Martian Lit

The Third Age, Volume 2, Episode 12: “St. James Infirmary”

Patrick Meaney — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:52:04 +0000

After ingesting a huge amount of the fall, Zinone spirals into a fugue state. Catch up on past episodes at watch.thethirdagebegins.com and follow us on Twitter: @thirdagebegins.

Quarry Letter

Seann McCollum — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:45:32 +0000

My carnivorous darling, my adored Predator, I long to be torn Limb from limb from limb by your Jewel-studded jaws I wish be ripped to pieces Rent in two I want to be devoured as… [more]

The Third Age, Volume II, Episode 11: “The Fall”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:50:07 +0000

Zinone confronts his actions, while Jerrod searches for healing. Catch up on past episodes at watch.thethirdagebegins.com and follow us on Twitter: @thirdagebegins.

I Hope One Day You Will Learn How to Use the Oyster Knife

Tammy Ho Lai-Ming — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:00:47 +0000

I make a list of things I don’t know: 1) The precise hue of your beard when you’re pouring me wine. 2) The name of the kind of bread you bake. 3) The probably obscene… [more]

The Third Age, Volume II, Episode 10: “This is My Life”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:02:52 +0000

Jerrod makes some new friends, while Zinone encounters an old acquaintance. Catch up on past episodes at watch.thethirdagebegins.com and follow us on Twitter: @thirdagebegins.

Watching Alice Die

Julian Darius — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:00:43 +0000

I’m sitting and smoking and watching Alice pop these huge blue pills into her mouth. She just scoops them up in her hand and pops them in like it’s nothing, like they’re candy, but they’re… [more]

The Third Age, Volume II, Episode 9: “No Escape”

Patrick Meaney — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:00:14 +0000

Previously on The Third Age… The completion of “The Fall,” a drug designed to give humans the powers of gods, marked the realization of Jerrod Woolf’s twenty year vision. But things didn’t quite come out… [more]

Booty Hill

Joey Nicoletti — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:00:15 +0000

Billy Idol’s music makes my dick hard. So does baseball: playing it, watching it in person, on TV, listening to games on the radio, trading and collecting bubble gum cards, you name it. Combine both… [more]

16 Characters, 44 Stories, and the Bird Flies Away

Julian Darius — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:05:57 +0000

Frank Monroe saw the ants below. He thought of his dad. A mostly empty bottle of fine Irish whiskey sat on the glass endtable inside his penthouse. He gripped the rail. The big plasma TV… [more]

Big Deal

James Esch — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:54:01 +0000

A quiet store, Saturday night, ten minutes to closing time. One customer remained, a female browsing the Pop music CD’s. The humming fluorescent lights illuminated her starkly, without shadow. Chuck Disani approached her with loping… [more]

Mars Vigila

Laura Wiseman — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:00:04 +0000

_____Martians don’t masturbate. No _____pinch or stroke. No intoxicants of booze spiked. No Viagra. _____No eye-popping size. No static _____crackle from shirt removed. No _____cry to drift through open window. _____No electric glow of clock… [more]

Lamarckism

A. J. Lee — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:00:12 +0000

Jim grappled with his cock, imagining himself transforming into pixels as he thrust it into the image of a woman’s vagina. A mind beyond his penis insisted this could happen. It was the same mind that assured him… [more]

We’ll Take a Lover in the Afterlife

Julian Darius — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:00:18 +0000

Dreamed on 15 Jan 2013. I was at my parents’ house, helping them move electronics around the living room. Everything we moved had other things behind it, flattened cardboard boxes propped up against the wall,… [more]

The Third Age, Volume II, Episode 8: “Alone in the Dark”

Patrick Meaney — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:00:39 +0000

Holly meets a new friend. Jerrod struggles with new realization. After this episode, there will be a month-long hiatus to finish post-production on the final Third Age episodes. Then the series will return for a… [more]

The Challenger

Charlie Boodman — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:00:45 +0000

After Dad died and we moved in with Leon, everything went to shit. I remember the first night he did it to me. I was fourteen. Mom was–most likely passed out–downstairs on the sofa with… [more]

The Third Age, Volume II, Episode 7: “Behind the Mask”

Patrick Meaney — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:07:38 +0000

