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"Unique and fascinating." 99 Problems gets Daily s-Press'd, not to mention oddly meta-posted. And likes it. A lot.

Big thanks to the kind folks at Daily s-Press for their kind words and 99 Problems shout-out. We were also quite something, amused, no, flabbergasted, is that a real word, well we were quite something, and definitely appreciative, to see Dorothee Lang, the air traffic controller behind Daily s-Press, and the superlative BluePrintReview, among other things, musing, arguably meta-posting even, on not only 99 Problems in her personal blog Virtual Notes, but a recent conversation she had with...

Amelia Gray. Museum of Weird. Life Story. Wonderbar.

There is new Amelia Gray, Museum of Weird, and it's in the house, uh, here at headquarters and it will be read and posted on soon. Totally. In the interim, though please do enjoy TBWCYL, Inc. favorite Michael Kimball's take on her happy life. And on a postcard no less. Wonderbar.

"Loved it. It made me want to run and write." 99 Problems gets Whoever Brought Me Here Will Have to Take Me Home'd. And likes it. A lot.

There is a quite terrific and much appreciated free-associating riff about running, writing and 99 Problems on Rose Hunter's blog Whoever Brought Me Here Will Have To Take Me Home. There's a lot of good stuff in there, but we were particularly excited to see here musing on place, a thread we were very conscious of trying to capture in these pieces, but not one that has received much attention prior to this. Many thanks to Rose, who should we add has a new poetry joint coming out with the

These Books Will Change Your Life - I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone by Stephanie Kuehnert and Why I Fight by J. Adams Oaks.

Travel. Read. Non-work travel. More read. And this week we have sucked down two novels with much in common. Stephanie Kuehnert and J. Adams Oaks, the authors of I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone and Why I Fight respectively, are both products of Columbia College's fine fiction writing program here in Chicago and both still live here, further expanding, defining and building the argument for Chicago's should be respected position as a mecca of killer American writing. Further, both books are debut...

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Can't stop. Won't stop.

"It might make you self-conscious of your own novel." Lucky Man gets Ryan W. Bradley'd. And likes it. A lot.

Making new friends is a treat. Having older work newly discovered is always a nice surprise. And having new friends find older work for the first time and dig it is a thrill. Such is the case with new friend and soon to be new publisher Ryan W. Bradley who recently wrote some truly kind things about Lucky Man. Many thanks brother and the next round of drinks are so definitely on us.


"Ben is a consistently fantastic writer. I've yet to read something subpar by him, which as a fellow writer...

The new edition of This Zine Will Change Your Life is live and full of freedom, rain and Chris Castle.

The new edition of This Zine Will Change Your Life is live and full of freedom and rain. Or something like that. We have a new story Reckoning by Chris Castle, which we are way excited about, and, (almost) as always, photo action from Adam Lawrence, music curation from Jason Behrends and peace talking 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, and...

September 11th. Cabaret. W. Punk. Iraq. Nobody Loves You. Rent. Suburbia. America. Pat Tillman. Everybody left you. And Green Day. American Idiot.

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This Book Will Change Your Life - Sheep and Wolves by Jeremy C. Shipp.

TBWCYL, Inc. favorite Jeremy C. Shipp author of the wildy bizzarro novel Vacation states that he lives in a moderately haunted Victorian farmhouse, but after reading his story collection Sheep and Wolves we don't believe this, not really, because it is clear to us, that where Jeremy C. Shipp resides is deep in the dark recesses of his brain, a place filled with garden gnomes, serial killers, cannibals and bloody clowns, a place where fear and terror reign, a place that isn't necessarily his...

This Book Will Change Your Life - Sheep and Wolves by Jeremy C. Shipp

TBWCYL, Inc. favorite Jeremy C. Shipp author of the wildy bizzarro novel Vacation states that he lives in a moderately haunted Victorian farmhouse, but after reading his story collection Sheep and Wolves we don't believe this, not really, because it is clear to us, that where Jeremy C. Shipp resides is deep in the dark recesses of his brain, a place filled with garden gnomes, serial killers, cannibals and bloody clowns, a place where fear and terror reign, a place that isn't necessarily his...