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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Excerpt of Jenny Forrester’s NARROW RIVER, WIDE SKY
May 9, 2017
Chapter Four: A Familiar Kind of Forgiveness BY JENNY FORRESTER In Mancos, the ’70s arrived later. Teachers gave letter grades.…
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ONE QUESTION: Jenny Forrester
May 5, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED JENNY FORRESTER, AUTHOR OF  NARROW RIVER, WIDE SKY, “WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WISH YOU’D BEEN ASKED ABOUT…
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Misnomer by Jason Arment
May 2, 2017
Misnomer I didn’t think much of Recruit Marshal. He arrived at boot camp 40 pounds overweight and lost his breath…
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ONE QUESTION:  Patrick O’Neil
April 25, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED PATRICK O’NEIL, AUTHOR OF GUN, NEEDLE, SPOON, “WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WISH YOU’D BEEN ASKED ABOUT YOUR…
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Ghosts on the Dashboard by Leah Tallon
April 18, 2017
There’s an early photo of me as an almost-toddler, shirtless and in a diaper, drinking juice from a Budweiser can.…
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Hypertext Interview With Claudia Casper
April 13, 2017
CONGRATULATIONS CLAUDIA! ON FRIDAY, APRIL 14, THE MERCY JOURNALS WON THE PRESTIGIOUS PHILIP K. DICK AWARD FOR ‘DISTINGUISHED SCIENCE FICTION…
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They Were Very Sick by Calley Nelson
April 12, 2017
The clock above the sink read five minutes later than his watch. Panicking, he ran to the bathroom to retrieve…
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Thirteen Insubordinate Women by Vesna Neskow
April 4, 2017
Fake News: Iphigenia to Marry Achilles Iphigenia is partying with her sisters and her mom. She’s the princess of Mycenae,…
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ONE QUESTION: Nell Stevens
March 30, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED NELL STEVENS, AUTHOR OF BLEAKER HOUSE: CHASING MY NOVEL TO THE END OF THE WORLD, “WHAT QUESTION…
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Job’s Wife by Paulette Livers
March 27, 2017
He already had the bedclothes pulled over the smooth mound of him when he said what he said every night,…
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I Wondered Why He Used One Shot by Chad MacDonald
March 24, 2017
I heard a scream coming from out the kitchen window. My bed springs popped and snapped as I rolled off…
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Have a Lovely Day by Jen Corrigan
March 23, 2017
It was too beautiful a day for anything to really happen. It was the kind of day you see in…
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July Thirty-First by David Bontumasi
March 21, 2017
“Get away from that fence,” the old man yelled across the yard, as he tried to make his way from…
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