Mark thinks about his future, while Zinone is haunted by ghosts of the past. Look for another new episode next week, and be sure to follow us on Twitter (@thirdagebegins) for the latest news. The… [more]

Ken’s Doll

Jesse Anderson — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:00:11 +0000

There’s really nothing wrong with the Valley. People accustomed to Sunset look down on it but paradise has its limits; thinking all of Los Angeles can be a palm-lined mirage of awesomeness is lunacy. The… [more]

The Third Age, Volume II, Episode 6: “Party of One”

Patrick Meaney — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:00:03 +0000

Holly confronts her jailer, while Zinone attends a party. Look for another new episode next week, and be sure to follow us on Twitter (@thirdagebegins) for the latest news. The Third Age is a psychedelic… [more]

She Didn’t Even Know Who He Was

Ricky Garni — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:00:14 +0000

I am wearing a facsimile of glasses worn by a young man when he was shot six times outside his apartment. It was a tragedy and it was infamous so I do not have to… [more]

The Third Age, Volume II, Episode 5: “Remote Control”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:51:39 +0000

Zinone reunites with an old friend, and Morning finds herself seeing static. Look for another new episode next week, and be sure to follow us on Twitter (@thirdagebegins) for the latest news. The Third Age… [more]

Dinner and Charades

Jason Parsley — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:45:13 +0000

It is evening, and the sun is low. I ring the doorbell to my sister’s house. She answers the door, her brown eyes alight with excitement. “Why hello, Mike!” Nicole gushes. “How’s my favorite brother… [more]

The Third Age, Volume II, Episode 4: “Bad Dream”

Patrick Meaney — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:40:04 +0000

Zinone negotiates, Morning deals with a bad dream and Holly wakes up. The Third Age is a psychedelic webseries from the creators of acclaimed documentaries Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods and Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts.

Epithalamion: An Undetected Life

Laura Wiseman — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:00:43 +0000

The Martians have decided to get married. Bridal magazines unfold on the end tables and curl in the humidity of the bathroom. Every weekend they take the city bus to the mall, to David’s, and… [more]

The Third Age, Volume II, Episode 3: “The Gilded Cage”

Patrick Meaney — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:00:13 +0000

Zinone returns to The Third Age, and life is looking good, if only that pesky conscience would stop bothering him. Meanwhile, Woolf Pharmaceutical expands production. Look for another new episode next week, and be sure… [more]

MARFA: AN ALIEN INVITE (TEXAS ET)

John Edwards — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:00:55 +0000

John M. Edwards, an alien spotter, drives out with some friends through the lonesome Texas tumbleweeds to party down with extraterrestrials. —————————————————————— Have you ever gotten an RSVP from Heaven? So here I was smack effing dab… [more]

The Third Age, Volume II, Episode 2: “The God Genome”

Patrick Meaney — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:08:12 +0000

Jerrod’s vision is realized, but at what cost? The psychedelic journey continues in The Third Age, Volume II. Look for another new episode next week, and be sure to follow us on Twitter (@thirdagebegins) for… [more]

Turtle Power

Mark Rapacz — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:45:57 +0000

In the Black Hills we went to a replica of the Flintstone’s town where I sat in Fred’s car. My brother climbed Dino while my sister stuck her face atop Wilma’s neck. I was too… [more]

The Third Age, Volume II, Episode 1: “The Grand Illusion”

Patrick Meaney — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:09:30 +0000

The Third Age returns! For a recap of the first series, click here.

Leopard People

Oli Johns — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:00:38 +0000

Lermontov got on the plane back to Russia and put the jacket over his face, trying to picture an airport without people for his return. He tried not to think of the people he’d let… [more]

The Third Age, Volume II Trailer

Patrick Meaney — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:00:18 +0000

The Third Age, Volume II Trailer" title="The Third Age, Volume II Trailer" style="float:left;" />It’s been a long time since we last released a new episode of The Third Age. But the break is over, and we’re ready to return with Volume II. With this set of episodes, we’re… [more]

Retroactively Potent

Tammy Ho Lai-Ming — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:00:22 +0000

Wanting to use ‘I am your boomerang’ in a poem, I Googled to make sure no one else had used the metaphor. But of course someone else had thought of it before. He also wrote… [more]

