Reading Bunny by Mona Awad
Koji A. Dae
Reading Bunny by Mona Awad
Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done. My writing to-do list has four novels, a poem, and several short stories on it. Right now I’m working on a novel, and splitting my guilt between going too slow, ignoring the other projects, and not giving myself enough time to breathe. To-do lists are a […]
About a month ago, I received an arc of Midwestern Chrome by Michael Bettendorf. I knew I’d like the book because Tenebrous has a keen eye for weird books with emotional resonance. When I saw the cover, I suspected I might love it. But honestly, I wasn’t ready to become obsessed with it. The book […]
The Girls
By Emma Cline
(Or how to maximize your reading time when your life is a dumpster of chaos) What books do you want to read? I am not a fast reader or a big reader, and I’ve never been. I read anywhere from 6-12 books a year. That’s it. For a writer, that’s not a lot, and for […]
I’m trying to figure out how relationship beats work for negative relationship arcs… got any resources?
In what ways do you communicate online? In my heart, there will always be three critical moments of online communication that shaped my life: ICQ, Deadjournal, and Tribe. In the years since these things came and went, things have changed — we’ve moved on from longform to tweets. Then twitter imploded. Facebook was an amazing […]
I woke up this morning to some exciting news: Casual has been nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award. What followed was a few hours of shock and excitement and a whole lot of not working at work. (Sorry, I’ll make up for it). Followed by a lot of anxious “how do I say thank […]
*Originally published in Daily Science Fiction in 2020, audio originally created by The Centropic Oracle. Behind the observation glass, James pinches Tanya. Her tender skin turns bright red. It’ll turn into yet another bruise. James watches his sister cry, I watch James, and the doctor watches me. “Isn’t it risky?” I don’t take my eyes […]
The River
Flannery O’Conner