we have a story by Sam Lamplugh ! it’s about a person who is contacted by their estranged father after 30 years of silence
this 1,000 word story does a cool trick – it’s a series of nested parentheses, where one parenthesis interrupts another. read it !
xraylitmag.com/reply-by-sam...
we have a fantastic essay by Tyler Dempsey !
a reflection on the meaning of art, by way of:
a drowned railroad tycoon
ancient rock writings
a near-fatal staph infection
a wild lynx
& a lot else
beautiful & excellent work !
xraylitmag.com/channeling-b...
the orcas story (that COULD be "the first story (ever!) to convince (you) that auto-fiction has a legitimate place in short stories"!) on @xraylitmag.bsky.social:
Samuel Peters Brown—a stereotypically thin dude with disheveled hair and that beard-with-no-mustache combination of the late-1800’s—was a descendant of the Mayflower and what you might call “uber succ...
A fun story by my good pal and PhD compadre Sam Lamplugh, who's far too cool to promote his own work on social media
A razor-sharp, laser-focused, super-quick read.
This micro is great (grate?) ⭐
My buddy Pilot comes to visit. Says it’ll do him good to get out of town for a couple days—new scenery, change of pace, leave the normal life problems and complications and stresses behind. But also w...
I haven’t talked to my father for thirty years, and this news doesn’t change anything (it’s impossible to talk through three decades of life; the silence is too full – (though I should preface this by...
It’s National Cheese Day & I can’t help but wonder if this timing was delightful synchronicity or smart marketing by @xraylitmag.bsky.social, but either way you should read it
I mean... sure, I'll allow it!
we have an article by Ted McLoof !
in which he recommends two story collections by Nicholas Montemarano & Anna Dickson James that u should cop asap.
metafiction ! zombies ! baptist tradwives ! check it out !
xraylitmag.com/ted-mcloof-r...
we have a story by Sam Lamplugh ! it’s about a person who is contacted by their estranged father after 30 years of silence
this 1,000 word story does a cool trick – it’s a series of nested parentheses, where one parenthesis interrupts another. read it !
xraylitmag.com/reply-by-sam...
To read this properly, I think, you eventually need to give in and let the parentheses wash over you and disappear a bit behind the ongoing prose.
we have a story by Sam Lamplugh ! it’s about a person who is contacted by their estranged father after 30 years of silence
this 1,000 word story does a cool trick – it’s a series of nested parentheses, where one parenthesis interrupts another. read it !
xraylitmag.com/reply-by-sam...
Nicholas Montemarano, If the Sky Falls (Yellow Shoe Fiction, 2005) I was 24 years old when I first encountered Nicholas Montemarano. He was reading for a class I was TAing for, so I dutifully picked u...
I haven’t talked to my father for thirty years, and this news doesn’t change anything (it’s impossible to talk through three decades of life; the silence is too full – (though I should preface this by...
I haven’t talked to my father for thirty years, and this news doesn’t change anything (it’s impossible to talk through three decades of life; the silence is too full – (though I should preface this by...
we have a story by Sam Lamplugh ! it’s about a person who is contacted by their estranged father after 30 years of silence
this 1,000 word story does a cool trick – it’s a series of nested parentheses, where one parenthesis interrupts another. read it !
xraylitmag.com/reply-by-sam...
i love this 300 word story by Kate Catinella !
it's about a girl that goes on a date with a guy who piles his plate with shredded parmesan
what a good ending ! the role reversal in 300 words is impressive & memorable & thoughtful - read this pronto
xraylitmag.com/cheese-drawe...
i love this 300 word story by Kate Catinella !
it's about a girl that goes on a date with a guy who piles his plate with shredded parmesan
what a good ending ! the role reversal in 300 words is impressive & memorable & thoughtful - read this pronto
xraylitmag.com/cheese-drawe...
Elizabeth Fletcher
Mixed Metaphors
I haven’t talked to my father for thirty years, and this news doesn’t change anything (it’s impossible to talk through three decades of life; the silence is too full – (though I should preface this by...
There’s about seven inches of grated parmesan piled onto a side plate. The waiter said Say when, and the guy never said when. Just watched the waiter shave more and more of the block until finally the...
There’s about seven inches of grated parmesan piled onto a side plate. The waiter said Say when, and the guy never said when. Just watched the waiter shave more and more of the block until finally the...