Black and Blue in ’32

CS DeWildt — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:00:10 +0000

I’m the favorite to win. It’s not my foreign policy and it’s not my handling of domestic issues. Nobody gives a shit about the unemployment numbers, job growth, the illusory downward trend of the trade… [more]

Why I’m Down on Moffat

Julian Darius — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:00:11 +0000

I love Doctor Who, but I’ve soured on Steven Moffat. I really didn’t want to write this, because I’ve really enjoyed Moffat’s Doctor Who. But I’ve long had deep reservations about it. I’ve kept these thoughts to myself,… [more]

Probationary Period

Kristen McHenry — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:00:47 +0000

Upon being hired by the Company, all new employees must serve a ninety (90) calendar day trial period. Your performance will be carefully monitored during this period. They say there’s cameras but they won’t tell… [more]

Nine

Julian Darius — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:52:56 +0000

My name is George, and I have a nine-inch cock. This is its story. Forget what you’ve seen in Boogie Nights. I love that opening scene, with a teenage girl enthralled by the boy’s giant… [more]

Pray to Lord I Hope at Least One of My Ears Doesn’t Pop

Tammy Ho Lai-Ming — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:00:58 +0000

i. Sarah had seen him many times shedding tears exclusively for film characters. And so when Fred cried at the departure gate, she thought they might be in a documentary. ii. Paul asked Jeannie, over… [more]

Bull

Ken Radu — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:57 +0000

After his tour of duty in Afghanistan, Billy believed he had seen everything. Arm yourself, learn to kill efficiently, develop a nose for IEDs impatient under the sand, pick up severed limbs, embrace a fallen… [more]

Unidentified Photo on the Internet

Robert Peake — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:00:54 +0000

The seaweed men patrol the icy town with sticks wrapped in bumbergrass their hooked beaks hissing steam, eyes painted open against the twilight. They trudge the streets like shaggy marionettes, boots cracking glazed tarmac, past… [more]

AMYGDALA

David Hancock — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:00:36 +0000

Deep in the Eureka, Kansas bunker, there still exists one Memory Replacement protocol, invented by the late Hemispheres scientist Hans Geisser. It is a cryogenic dreaming sequencing process known officially as “Foreground Switching.” The main… [more]

Last Night

Stan Galloway — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:00:13 +0000

I looked in on you last night. That point-five-second draft of penguin’s breath you thought was just a gust outside the window and the birdcall you’d have sworn was from a horse were clues I… [more]

from COUNTRY

Shelby Stephenson — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:00:27 +0000

Speaking of my Goya: I had it handy when Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant” came out: I had read Woody’s fictionalized autobiography, Bound for Glory (E.P. Dutton: 1943): somehow Arlo’s twenty-minute song-story-recitation moves right along with the… [more]

In Amber Gehenna

Seann McCollum — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:00:13 +0000

Behind the bar dangles a ribbon of yellow flypaper covered in glass bees, some of them still wriggling. Wings vibrating, antennae twitching. All to no avail. They’re not the only ones stuck, of course. Here… [more]

Five in the Morning

Howie Good — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:00:14 +0000

As I lie sleepless in the semidarkness, the birds warm up their voices, & it occurs to me that only birds know what birds are saying, just as only you know how to make me… [more]

forever tender

Alysia Angel — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:00:44 +0000

my friend really likes to say boom shakalaka she’s french or maybe spanish i like it when she gets excited because she wraps her whole lean powerful body around boom shakalaka it spills out all… [more]

One or the Other

CS DeWildt — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:00:00 +0000

My best good friend Quiddit got the bike off a fifth grader, nice orange and silver Mongoose from the Wal-Mart down in Bowling Green, with pegs and a handlebar rotor for tricks and all that… [more]

Optimus Prime, Pedophile

Julian Darius — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:03:49 +0000

Did you know that the beloved leader of the Autobots had a fetish for underage girls? Or that a Megatron look-alike not only shared the same fetish, but repeatedly tried to rape those girls? Or that… [more]

Saturday

Tammy Ho Lai-Ming — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:00:17 +0000

Today is a Saturday and people either work half day in an unfamiliar branch or they resent their jobs. They put your bowl of chicken noodle on your table without a smile or spoon. You… [more]

The Third Age, Episode 12/13: “The Last Supper”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:00:33 +0000

It’s the season finale of Volume One! Zinone mulls an intriguing proposal from Jerrod Woolf, and makes a decision that will irrevocably change his world. The apocalypse begins here!

