Fictionaut Blog

The basic premise/thrust of Dark Chaos is to feature writers and artists who aren’t afraid to cross a few boundary lines and potentially end up as an overall disturbance to those who read and view their work.

Recently:
   Line Breaks: “The Right Thing” by Robert Boswell
   Fictionaut Five: Tom Franklin
   Monday Chat with James Lloyd Davis

The idea of the past and present existing simultaneously is an obsession of mine, and until just now, rereading the story after all these years, I had forgotten that it started with “The Right Thing.”

Recently:
   Fictionaut Five: Tom Franklin
   Monday Chat with James Lloyd Davis
   Checking In With Midwestern Gothic

When stuck, which seems to be much of the time with me, I usually watch tv. If nothing else, I begin feeling guilty about not writing, so that’ll maybe get me back to it. A better thing to do is read.

Recently:
   Monday Chat with James Lloyd Davis
   Checking In With Midwestern Gothic
   Fictionaut Five: Roz Chast
   Luna Digest, 1/18

My brother was much as the brother described in “Sand,” a kind of savant, with an incredible artistic gift. He was also homeless for much of his life, a fact he hid from the family for many years.

Recently:
   Checking In With Midwestern Gothic
   Fictionaut Five: Roz Chast
   Luna Digest, 1/18

“Gothic” to us means “real” — we want real life, good, bad, or ugly — so, again, we can catalog this often-overlooked region chalked full of unique mythologies and stories. [Read more]

Recently:
   Fictionaut Five: Roz Chast
   Luna Digest, 1/18
   Fictionaut Five: Jessica Anya Blau

I can’t believe how unselfconscious people are in public, from chomping away on a banana or smelly sandwich on the train to talking really loudly into their cell phones about their cousin’s infection or whatever. [Read more]

Recently:
   Luna Digest, 1/18
   Fictionaut Five: Jessica Anya Blau
   Checking In With Fwriction

McSweeneys has a NEW website. It looks great—but if you’re like me and immediately looked for where to submit, you’ll find it at their old website here. [Read more]

Recently:
   Fictionaut Five: Jessica Anya Blau
   Checking In With Fwriction
   Fictionaut Five: Kit Reed

Writing is revision. Once you accept that fact, you can write. [Read more]

Recently:
   Checking In With Fwriction
Fictionaut Five: Kit Reed
   Luna Digest, 1/11
   Monday Chat with Phoebe Wilcox

I am better at promoting other people’s work than I am my own, and that led me to the journal. I love discovering new writing, sharing it with the world. fwriction : review gives me that opportunity. [Read more]

Recently:
Fictionaut Five: Kit Reed
   Luna Digest, 1/11
   Monday Chat with Phoebe Wilcox

Writing to the market is certain death because what you THINK people want is not necessarily what they want. You have to start by satisfying yourself– making something that pleases you. [Read more]

Recently:
   Luna Digest, 1/11
   Monday Chat with Phoebe Wilcox
   Checking In With Good Men Project
   Fictionaut Five: Murray Dunlap