By Robert Swartwood on July 19, 2010
My story “In the Land of the Blind” (which won the Chizine contest, like, a decade ago) is reprinted in volume one of Best New Zombie Tales edited by James Roy Daley. Really, it’s in there, as can be seen from the back of the book: Yes, that’s my name there, along with “Micro Award [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on July 16, 2010
The new issue of Writers’ Bloc is live, featuring my story “Excerpts from the Journal of a Boy with Webbed Feet.” I’d normally link directly to my story, but the great thing about Writers’ Bloc is the unique layout for each of their issues, so I encourage you to check out the main page first [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on July 14, 2010
The July issue of PANK is now live, featuring stories by Rachel Adams, Stace Budzko, Sara Crowley, Alana Dakin, Tim Dicks, Whitey Erickson, Jen Gann, Kyle Minor, Ansley Moon, Gena Mowish, Johnsie Noel, Tia Prouhet, Laura Read, Keith Rosson, Chris Sheehan, Robert Anthony Siegel, Robb Todd, Brandi Wells, Bill Yarrow, and yours truly. My story [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on June 17, 2010
My story “An Insurrection” which was originally published at the awesome Necessary Fiction is reprinted today at the equally awesome CellStories (which you can only read on a mobile device).
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By Robert Swartwood on June 9, 2010
As a reminder I’ll be participating in a reading at Big Blue Marble Bookstore tonight between 7-9 pm along with Barry Graham, Randall Brown, Curtis Smith, Scott Oliver, Drew Kalbach, Daniel Wallace, and Peter Schwartz. Thank you to Lisa and Jeff D. for humoring me last week and suggesting I read “Superman’s Dead.” I was [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on June 2, 2010
Next week I’ll be participating in a reading at Big Blue Marble Bookstore (Wednesday, June 9, between 7-9 pm) along with Barry Graham, Randall Brown, Curtis Smith, Scott Oliver, Drew Kalbach, Daniel Wallace, and Peter Schwartz. Barry and Peter are currently hiking/hitchhiking/roaming the east coast, and this is one of their stops. Normally I’m not [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on May 15, 2010
My hint fiction piece “Peep” appeared last year at The Northville Review. Quite recently I wrote a reflective piece for the Northville Notebook, where contributors give notes on their work. And if you haven’t had a chance to check out my story “Multiplicity” yet over at Every Day Fiction, please do so. As I’d predicted, [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on May 14, 2010
So you remember me posting this video on Wednesday? Well, my story “Multiplicity” is featured today at Every Day Fiction. It’s a quirky little tale that used to have a title similar to this blog post but which was improved upon greatly based on a suggestion made by the one and only Roxane Gay. Next [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on April 20, 2010
I didn’t get a chance to post this because of the Hint Fiction announcement (which, if you haven’t heard, I’m hosting another contest), but yesterday my story “The Cigarette Tree” was published at Staccato Fiction. It’s probably one of my quieter stories. Plus, it’s based on true events (well, as a boy I did go [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on April 15, 2010
My story “Seven Items In Jason Reynolds’ Jacket Pocket, Two Days After His Suicide, As Found By His Eight-Year-Old Brother, Grady” appears in the April issue of PANK. It was a finalist in PANK‘s very first 1,001 Awesome Words Contest. It’s also a very special story for me in that it’s the kind of story [...]
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