What a Difference a Day Makes

Ryan K. Lindsay — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:00:12 +0000

Warren Samuels III was cordially invited by the Imaginautical Turbine to attend A Meeting of Fantastic Importance on the 30th of February. The words were lavishly written in thick cursive ink. The invitation was a singular… [more]

The Third Age, Episode 11: “A Very Generous Offer”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:00:00 +0000

With one episode to the finale, Zinone finds himself wondering whether he’s a prisoner or a guest at Woolf Pharmaceutical!

Nostalgia in Three Acts

Julian Darius — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:10:19 +0000

CHARACTERS Brian Watkins, a twenty-one-year-old male David Watkins, Brian’s father Charlene Watkins, Brian’s mother Jane Higgins, Brian’s twentyish girlfriend John Burrow, Brian’s twentyish friend Nate Peterson, a twenty-two-year-old male ACT ONE: April 27, 1970 ACT… [more]

The Third Age, Episode 10: “In Exile”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:00:50 +0000

Holly, Zinone and Morning are on the run and facing a crossroads. Will their fragile group survive?

Gallery of the Disappeared Men

Jonathan Papernick — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:00:25 +0000

She had seen that clouded look before, a determined mix of pity and revulsion and something else she could not define. It was there and then gone in an instant, like that first surprising zing… [more]

The Third Age, Episode 9: “Mission Control”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:00:45 +0000

Holly, Zinone, and Morning scramble to avoid capture, while Jerrod struggles to stay sane.

Michele Bachmann

Hanna Elson — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:00:02 +0000

I want to see this film and I want to read this book. She is the anachronistic subject of the poem, the woman in the oil painting making love to crabs. I’m a little girl… [more]

The Third Age, Episode 8: “Hyperopia”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:00:07 +0000

This week, The Third Age kicks into high gear. After completing her ritual with Morning, Holly knows what she has to do, but can she do it? And Jerrod Woolf’s vision reaches a critical point,… [more]

Dig Doug, Day 3

Kevin Thurman — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:00:45 +0000

Doug didn’t bother taking a shower. Instead, he came into work early as usual. As he stood in front of the building, waiting for Kay to unlock it, he noticed that the others stood away… [more]

The Third Age, Episode 7: “The Tree of Life”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:00:20 +0000

If you watch one episode of The Third Age, make it this one! This week, Holly leads a ritual to find out the truth about Morning, and is shocked by what she discovers!

A Blanket Made with Thistles

Alysia Angel — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:00:27 +0000

A long tongue of highway slithered out ahead of us, the windows kept sticking and the air conditioning didn’t work. I could feel my breath make a wave of lazy lines in front of me… [more]

The Third Age, Episode 6: “The Spiral Path”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:00:14 +0000

Holly and Zinone catch up, while Jerrod meets some new friends. Catch up on The Third Age, the groundbreaking psychedelic webseries from the creators of Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods.

Pushed

Daniel Romo — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:00:49 +0000

He stood up from his desk and yelled, _____“Nasty-ass bitch motherfucker!” when I told him to leave, perhaps mistaking my nervous, shocked smile for mocking when he thrusted his hands into my chest on his… [more]

The Third Age, Episode 5: “Constructing Reality”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:24:51 +0000

Christopher Zinone seeks the help of an old friend, and Jerrod Woolf continues his quest for the divine.

In the Junkyards #6

Kyle Hemmings — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:00:37 +0000

I road rage on fatal attractions side-swipe your hard trim or destroy your front fascia & pillar. Your juke box boys are out of gas. When the sun went corrupt. I disassemble over your Mach-IV body. Can… [more]

The Third Age, Episode 4: “Cranial Samples”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:46:22 +0000

Jerrod gets a strange visitor, and Morning causes trouble at home. The Third Age is a dramatic webseries from the producers of the acclaimed documentaries Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods and Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts.

