ONE QUESTION: Bob Hartley
August 6, 2017
Hypertext Magazine asked Bob Hartley, author of NORTH AND CENTRAL (Tortoise Books), “What question do you wish you’d been asked…
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ONE QUESTION: Josh Barkan
August 3, 2017
Hypertext Magazine asked Josh Barkan, author of MEXICO: STORIES, “What question do you wish you’d been asked about your work?”…
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ONE QUESTION: Martha Bayne
August 1, 2017
Hypertext Magazine asked Martha Bayne, editor of Rust Belt Chicago anthology, “What question do you wish you’d been asked about…
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The Bosnian by Jael Montellano
July 31, 2017
One November Sunday in 1997, when she’s thirteen, she and her mother go on a grocery trip. It’s an overcast…
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The Color of Fire by J.R. Gerow
July 27, 2017
Immediately after the pipeline was set to detonate, they raced back to June’s car and made love. It was heady,…
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Carbon by Marie Baleo
July 26, 2017
Thick glass jars. Uneven to the touch and heavy, the height of our tired knees. Washed and dried nightly by…
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Regret by Michele Friske
July 24, 2017
I am 60 now. I guess it’s natural that I reflect on my life, sort through my accomplishments and my…
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One Question: Dr. Eileen Herbert-Goodall
July 21, 2017
Hypertext magazine asked Dr. Eileen Herbert-Goodall, Author of The Sherbrooke Brothers, “What question do you wish you’d been asked about…
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Then What? by Marlene Olin
July 20, 2017
The old man grabbed the inside handle of the taxi door. It was a typical Coral Gables street. The fences…
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Vacation by Michael Agugom
July 17, 2017
I chose to spend the long semester-break in my village for just this reason: to enjoy reading beside the flowing…
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New Girl by Alex Reece Abbott
July 16, 2017
“You’ve probably already guessed.” Pagan stares across the small corner table. Billie studies the vaulted, low ceilinged room, now a…
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Roommates by Peter J. Stavros
July 12, 2017
Sadie says we’re roommates. She says she loves me, and it’s fine otherwise, but that we’re just two people living…
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ONE QUESTION:  Steve McEllistrem
July 11, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED STEVE MCELLISTREM, AUTHOR OF DEVEREAUX DEITY, “WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WISH YOU’D BEEN ASKED ABOUT YOUR WORK?”…
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Excerpt of Steve McEllistrem’s THE DEVEREAUX DEITY
July 11, 2017
Chapter 6 BY STEVE MCELLISTREM Jeremiah studied Curtik. The boy had grown so much in the past year, and yet…
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Driver’s Seat by Kendra Leidle
July 10, 2017
Tisha had been staring straight ahead, her hands clasping the steering wheel, when she felt a sudden jolt.  The Chevy…
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Growing Up Cold by Caitlin Hamilton Summie
July 6, 2017
In the cold night air, my breath is like mist. I stand at the end of the driveway with my…
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Hypertext Interview With University of Hell Press Managing Editor Eve Connell
July 6, 2017
By Christine Rice Christine Rice: Hi, Eve. How’s it going? Eve Connell: Oh, hey, Chris. I’m on a train to…
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Hypertext Interview With Peter Ferry
June 30, 2017
By Christine Rice If you like a good mystery, a complex plot, and characters you can really sink your teeth…
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Excerpt from Old Heart by Peter Ferry
June 30, 2017
MAN EIGHTY-FIVE RUNS AWAY FROM HOME Tom Johnson looked at the broken front seat of the big taxi through the…
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ONE QUESTION: Tom Stern
June 19, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED TOM STERN, AUTHOR OF MY VANISHING TWIN, “WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WISH YOU’D BEEN ASKED ABOUT YOUR…
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Excerpt of Tom Stern’s MY VANISHING TWIN
June 19, 2017
It seemed to Walter Braum there were but a few defining moments in a life, the rest of one’s time…
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ONE QUESTION: Paul Cohen
June 15, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED PAUL COHEN, AUTHOR OF THE GLAMSHACK, “WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WISH YOU’D BEEN ASKED ABOUT YOUR WORK?”…
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Excerpt from Paul Cohen’s THE GLAMSHACK
June 15, 2017
How Wars Escalate April 25, 1999 General George Armstrong Custer separates from his regiment and rides a hundred miles through…
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Top Five Fan Theories for Movies I Snagged From the Used DVD Section of My Local Family Video Store the Week Before It Closed
May 25, 2017
BY C. JAMES BYE For this list, we’re looking at films I found in the used DVD bin at my…
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Excerpt of Nadine Kenney Johnstone’s OF THIS MUCH I’M SURE
May 22, 2017
BY NADINE KENNEY JOHNSTONE After calling the university and asking for more time off, I hear a knock at the…
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Excerpt of Gerald Brennan’s ISLAND OF CLOUDS
May 18, 2017
Cocoa Beach Interlude BY GERALD BRENNAN It’s late 1977, a couple weeks before launch, and we’re at the Cape, at…
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ONE QUESTION: Gerald Brennan
May 18, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED GERALD BRENNAN, AUTHOR OF ISLAND OF CLOUDS, “WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WISH YOU’D BEEN ASKED ABOUT YOUR…
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The Thing That John Schultz Built by Ira Brooker
May 15, 2017
Originally published: irabrooker.com John Schultz built a thing. A weird, wobbly, unwieldy thing that sometimes confused and frightened even those…
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ONE QUESTION: Nadine Kenney Johnstone
May 15, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED NADINE KENNEY JOHNSTONE, AUTHOR OF OF THIS MUCH I’M SURE, “WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WISH YOU’D BEEN…
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At Any Age by Mare Swallow
May 12, 2017
I have no children. I am not going to have children. This fact struck me full force after my grandmother’s…
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