoming in the Absent Willow Review. He also holds a Master’s from Western Washington University. He likes beer, cats, books, and video games. I’ve just returned […]

Aimee Bender and Amy Hempel Dazzle and Disturb my Senses.

I sometimes wonder if I am missing the boat about short stories.  What I know about writing fiction could fit through the eye of an oarlock.  Some rules on writing apply across the board, but I feel that fiction takes a certain knack that I lack.  Perhaps writing poetry and essays, I can always anticipate […]

Books Notes on Sea Swallow Me by Craig Laurance Gidney

Paperback, 204 pagesPublished by Lethe Press, November 2008ISBN: 9781590210666 Visiting one of my favorite gay bookstores, Lambda Rising in Washington D.C., I picked up a copy of Sea Swallow Me and Other Stories. Here I am again, telling you about my travels and the books that I buy. Gidney’s collection of short stories run the […]