Second Coming

Gale Acuff — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:00:13 +0000

In Sunday School today Miss Hooker said that Jesus is coming but she’s not sure when–coming again, she means. He was here once before, a half-a-Bible ago, before there was anything like we know today.… [more]

The Third Age, Episode 3: “Receives Transmissions”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:00:42 +0000

Jerrod reveals his vision of the future, while Zinone struggles with his feelings about Morning. The Third Age is a dramatic webseries from the producers of the acclaimed documentaries Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods and… [more]

1978

Thom Young — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:00:48 +0000

She lived alone. She lived many lives. Her name was Jenn. She had several cats. They rarely came out. Jenn barely went out either. Her weekly trips to the store. The cherry wine. The Pall… [more]

The Third Age, Episode 2: “Static”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:50:36 +0000

After meeting a strange woman, Christopher Zinone finds the life he knew falling further and further away. Meanwhile, new employee Mark gets a taste of life at Woolf Pharmaceutical. The Third Age is a dramatic… [more]

One: Strain [of] Reflection

A.J. Huffman — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:00:14 +0000

Net the tulips with their own wither. (It will fit better as the colors fade.) To black tripping white, pledge pieces of the fallen. Flatten the table’s surface pretending to be Columbus’ demise. We know… [more]

The Third Age, Episode 1: “Fall to Earth”

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:00:25 +0000

“The old age believed in magic, this age believes in science, but we are on the precipice of a third age, a fusion of everything that’s come before.” In this episode: a ritual, a mysterious… [more]

Steven Storky and the Case of the Lost Balls

Nathaniel Tower — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:00:33 +0000

Steven Storky has lost his balls. His wife, Sandy, may have them, but Steven doesn’t have the balls to ask her. It’ll be a lose-lose situation if he asks her anyway. She certainly won’t give… [more]

The Third Age Trailer

Patrick Meaney — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:00:07 +0000

The Third Age Trailer" title="The Third Age Trailer" style="float:left;" />The Third Age is an original dramatic, sci-fi show created for the web, and I’m very excited to be launching the show on Martian Lit. For the next six months or so, we’ll be releasing… [more]

And Still Your Fingers on Your Lips

Julian Darius — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:00:24 +0000

A cross section of the sharp young minds who flourished under his tutelage will slowly be reduced to paper towels. The ink will become wet black splotches suspended in liquid purple. A dendrochronology more than… [more]

Just One Look

CS DeWildt — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:00:12 +0000

She looked like the kind of girl who needed to be smacked around a little before the fucking started. She should have said something before. I got taken in and it was the first time… [more]

Dig Doug, Day 2

Kevin Thurman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:00:19 +0000

Doug woke hungry the next day. His stomach rattled and revolted like a prisoner trying to escape. For the first time ever, he wanted to go to work. Not to work on his blog, but… [more]

Martian Lit Releases the Novel Nira/Sussa

Bryan Aarons — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:26:07 +0000

Nira/Sussa" title="Martian Lit Releases the Novel Nira/Sussa" style="float:left;" />Martian Lit’s much-anticipated novel Nira/Sussa has been released in paperback and on Kindle. The transgressive plot sees its unlikable, emotionally stunted thirtysomething narrator having an affair with a 17-year-old girl. But in the ultimate transgressive… [more]

Watching People Burn Trailer Released

Julian Darius — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:38:49 +0000

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Road Rage

Ken Radu — Mon, 28 May 2012 11:00:30 +0000

His red face pocked with dried blisters, the man bent forward in clothes reeking of wine barrels. He looked familiar. Pausing in his work, Billy said “hey, how you doing?” but the man kept his… [more]

Dig Doug, Day 1

Kevin Thurman — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:00:42 +0000

The oversized plate glass doors whooshed open as Doug and the other employees pressed inside. Outside, beyond the doors, somewhere out in the pale yellow field opposite the building was a rich, putrid stink that… [more]

Numbers Racket

Seann McCollum — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:00:34 +0000

1. Fourteen steep steps lead up to the second floor, where my apartment is. Every time I mount or descend these stairs I count them, sometimes aloud but usually to myself. I don’t mean to,… [more]

Fuck “Polite”

Julian Darius — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:00:39 +0000

In my novel Nira/Sussa, there’s a scene in a Midwestern Japanese restaurant with holes in the floor so patrons can sit in what they perceive to be Japanese style without, you know, actually having to do so.… [more]

Killing Mom

Nathaniel Tower — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:00:19 +0000

My wife warned me that she would kill my mother. Honestly I didn’t care as long as she didn’t get caught. Besides, I knew Dana wouldn’t have the guts to do it. Was I really… [more]

