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The Awful Possibilities
By Christian TeBordo
"Quentin Tarantino on short story juice. The violence and depravity
ride the surface, where I like them, and the heart is a lyrical heart.
Add to that creepy postcards with cryptic messages and this collection
attacks from all sides." —Jeff Parker, Author of Ovenman
April 2010! A girl masters the art of forgetting among kidney thieves. A motivational speaker skins his best friend to impress his wife. A man outlines the rules and regulations for sadistic childrearing. You’ve heard these people whispering in hallways, mumbling in diners, shouting in the apartment next door. In brilliantly strange set pieces that explode the boundaries of short fiction, Christian TeBordo locates the awe in the awful possibilities we could never have imagined.
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Daddy's
By Lindsay Hunter
“In Daddy’s, babies mean blood and nipples are like “lit match heads.” Lindsay Hunter transgresses where others fear to tread. The creepiest story starts “Everything’s just fine.” Don’t believe it.” —Terese Svoboda, author of Weapons Grade and Pirate Talk
Coming Fall 2010! You ever fed yourself something bad? Like a candied rattlesnake, or a couple fingers of antifreeze? Nope? You seen what it done to other people? Like while they’re flopping around on the floor you’re thinking about how they’re fighting to live. Like while they’re dying they never looked so alive? That’s what Daddy’s is like. In this collection of toxic southern gothics, packaged as a box of cigarettes, Lindsay Hunter offers an exploration not of the human heart but of the spine; mixing sex, violence and love into a harrowing, head-spinning read that’ll push you a little further toward flopping.
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The Universe in Miniature
in Miniature
By Patrick Somerville
Winner of the 2009 21st Century Award, given annually by the Chicago Public Library.
Coming Fall 2010! In this genre-busting book from award-winning novelist Patrick Somerville characters, stories, and stray thoughts revolve around the “The Machine of Understanding Other People,” the story of a Chicago man who is bequeathed a supernatural helmet that allows him to experience the inner worlds of those around him. Through his lonely lens we peer into the mind of an art student grappling with ennui, ethics and empathy as she comes to terms with her own beliefs in a godless world. We telescope out to the story of idiot extraterrestrials struggling to pilot a complicated spaceship. We follow a retired mercenary as he tries to save his marriage and questions his life abroad. Mind-bending and cracklingly new, Somerville’s broadly appealing and uniquely imaginative constructions probe the outer reaches of sympathy, death, and love in a world seen from the inside out.
Patrick Somerville's first book of stories, Trouble, and his novel, The Cradle, are awesome. Everyone thinks so. FInd out more at patricksomerville.com
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Scorch Atlas
By Blake Butler
Butler is an original force who is fearless with form... The design is appropriately disarming, an apt part of the overall barrage by this inventive and deeply promising young author.—Time Out New York
A novel of 14 interlocking stories set in ruined American locales where birds speak gibberish, the sky rains gravel, and millions starve, disappear or grow coats of mold. In 'The Disappeared,' a father is arrested for missing free throws, leaving his son to search alone for his lost mother. In 'The Ruined Child,' a boy swells to fill his parents' ransacked attic. Rendered in a variety of narrative forms, from a psychedelic fable to a skewed insurance claim questionnaire, Blake Butler's full-length fiction debut paints a gorgeously grotesque version of America, bringing to mind both Kelly Link and William Gass, yet turned with Butler's own eye for the apocalyptic and bizarre.
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AM/PM
By Amelia Gray
At moments screwy, prickly and pleasantly surprising, Gray’s short shorts deliver youthful snapshots about being nuts in love... A delectable debut.—Publishers Weekly
If anything's going to save the characters in Amelia Gray's debut from their troubled romances, their social improprieties, or their hands turning into claws, it's a John Mayer concert tee. In AM/PM, Gray's flash-fiction collection, impish humor is on full display. Tour through the lives of 23 characters across 120 stories full of lizard tails, Schrödinger boxes and volcano love. Follow June, who wakes up one morning covered in seeds; Leonard, who falls in love with a chaise lounge; and Andrew, who talks to his house in times of crisis. An intermittent love story as seen through a darkly comic lens, Gray mixes poetry and prose, humor and hubris to create a truly original piece of fiction.
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
If you’re applying this avian idiom to the literary news in your life, then good news lads and lassies, we have much for your calendar this month. You won’t even care for the possible bush because featherproof is shoving birds into your hands, arms, purses, carry-alls, and other storage containers.
Big things come in small packages including our new mini-books. Available right now, as in, this second is ss Attacks! , a sample of
Christian TeBordo’s The Awful Possibilities
(Which you will be able to get your hands on this April at AWP. We'll be there!) Leaky words on 3 Guys 1 Book.
According to
Jeff Parker, Author of Ovenman
, Christian TeBordo’s newest collection is-
"Quentin Tarantino on short story juice. The violence and depravity ride the surface, where I like them, and the heart is a lyrical heart. Add to that creepy postcards with cryptic messages and this collection attacks from all sides."
