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There is Hair Lit, Vol. One KICKSTARTER campaign love.

So please do hit it, like soon, now even, yes, as doing so may most definitely change your life, and ours for sure, even if only briefly at that.

The Caleb J. Ross would like you to know that from August 24th through August 28th I Didn’t Mean to be Kevin: a novel will be FREE on Kindle. And we want you to know that we think this is a most beautiful thing indeed.

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The new edition of This Zine Will Change Your Life is live. All full of Sleep. And DeWildt.

The new edition of This Zine Will Change Your Life is live. We have a new story, To Sleep Well by CS DeWildt, which we are way excited about, and, (almost) as always, photo action from Adam Lawrence, music curation from Jason Behrends and early voting prose love from Pete Anderson. We hope you enjoy this edition and we appreciate all shout-outs and links. Finally, please note, we are hoping more of you will submit comix, and music, novel excerpts, and art, and video, yes, video, and combinations there of. And most finally, No Pasaran.

And now please join us while we pause for a Knabb Bodies Karaoke Curbside vocalo radio moment.

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Bomer. Nine Months. The Atlantic. Review. Interview. Goodness.

Massive ridiculous goodness. And some excerpt. Cool? Totally.

"There is a strong element of satire in Nine Months. Bomer scrutinizes grim parental impulses, but does so with a phenomenal comedic pace. The lead character of Sonia is fully formed, at once over-the-top, entirely human, and thoroughly relatable. Supporting characters--neurotic parents slavishly following the latest medical or pop-psychological study on how to create the Perfect Kid--only make Sonia more sympathetic. No doubt, Bomer's skillfulness with characterization comes from her thriving career as a short fiction writer. ( Baby & Other Stories , one of her earlier collections, delves into themes similar to Nine Months.) Indeed, her style and tone evokes the early works of Roddy Doyle--The Snapper immediately springs to mind--which is itself exciting because it suggests Bomer will soon be evoking Doyle's later masterworks."

Wherein Tom Morello brings the Rage.

"Don't mistake me, I clearly see that Ryan has a whole lotta "rage" in him: A rage against women, a rage against immigrants, a rage against workers, a rage against gays, a rage against the poor, a rage against the environment. Basically the only thing he's not raging against is the privileged elite he's groveling in front of for campaign contributions." Tom Morello on Paul Ryan's Rage Against the Machine fandom.

Dang. R.I.P. Tony Scott.

"I was cool? Naw man you were cooler than cool." Tony Scott (1944-2012)

This Book Will Change Your Life - Americas by Jason Lee Norman.

We read Americas by the Jason Lee Norman and we have questions. Is there a lack of whimsy in the lit world today or have we just missed those books? Which is not to say the Americas does not have some darkness or sadness, but it is whimsy that rules the page as Norman leaps and twists amongst the twenty-two countries that comprise the Americas, writing a country by country account filled with tears, Stand By Me, and Paul Newman, in language both light and clean. Also, can it be considered not positive in any way to describe something as delightful, because these pieces are full of endless jolts of delight, but can we say that and not sound like we are in any way minimizing Norman's talents, we hope not, and we think not, but feel free to correct us if we're wrong. Finally, we wondered if there was any truth to any of what we read? Did Norman draw on any truths in any fashion, even folklore as truth, as he whimsically, and yes delightfully, toured this world, a true world, filled with true countries? Because yes, maybe, they seemed like there could be some truth, there, somewhere, possibly, and yet, we weren't sure, and we could check, but with so much whimsy and delight happening, why do so, where would that get us? Nowhere, nowhere we need to be anyway. We're already in Norman's world, and it not only works just fine, it just may change your, our, someone's, life along the way.    [image error]

Vampire Conditions. Carr. Holler Presents. Happening. Soon.

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This Podcast Will Change Your Life, Episode Fifty-Two - Road Head, starring Melinda McIntire and Carly Oishi.

So Road Head, so Solo, and so happy to share the new episode of This Podcast Will Change Your Life which stars the quite lovely co-hosts of the quite happening Solo in the 2nd City. So please do hit that, it just might change your life. 

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