Unscroll: Volune II is up at Gold Wake Press, it features words from Molly Gaudry, Eric Burke, J.A. Tyler, CL Bledsoe, Eric Beeny and myself.

Check it out.

Gold Wake Press is publishing an excerpt from my unpublished novella, tentatively titled "Gossamer," (I have a few other titles in mind) in its next issue of Unscroll. I'm excited about this. I started writing the novella in January; I finished a first draft sometime in March, and have been revising it since, continuing to do so still. Revision is my favorite place to be. Like Hemingway said, “the first draft of anything is shit.”

The Featherproof book's dollar store show/tour is happening right now and it has a stop near Atlanta. I'll be attending, if anyone near the Atlanta area reads this, you should go too.

I want to point attention to Jamie Iredell's new chapbook, 'When I Moved to Nevada,' at Greying Ghost Press. It's a limited print so pick it up while you still can. Jamie will be at the Featherproof reading in Atlanta.

Jesse Ball's story 'The Well' in New York Tyrant Vol. 2 No. 6 has stuck with me since I read it a few weeks ago.

an update or something resembling an update will happen in the near future

I went to my mailbox and to my surprise it contained a nice neat package from Publishing Genius; Justin Sirois's new book Mlkng Sckls. The book is a beauty. It's a nice size, the cover, the back, and the inside are all gorgeous.

'a field of colors,' by Charles Lennox is a moving, fluxing chapbook, printed by MLP, and it's free for the month of June. You can get it here. The short story is about growing up, leaving, coming, going, being, staying and losing. Here is a tiny excerpt: 'At my field. A field of chairs. I sit in every one.'

Currently 381 copies have been mailed.

Lennox blogs here.
MLP is here and here

Issue nine of Robot Melon exists. Check it out.

Order Justin Sirois's new book 'Mlkng Sckls' from PGP. It's only$8 and you'll probably like it.

Murakami's new book 1Q84 was released in Japan a few days ago. It's somewhere around 1000 pages. I hope it's translated into English. I don't see why it wouldn't be.

About two years ago I met Robert Venditti who wrote the comic 'The Surrogates' -the comic is well written and worth your time- and now it's being made or is almost finished being made into a movie starring Bruce Willis. I'm not sold on the movie yet, but I'll probably check it out, and I wish/ hope the best for it. When I talked to Venditti it was mentioned that he wasn't making much money, or that comic book writing wasn't very lucrative, well I guess that's changed, at least for him.

I watched 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' the other day, it was alright. The dual narrative removed me from the part of the story I cared about.

Before that I watched 'El Topo,' which was better.

Then I watched 'Lost Highway.' Gary Busey. Richard Pryor.

I started reading 'The Big Sleep,' by Raymond Chandler today, so far so good. On the first page of acclaim for the book Joyce Carol Oates said, "The prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision."

Bill Evans Trio is playing.

This game looks beautiful. From team ICO (Ico and Shadow of the Colossus)

I went to the beach for a few days. While I was there I read Log Of The S.S. The Mrs Unguentine by Stanley Crawford while watching the ocean; listened to David Bryne and Brian Eno's Everything That Happens Will Happen Today: both of which are moving.