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Martian Lit Publishes its 30th Comic

Julian Darius — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 03:02:39 +0000

Martian Lit has published its 30th comic: Kimot Ren #5! Our comics line began in 2014, almost six years ago. In that time we’ve published 30 standard issues: Martian Comics #1-19 Kimot Ren #1-5 Necropolitan… [more]

“getting the laugh out of the reader”: An Interview with Nathaniel Tower about Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands

Laura Madeline Wiseman — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:05:47 +0000

Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands" title="“getting the laugh out of the reader”: An Interview with Nathaniel Tower about Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands" style="float:left;" />Laura Madeline Wiseman: As a poet, I’m interested in how one puts together a collection of poems compared to how one puts together a book of poems. Short story collections, too, can be arranged in… [more]

CS DeWildt on Dead Animals

Laura Madeline Wiseman — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:00:21 +0000

Dead Animals" title="CS DeWildt on Dead Animals" style="float:left;" />Laura Madeline Wiseman: Let’s begin with your (writer) origin story. CS DeWildt: It was a vaginal birth, no complications. I hit the ground, twisted an ankle, and joined the race. Books were always there, and… [more]

Martian Lit Releases Laura Madeline Wiseman’s American Galactic

Julian Darius — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:47:28 +0000

American Galactic" title="Martian Lit Releases Laura Madeline Wiseman’s American Galactic" style="float:left;" />Martian Lit is proud to announce the release of its first book of poetry: American Galactic, by Laura Madeline Wiseman Opening with an epigraph from Charles Simic, “Lots of people around here have been taken for… [more]

Martian Lit Releases Nathaniel Tower’s Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands

Julian Darius — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:18:17 +0000

Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands" title="Martian Lit Releases Nathaniel Tower’s Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands" style="float:left;" />Martian Lit is proud to announce the publication of Nathaniel Tower’s Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands, a collection of absurd and literary short stories examining the surreal experiences of married life. The book has already received considerable… [more]

Martian Comics #1 Cover

Julian Darius — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 01:02:41 +0000

Martian Comics #1 Cover" title="Martian Comics #1 Cover" style="float:left;" />Here’s Darick Robertson’s beautiful cover for Martian Comics #1 — Martian Lit’s ambitious first comic book, coming in 2014. The comic is written by Julian Darius and Kevin Thurman, with interior art by Sergio Tarquini.… [more]

Praise for CS DeWildt’s Dead Animals

Julian Darius — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 19:13:58 +0000

Dead Animals" title="Praise for CS DeWildt’s Dead Animals" style="float:left;" />CS DeWildt’s Dead Animals, a short story collection published by Martian Lit, is winning tremendous praise as an innovative literary offering that is at once realistic and mind-bendingly troubling. J.J. Anderson, author of Trailer Park… [more]

Martian Lit Releases CS DeWildt’s Dead Animals

Julian Darius — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:30:43 +0000

Dead Animals" title="Martian Lit Releases CS DeWildt’s Dead Animals" style="float:left;" />Martian Lit is proud to announce the publication of CS DeWildt’s Dead Animals, a collection of short stories and flash. The book doesn’t pull its punches, and it focuses on damaged and damaging characters. But… [more]

More Glowing Reviews of Julian Darius’s Nira/Sussa

Bryan Aarons — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:00:04 +0000

Nira/Sussa" title="More Glowing Reviews of Julian Darius’s Nira/Sussa" style="float:left;" />Two new reviews have been published of Julian Darius’s Nira/Sussa, the first novel published by Martian Lit: one review by SR Jones and another by Pavarti K. Tyler. Snippets from SR Jones’s review include: With NIRA/SUSSA, author… [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

Watching People Burn Trailer Released" title="Watching People Burn Trailer Released" style="float:left;" />Martian Lit has released its first video, a trailer for Julian Darius’s Watching People Burn. The book is an original, illustrated, historical screenplay. It reads quickly. It’s gotten rave reviews. And it’s cheap — currently… [more]

Watching People Burn Now Available

Julian Darius — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:00:07 +0000

Watching People Burn Now Available" title="Watching People Burn Now Available" style="float:left;" />Martian Lit’s first book, Julian Darius’s Watching People Burn, is now available for purchase. The original historical screenplay dramatizes the Bath school disaster, an coordinated terrorist attack in rural Michigan in 1927 that blew up a… [more]

The Invading Other: Over a Century of Martian Stereotyping

Julian Darius — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:07:57 +0000

For at least 113 years, humans have stereotyped Martians as invaders, as butchers, as sadists, as strange-looking monsters, and even as rapists of white women. To humans, Martians are truly the Other. They are otherworldly.… [more]

Hello, Humans

Julian Darius — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:45:39 +0000

Our website has now launched, including our “About Us” page, which contains crucial information about our mission. Please bear with us as we continue to roll out content for the site. In the meantime, be… [more]