You’d be silly to not check it out! Goofy!
ss Attacks! by
Christian TeBordo
 Dads by Rachal Duggan
Then we have a great art mini from Chicago illustrator Rachal Ann Duggan. It’s called Dads (don’t confuse with Daddy’s) and her portfolio complete with illustrations and bio is available
here. It's rad. Those are also her initials. Both these beauties were laid out by Brad Nagle. He's come on to help with design, and these are awesome hints of good things to come.
Guess what else cats and kittens! You can get your paws on stories whenever you want, wherever you be. 20 brand, spankin-new stories are available live on the TripleQuick app now featuring great writers like: Sam Pink,
Natalie Edwards,
Gretchen Kalwinski,
Ryan Markel,
Brian Costello,
P.H. Madore, and
Terese Svoboda!
TripleQuick Fiction is available in the iTunes app store NOW!
TripleQuick.com
So get your read, review and write on. The best liked story will receive the coveted Golden Egg. Kate Axelrod is currently the holder of this recognition for her story "Someplace Bright and Sweaty" you can read it here now!
OK, events. Get your planners out…
Tuesday March 9th, 7:30pm at The Innertown Pub Quickies! will be putting out prose. Bring your lit love and your short attention span. Free beer, so: duh!
March 17th come and get your free panel discussion during the University of Illinois Early Spring Literary Festival on Independent Publishing with featherproofer Zach Dodson. It’s all taking place at the Authors Corner, Illini Union Bookstore, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Come to the next Show 'n Tell Show March 28th, featuring graphic novelist Anders Nilsen, and local short-story-silhouette-magic-sister team Jill Summers and Susie Kirkwood. Check out their mini book
here before you skip off to
Lincoln Hall, new home of the Show 'n Tell Show.
Also, we're digging this new show: The Paper Machete. Check out that chop!
Come back, and come back often to fill your body and your social calendar with literary sustenance! And your bush with birds! Yikes.
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Wow, long time no blog, eh? I guess we're going to blame hibernation. Birds do that, you know.
Most birds. Why is it that cardinals only appear when it's snowing? Not after, or before, but while it's snowing? It's disturbingly Dickensian. But we're asking, seriously. First (or funniest) person to answer wins the featherproof eBook of your choice. Take that, romantic winter scenery. (Just @ reply to featherproof on twitter. Contest ends Jan. 15.)
Might we suggest Scorch Atlas, which 3:AM Magazine named 2009 Novel of the Year. Or perhaps AM/PM, by Amelia Gray, now officially a genius.
Anticipating the long winter, we've buried some delicious stuff that we plan to dig up in 2010. First in the spring, The Awful Possibilities by Christian TeBordo promises to fill your mind full of twisty. You can peek at the cover on our site now. In the fall look out for Lindsay Hunter and Patrick Somerville. It's going to be a killer year.
Also, if you've been checking your TripleQuick App as often as your Facebook and Twitter, we'll have relief for you soon. Next week look for new super shorts from Natalie Edwards, Gretchen Kalwinski, Brian Costello, and other awesomes.
Our re-emergence from hibernation is not just figurative. So come hang out. Zach has some prints from 'boring boring' up at the Dittmar Gallery now.
Sunday night marks the first Show 'n Tell Show of the new year, showcasing some fine book-makers. The Show 'n Tell Show is a late night-style show where the guests are the city's most dynamic designers, photographers, illustrators and poster-makers. They each present a single project in a lively evening full of drinks, laughs and design. The show is hosted by designers Michael Renaud and featherproofer Zach Dodson. But they would never show without SpokesMom, the spokesmodel that is also your mom. She provides clueless commentary and blind encouragement to the guests. Newcity just named her the Best Comic-Relief Sidekick in Chicago!
But the best part of the show are the show offs. The next show is our best yet. Guests include:
Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler's Wife, Her Fearful Symmetry)
Stephen Farrell (VAS, SAIC Visual Communication)
Chris Eichenseer (Someoddpilot)
Joel Anderson (Optimus)
Felt (iO)
and presenting
Sonnenzimmer's Curious Cardigans
The details:
January 10th, 8pm
Schuba's
3159 N Southport
Chicago, IL
ALWAYS FREE
Then, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, go see Quickies! They have a really great lineup this month, and a new format. Also, they rule the school.
On Thursday, Opium's Literary Death Match rolls back into town. We're sending our prize fighter James Kennedy down to bloody some knuckles. If you've ever seen him read, you know that for James, it's always a Death Match, and if there are children in the audience he will scream wordy insults at them. This is not a joke. Fists will fly. Come cheer him on:
When: Doors at 7, show at 7:30, afterparty: downstairs at 9)
Where: Upstairs at Fizz, 3220 North Lincoln Avenue (map)
Cost: $10 (includes a free copy of Opium9, cover price of $12) For more details check out the Opium LDM link
If he doesn't win, we're all gonna go out in the snow afterwards and rough up some other birds. Cardinals, beware.
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Upcoming Events |
BRICK | a reading series launches!
Fri, Mar 12th, 2010, @7:00pm - Portland Brew, Nashville, TN
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"Independent Publishing" Panel Discussion
Wed, Mar 17th, 2010, @11:00am - UIC
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Great Lakes, Great Times
Sat, Mar 20th, 2010, @7:00pm - 826, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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The Show 'n Tell Show
Sun, Mar 28th, 2010, @8:00pm - Lincoln Hall
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