Now that the L.A. Times has blown our cover, it’s time to give Muckworld readers a peek at Fictionaut, a new literary community I’ve been building together with Carson Baker, a brilliant designer and web developer from Houston.
Fictionaut offers an alternative to traditional models of publishing short stories and poetry in a shared space that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘john-minichillo’
Yowza! Yowza! Yowza!
[youtube]XjnxiEvKEIo[/youtube] At times, blogging feels exactly like the marathon dancing competition in Sidney Pollack’s 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? It’s cruel, unnatural, never-ending, and of questionable worth. Some are driven mad by it, somewhere behind the scenes an uncaring MC is counting his money, and the pregnant woman and the aging sailor never [...]
Mississippi Review Movie Issue
We’re proud to present the April issue of the Mississippi Review Web, dedicated to fiction inspired by the movies. Check it out at MississippiReview.com or go straight to the pdf download. Featuring:
Brandon Scott Gorrell: Godzilla
Colin Bassett: Dance Party, U.S.A.
Emma Garman: Talking with Françoise Sagan
John Minichillo: Nearly Here
Katherine A. Gleason: Fred Astaire Refuses
Lori Romero: Rockfall
Meghan [...]
Bonnaroo 2007
Dancing in the Sunshine is Serious Business
Bonnaroo is exhausting. Sixty hours after the last notes wafted into the Tennessee air, my feet, back, legs, skin, and head have barely recovered. In 2004, a tremendous storm left me drenched, tentless, and barefoot in ankle-deep mud. But it doesn’t take a major meteorological event: if the thunder [...]
