Tag Archives: fiction

Book People: James Laughlin and New Directions

by Geo Ong James Laughlin had aspirations to be a great poet. A friend of his, a man by the name of Ezra Pound, told him as only a friend (or a critic) could: ‘You’re never going to be any … Continue reading

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The New York City Reader

by Geo Ong Before I made the move to New York, I planned to prepare myself the only way I knew how: by reading. So I made up my very own NYC reading list, by no means comprehensive, but I … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Seven

Road Grit Chapter 1 * Chapter 2 * Chapter 3 * Chapter 4 * Chapter 5 * Chapter 6 *Join the story!* Chapter Seven by Sarah Jost Gray threw his head back and let out a whoop. “Yeah, you’re from … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Six

Road Grit Chapter 1 * Chapter 2 * Chapter 3 * Chapter 4* Chapter 5 *Join the story!* Chapter Five by Dominique Andrée Hinman Joe continued to look at the girl for an exhaled breath of a moment before he … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Five

Road Grit Chapter 1 * Chapter 2 * Chapter 3 * Chapter 4 *Join the story!* Chapter Five by Anna Kirgo When Gray returned from crouching behind the Chevy, where he’d fumbled through cleaning up the physical proof of his … Continue reading

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Going Places with Short Stories

By Geo Ong Here are two collections of short fiction (and one collection of short nonfiction) with a strong sense of place, with themes reflective of its environment. Reading these is probably the closest you’ll get to the places and … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Three

Road Grit Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 by Erica Castillo The girl berated the driver with her foul mouth and dense pistol for hitting a pothole. This was the first time Joe or Gray heard her speak. The voice … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Two

Road Grit Chapter 1 Chapter Two by Geo Ong Joe and Gray hurried toward the stopped car in a cloud of red dust and, when it finally settled, came face to face with the driver: a middle-aged man with leather … Continue reading

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At Verso, Books Burn You!

By Geo Ong Verso Books claims to be ‘the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world’ and there seems very little reason to doubt them. Verso’s catalogue tackles many challenging topics as straightforwardly as your distant aunt telling … Continue reading

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Be a Part of the Next Story on a String!

Ten weeks ago we began an Urchin interactive experiment called Story on a String, a short story comprised of chapters written independently of one another by different authors. The inaugural story, Arctic Chill, was, as guest Urchin Anna Kirgo described … Continue reading

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