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BOOK BIRTHDAY: The Woken Gods by Gwenda Bond

About a year ago, my friend Gwenda Bond came to DC to do some research for a book she was writing. Something about gods and Washington, DC. (She, her husband and I got drunk that night after dinner, so I have a fuzzy memory). Anyway, the book she was researching came out this week. I […]

My genetic curse.

It was a queer and sultry summer, the time of Wentworth Miller coming out as gay and Miley Cyrus twerking her way to scandal. I had been ill all August, suffering headaches, the loss of taste, smell and appetite. My vision was ever-so-slightly blurred. And, towards the end of the month, I had been peeing […]

FLASH FICTION: Black Treacle: A story of Anna Kavan, by Craig Laurance Gidney

I’ve posted my short homage to the cult British author Anna Kavan, over on Wattpad. Please enjoy. Filed under: Fiction Tagged: anna kavan, flash fiction

FLASH FICTION: W by Craig Laurance Gidney

I have posted my Flash Fiction piece ‘W’ over on Wattpad. Check it out!   Filed under: Book Reviews

Updated Covers for My WattPad page

I made new covers for my flash fiction compositions over on Wattpad.. Filed under: Book Reviews Tagged: flash fiction, wattpad

Message in a bottle–support sought.

I don’t like talking about negative private things. This author blog primarily exists to share and discuss fiction–both my own and others–and has expanded into mini-essays about racism and my health. Those outlier essays are still connected thematically to the core focus, because my fiction often addresses these issues. This post, however, will be more […]

MUSIC REVIEW: Julianna Barwick, Nepenthe. Vocal Ice Sculptures.

In the past, I have found Barwick’s vocal-based ambient music too wispy. A Barwick album is mostly made out of layers of her vocals that mass and drift along like dandelion seeds. It’s admirable, in the way looking at a frozen lake is. But it’s too insubstantial. For whatever reason, Nepenthe has grabbed me. There’s […]

H.P. Hatecraft: On Nepenthe and N*ggers

  The first H.P. Lovecraft story I read was “The Outsider.” It was, and still is, a fine piece of work. It’s a poetic tale about an introvert who touches a dark “eidolon,” drinks the elixir of “nepenthe” and then joins the ghastly beings who live in the nooks and crannies of time and space. […]

Anosmia

I have lost my sense of smell. In someways, this is good. Unpleasant odors no longer assault me. Public bathrooms and the cat’s litter-box are no longer challenging. But it’s mostly bad. Most of taste is smell, so the finer gradients of flavor are lost on me. I can taste sweet, sour, spicy and salty. […]

BOOK REVIEW: Minions of the Moon by Rick Bowes. Top-notch Queer Fantastika

Lethe Press has reprinted one of the seminal works of Queer Fantastika (magical realist/weird fictional texts with LGBT content). Don’t miss an opportunity to read this.   Kevin Grierson comes from an Irish-American family that’s cursed by violence, booze and shadows. The Shadows, in this case, are real quasi-people who embody all of the worst […]