“You Don’t Want This” isn’t just the title of Kristin Garth's anthology of short fiction (available for pre-order on Pink Plastic Press), it’s the inscription on the gates outside her realm of hustlers, harlots, and heroes (some who are all three at once). But this ain’t Hell, this is Florida. The ferry carries you through strip joints and sex dungeons, but also where the world, the flesh, and the devil lurk in videostore back rooms and all-night greasy spoons. Garth balances dark humor and wickedly witty turns of phrase with the lyrical touch of a poet, chasing tempests of brutality and trauma with an undercurrent of hope in the form of sexual liberation. These stories reveal the underbelly that is just as much America as the surface if not more so, the evil that men do and women do their best to survive through. The gods will not save you, and neither will Daddy, but a dance mom reality show star may be the light to guide you out of the darkness. After you begin “You Don’t Want This,” you won’t want it to end — it’s not just the awakening we desire, it’s the apocalypse we deserve.

(image by Kristin, who I thank for sharing her work with me)

I interviewed author and artist C. Brennecke for MeowMeowPowPow. ​We talk about her poetry/photo collection, an epic fantasy novel & a vampire manual in progress, the influence of tarot on her storytelling, & advice for aspiring (& self-doubting) creators.

Coming in 2022 from Pink Plastic Press - The Book of Korinethians, a print anthology zine of art, poetry, flash fiction and essay about and inspired by the filmography of Harmony Korine, both as auteur and actor. My essay is titled after a song on the "Gummo" soundtrack and includes both real life stories and references to the film and the album.

Now at Cultural Daily: my new column “AS IF AN OCCULT HAND,” examining the hidden within pop culture, urban myth, and obscure media.
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In my first installment, I reminisce on late 1990s rumors of Britney Spears enrolling at Arizona State University.

I am delighted to have two essays in the Drunk Monkeys fourth annual Pop Culture Spectacular.

I put up a short work at ScreenshotLit.com, a project with Jane-Rebecca Cannarella. Read it in its entirety on the site!

I have the smallest of contributions to this so let me just explain it as a whole: Chorus Blog is our opportunity as the team behind Meow Meow Pow Pow to share our interpretation of the themes we ask writers to submit work for. Here is our Chorus Blog on... "Bees."

I got my copy of the Modest Proposal Anthology (I have writing in it too).
​Congrats Ryan McKee & Ron Babcock, great work!
Read my account of our time together at the Modest Proposal site.
Explore the ModProp site, then order your own copy of the book at this Amazon link.

I hail from Magical Higley, Arizona. To me, it is a state of mind and a place in my heart, somewhere my journey led me which lives on even if you cannot find it on a map like you used to. But it absolutely originates from the real Higley, AZ.