This week, I'll be enjoying myself at these great evenings:
Tara Masih's book launch at Brookline Booksmith, which starts at 6.30 tomorrow night (Tuesday Feb 23rd). Her short story collection, Where the Dog Star Never Glows, is going to be a stunner.
Stace Budzko and myself will be reading from our writing group's chapbook, Authors Anonymous (written by the Hanover Street Writers Group), this Thursday evening at the Thursday Theater of Words and Music, Cornerstone Books, Salem, MA. We'll be talking about writing / reading flash fiction, collaborative process, and working on a small book. Promises to be a lot of fun! There'll be an open mike too. See below for details.
We'll also be giving a presentation, along with Cathy Elcik and Steve Mackinnon, at Art2Art on Saturday night. Again, we'll be reading from the chapbook. Mike Schiavone, also of Hanover Street Writers Group, will be reading, possibly from his forthcoming novel, and there will be lots of other great acts. Let us know if you'd like an evite.
Lastly, some fun news. I just found out that my own chapbook, They Say We Don't Exist, was a semi-finalist in the Black Lawrence Press Black River Chapbook Competition. Many thanks to the judges.
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The Thursday Theatre of Words and Music
An open mike will be held following featured writers/artists--artists are chosen by first-come-first-serve.
November's featured artists: Stace Budzko and Sue Williams will be presenting sections from their forthcoming chapbook, Authors Anonymous, a flash fiction anthology by the members of The Hanover Street Writers Group, which showcases the range and possibility of the short-short story form.
Stace Budzko is published or forthcoming in Hint Fiction: A Norton Anthology of Stories, Night Train, The Collagist, Hobart, Monkeybicycle, Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction Forward, Brevity & Echo, Quick Fiction, SmokeLong Quarterly, Long Story Short, Southeast Review, Carve Magazine and elsewhere. The film adaptation of his short story, "How to Set a House on Fire" (Factory: Bay Area Video Coalition) recently finished production and is in national distribution. At present, he is a writing instructor at Emmanuel College and Grub Street as well as writer-in-residence at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
Sue Williams is both an Assistant Editor at Narrative Magazine and a writing instructor at Grub Street. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Narrative, Night Train, Salamander,Redivider, Gargoyle, Blue Earth Review, The Yalobusha Review, Even More Tonto Short Stories, Hint Fiction: a Norton Anthology, Hacks: Ten Years on Grub Street, and elsewhere. She was two-time prizewinner in this year's Soul Making Competition, where she was awarded first place in Flash Fiction and third in Short Story. Sue was also a winner in the 2009 Tonto Books Short Story Contest, received the Glimmer Train Best Start Award, and won Flashquake's 'Less is More.' She recently completed a linked collection, "Touch Me, I'm a Monster," and is working on the final draft of a novel. Sue keeps a writing blog at www.suewilliams.co.uk