Everything I Did That Day by Re’Lynn Hansen

April 13, 2018
Dear Rena. I know you will understand this letter because it is about everything. It’s homage to our talks—which are…

Merchant Marine by Garin Cycholl

April 11, 2018
I’d have gone to sea. At twelve years old, I got an itch to head east as soon as I…

On Getting Straight Answers by Eileen Favorite

April 10, 2018
The students depart in vans, Checker cabs, short yellow buses, and limousines. A forty-mile radius is their domain—leafy Palos Hills,…

Elevator to Curaçao by Lasher Lane

April 9, 2018
When I first met Sara, she stood face to face before me, asking what was stuck to the front of…

One Question With The Creators of Cubsessions: Becky Sarwate & Randy Richardson

March 29, 2018
Hypertext asked Becky Sarwate and Randy Richardson, creators of Cubsessions: Famous Fans of Chicago’s North Side Baseball Team & Their…

EXCERPT: Cubsessions Interview With Joe Mantegna

March 28, 2018
Cubsessions co-editors Becky Sarwate and Randy Richardson interview Joe Mantegna. Sometimes, the tensions of a particularly close and important baseball…

The Lawyer by John McNally

March 13, 2018
I It had taken me two weeks to find an attorney who had earned a law degree from a university…

Concept Comics By Jessica Peri Chalmers: DISTRACTIONS

March 8, 2018
DISTRACTIONS By Jessica Peri Chalmers Read an essay by Jessica Peri Chalmers, visit her website, & view her artwork archive.…

It’s All About the Breathing by Kevin Richard White

March 4, 2018
All the manuals told me how to breathe. All of the books, all of the websites, all of the people…

Hypertext Interview with Lynn Sloan

March 2, 2018
By Christine Rice For me, a brilliant piece of writing often shatters what I thought I knew, dumps it out…

Excerpt: THIS FAR ISN’T FAR ENOUGH by Lynn Sloan

March 2, 2018
LOST AND FOUND “Lauren, you must be joking,” Dallas said. “You can’t let Frannie simply exit with no fanfare. We…

ONE QUESTION: Joe Ponepinto

March 1, 2018
Hypertext Magazine asked Joe Ponepinto, author of Mr. Neutron, “What question do you wish you’d been asked about your work?”…

Excerpt: Joe Ponepinto’s MR. NEUTRON

March 1, 2018
Chapter One He stood in the niche of a wall in the back of the room, safe and unobserved, observing…

ONE QUESTION: Vincent Chu

February 28, 2018
Hypertext Magazine asked Vincent Chu, author of the debut story collection Like a Champion, “What question do you wish you’d…

Excerpt From: Vincent Chu’s LIKE A CHAMPION

February 28, 2018
Star of the World It was toilet-seat-sticks-to-your-ass kind of weather and Hal wasn’t having it. He left the bathroom window…

One Question: Natalie Singer

February 26, 2018
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED NATALIE SINGER, AUTHOR OF THE MEMOIR CALIFORNIA CALLING: A SELF-INTERROGATION, “WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WISH YOU’D BEEN…

Excerpt: CALIFORNIA CALLING: A SELF-INTERROGATION

February 26, 2018
By Natalie Singer Prologue I am in a courtroom. The color palette is creamy shells and brass, cold emerald lawyers’…

ONE QUESTION: Douglas Light

February 13, 2018
Hypertext Magazine asked Douglas Light, author of Where Night Stops, “What question do you wish you’d been asked about your…

Excerpt: Douglas Light’s WHERE NIGHT STOPS

February 13, 2018
The bartender sets a new drink before her. She hits the fresh drink hard, taking most of it down in…

ONE QUESTION: The Full Vermonty

February 5, 2018
Hypertext Magazine asked Bill Mares, co-author (with Jeff Danziger) of The Full Vermonty, “What question do you wish you’d been…

Excerpt: The Full Vermonty

February 5, 2018
Illustration by Jeff Danziger Vermont is a small place that owes it’s existence to history like most of the eastern…

Happy Limo by Julie Eill

January 21, 2018
At morning meeting, April is telling us about her grandfather again. It started when she was three, she thinks, little…

Sightings by Gay Baines

January 14, 2018
1 Marlene Persons had trouble with her Acura one day in early January. She pulled over to the side of…

Flash Fiction By Lizzie Michael

December 14, 2017
Seagulls as a Metaphor for Love I want to open a food stand that serves seagulls smothered with orange sauce…

ONE QUESTION: Suzanne Clores

November 27, 2017
Hypertext Magazine asked Suzanne Clores, creator of The Extraordinary Project Podcast, “What question do you wish you’d been asked about…

Excerpt of Giano Cromley’s WHAT WE BUILD UPON THE RUINS

November 22, 2017
LING Chuck’s mother was beached on the living room couch. Her black hair was a tangled mess of seaweed draped across…

ONE QUESTION: Giano Cromley

November 20, 2017
Hypertext Magazine asked Giano Cromley, author of What We Build Upon The Ruins, “What question do you wish you’d been…

Concept Comics by Jessica Peri Chalmers

November 6, 2017
Read an essay by Jessica Peri Chalmers, visit her website, & view her artwork archive. Find more concept comic goodness…

Concept Comics By Jessica Peri Chalmers

October 16, 2017
    Read an essay by Jessica Peri Chalmers, visit her website, & view her artwork archive. Find more concept…

ONE QUESTION: Alex Behr

October 12, 2017
Hypertext Magazine asked Alex Behr, author of Planet Grim, “What question do you wish you’d been asked about your work?”…
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