The Most Brilliant Art in the Vatican Museum

Julian Darius — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:00:15 +0000

In the Vatican Museum, religious paintings you’ve seen in books all your life mix with modern religious depictions that have impressed some unknown cardinal. There, awe-inspiring classical statuary serves to remind you how much fuller… [more]

And So

Echo Russell — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:00:32 +0000

She can see it bruise the horizon, then erupt – like a mother striking a daughter, like the electricity between the surfaces of her palms, or between two women repelled. The storm rears, poised to… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 10

Julian Darius — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:00:37 +0000

In the holofeed wall above the phony flickering fireplace, the fifteen-year-old Mira Mira sat in the defendant’s chair, listening to testimony against her. Yelena thought her neon blue skin undercut the way her lawyers had… [more]

A Disquisition on the Erogenous Impulse in Prose Narratives

M.J. Nicholls — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:00:35 +0000

I once drew an enormous cock on the wall of the Shettleston Community Support & Benefits Centre. I took great care rendering each hair poking from below the scrotum to the thick copse of pubic… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 9

Julian Darius — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:00:15 +0000

A dozen colored spotlights, gaudy and grandiose, caressed Yelena Moulin. Glitter rained down upon her, caught like sparkling dust as it descended through the colored layers of light. The rest of the room was lit… [more]

Before the Deep, Dark Sleep: The Black-and-White Art of Doug Smock

Doug Smock — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:00:31 +0000

If you’ve seen the cover of our book Nira/Sussa, you know that Doug Smock’s brilliant artwork shines in black and white. Having previously looked at some of Doug’s color artwork (he also works in color on… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 8

Julian Darius — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:00:06 +0000

The hardest thing about spending days underwater was keeping the mind busy. The only light came from the distant hallway, dimly lit with no one present, reflected through the pool room’s double glass door. In… [more]

Report Card

Michael Sakoda — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:00:02 +0000

A) I cried and he said it was fantastic. I asked him how it was fantastic. I asked him where in his fucked up mind did my situation intersect with the realm of fantastic, and… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 7

Julian Darius — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:00:19 +0000

“My therapist says it all goes back to her. She was very doting, in a lot of ways. I was her wonderful, genius son. But she could turn on you in an instant. Criticize viciously.… [more]

How I Killed My Father

John Linton Roberson — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:00:15 +0000

One picture. This is all I have to prove my dad and I ever spent time together. He looked like a young Larry Hagman, and was wearing a fishing hat like Col. Blake. I’m about… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 6

Julian Darius — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:28 +0000

In the early hours of the morning, before the sun had risen against the snow and the mountains outside the living room’s glass wall, Yelena knocked on Mr. Pollard’s door. Veronique answered, clad as always… [more]

Echo’s Bones

Howie Good — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:11 +0000

for Samuel Beckett 1 Come in, come in, the fog impatiently gestured. You rattled like echo’s bones when you walked. It was fashionable to die young and be pessimistic. 2 You were drunk all the… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 5

Julian Darius — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:51 +0000

Yelena felt the latex surface of the couch beneath her. This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t have any weight. She knew full well she had no skin or nerves to feel through. She reached out… [more]

Life, Limb, and the Devil’s Dissent

Mark Rapacz — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:00:52 +0000

I. Because it was the thirty-third anniversary of the overthrow of their old government, and because it, too, happened to be a red autumnal moon, and because the calf came out hindquarters first, complicating the… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 4

Julian Darius — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:00:28 +0000

Yelena stood staring at the door to her den, thinking this isn’t right. She told herself that she must’ve opened the door all the way, then stepped back into the room to retrieve something, only… [more]

Watching People Burn for 99 Cents or Free

Julian Darius — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:25:03 +0000

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The Art of Doug Smock

Doug Smock — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:54 +0000

Many of you know Doug Smock’s jaw-dropping original illustrations for our serialized online fiction The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin and for the cover of our book Nira/Sussa. We thought we’d showcase some of his other artwork.

“The Slave Factory” on Kindle for 99 Cents

Julian Darius — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:52:26 +0000

“The Slave Factory,” a short book by Julian Darius, is available exclusively on Kindle for the low price of 99 cents — and is free to read for Amazon Prime members. This work of short… [more]