Though Summer Wanes, These Words Rise

Congratulations this week to Ethel Rohan whose remarkable short story collection (yes, I’ve read it suckas) Cut Through The Bone, will be published in December 2010 by Dark Sky Books. This is richly deserved and when the book is available for pre-order, you will want to get on that. There’s more Ethel:  her  stark yet moving Basophilia graces Divine Dirt Quarterly and she has another  story at Night Train. You may also recall that we are publishing a book of hers, Hard to Say, in 2011.

Congratulations, also, to all the PANK contributors who will be serving on panels at AWP in 2011. E-mail us and let us know what you’re doing so we can put together an awesome PANK writers cheat sheet for the Writer Prom, I mean, conference.

American Short Fiction’s Mr. August is Gabe Durham, with three more fun camp shorts.

Aaron Burch’s How to Predict the Weather is now available for pre-sale from Keyhole Press. Get this book.

At Everyday Genius, the luminous Scott Mclanahan’s The Football Bastards. Read this, immediately, then come back here. Also, though, check out Melissa Broder’s Mail in the same magazine.

On the Clock: Contemporary Short Stories of Work is now available and includes stories from Matthew Salesses, Matt Bell, Sean Lovelace, Tania Hershman, Nick Kocz, and Steve Himmer. You can order the anthology here.

It’s the beginning of the month which means new issues. In decomP, Alexandra Isacson, and Eugenia Tsutsumi.

The Nashville Review includes Tasha Matsumoto.

Celebrity is the focus of the new issue of The Northville Review which includes writing from Greg Gerke, Steve Himmer, Corey Mesler, Garrett Socol, and Melanie Browne. Garrett also has a story in Drunken Boat 12 where he is joined by Chris Tarry, Eric Bennett, Bruce Cohen,

Kill Author will kill you so damn good. That magazine’s assassins this month include Jennifer Spiegel, Andrew Roe, Rae Bryant, Lauren Becker, and Sheldon Lee Compton.

The August issue of elimae includes JA Tyler, Ryan Ridge and Barry Graham. Really though, you want to read the whole issue, and especially the essay by Tiff Holland that is extraordinary and Gravity by Ryan Griffith.

Kirsty Logan instructs on How to Be a Writer (Part 1) at Metazen. She also writes on Beauty at Annalemma.

Noah, by JA Tyler, is part of Staccato Fiction. He is followed by Katie Jean Shinkle with her story Alfresco.

The August issue of Hobart is pretty damn good and includes fiction from the one and only Lauren Becker whose story will make you recall, fondly, late night excursions to Walgreen’s and Kristine Ong Muslim.

Issue 34 of Right Hand Pointing includes poems by Sheldon Lee Compton. He also has work at Fried Chicken and Coffee, Fractured West, and The Linnet’s Wings. Also in the debut issue of Fractured West, you’ll find a story by Kyle Hemmings. That magazine, by the way, is co-edited by our very own Kirsty Logan. We’re quite excited about this magazine and you should be too.

Jason Jordan is interviewed by Ravi Mangla at Recommended Reading. Jason also has a book out soon called Cloud and Other Stories. You can buy it at Amazon.

Are you reading Third Face? Do you like demolition derbies? Read something magnificent by xTx.

The year is 1567 for Brandi Wells.

Issue 6 of The Lumberyard is dedicated, in its entirety, to Nickolas Butler, a forthcoming contributor.

Aaron Burch is interviewed by BL Pawelek for Flatmancrooked and he talks HTTYA, HTMYA.

Capture, Escape by Rae Bryant is up at Willows Wept Review, which has a new home.

Hulkster Mel Bosworth has some manly fiction at Bull.

In the new issue of DOGZPLOT flash fiction, Shannon Peil has a little story about good clean fun. Or something.

Michelle Menting climbs in Ascent with her poem Soundtrack for Fall & Forgetting.

Forthcoming contributor Annam Manthiram has a story in the Camroc Press Review.

Hush by Meg Pokrass is featured this week at Bananafish.

The Smell of Money is the subject of Elisa Gabbert’s column at Open Letters.

David LaBounty’s poem Commission is up at Clutching at Straws.

Ryan Bradley’s poem, Bare Knuckles, will change your life.