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Sizist Spawnnew

New Times SLO's annual 55 Fiction competition, a literary contest in which all stories are 55 words or less, and illustrated by Neal Breton. The issue is dedicated to the memory of Ray Bradbury.
San Luis Obispo New Times  |  New Times staff  |  07-05-2012  |  Original Work

'Death By Oboe': Fiction Contest '09 Winnernew

From the Judge: Death By Oboe invites us into a complete, quirky and tangible world. It isn't self-indulgent, but doesn't hesitate to linger over odd, honest details like the jostling of a roomful of porcelain figurines — a moment both physically present and emotionally revealing.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Jessica Penzias  |  01-05-2010  |  Original Work

'Entrapment': A Never-Before-Published Story by Nelson Algrennew

About 300 pages of an unfinished novel wound up in the Algren archives at Ohio State University, and in edited form they make their first public appearance as "Entrapment," from a new collection of previously unpublished work by Algren edited by Brooke Horvath and Dan Simon for Seven Stories Press.
Chicago Reader  |  Nelson Algren  |  04-13-2009  |  Original Work

Never Super-er

No need to wait until next summer to see the next viewer-friendly, blockbuster reinterpretation of Superman; it's right here in handy comic book format.
Columbus Alive  |  J. Caleb Mozzocco  |  11-24-2005  |  Original Work

Dr. Seuss, Pre-Med

A new collection of early works reveals Dr. Seuss as more than just another brand name or massively influential children's book author: He was a real, living artist whose work wasn't always all that great.
Columbus Alive  |  J. Caleb Mozzocco  |  11-09-2005  |  Original Work

Toothpaste -- It's What's for Dinner

First-name-only cartoonist Drew's online comic strip Toothpaste for Dinner gets downloaded into a hard-copy collection.
Columbus Alive  |  J. Caleb Mozzocco  |  11-03-2005  |  Original Work

Baker On Baker

Cartoonist Kyle Baker throws himself into his work like never before, and then gets serious with a new Nat Turner biography.
Columbus Alive  |  J. Caleb Mozzocco  |  09-14-2005  |  Original Work

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