The Bowtie Statement, by Tom Williams
The first time I wore a bowtie to work, I expected questions. I expected students and peers to ask if it was “real,” meaning had I tied it myself.
Something’s Missing
From 2022: An Issue Guest Edited by Students in Temple University’s Writers at Work Class
Road Trips: The Desi Issue
From 2019: Road Trips: The Desi Issue, guest edited by Kamil Ahsan
The Something Issue
From 2019: What would happen if a literary magazine said, instead of Send Us Your Best Work, Send Us Work You Love?
Stupid Idea Junk Drawer
From 2015: We gave you stupid ideas, you wrote not-stupid stories and poems based on those stupid prompts
I've Been Living in the Upside Down Since Before Living in the Upside Down Wasn't Cool, by Dave Housley
Oh you're all back now, huh. Cool. Cool cool cool. There's room enough for everybody so come on in, stretch out, make yourself at home. I've been here for awhile, of course, since the Upside Down wasn't cool, since before we could all spell Demogorgon, when it was just funny dice and banana seats, brown bag lunches and nostalgia movies and red baseball hats. I've been eating pop rocks and drinking soda, slushing it all around in my mouth and forcing it down, hitting refresh and retweet and trying not to rub at the membranes while this foliage grows around me, all over, up my thighs and my fingers and and into my belly.
Barrelhouse of Horrors
From 2017: for any and all autumnal celebrations of the dark and mysterious.
Barrelhouse Reviews: Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime, by Alex Espinoza
In Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime, Alex Espinoza traces the etymology, cultural origins, and contemporary history of this particular form of gay exhibitionism.
Barrelhouse Reviews: Heart X-rays: A Modern Epic Poem by Marcus Colasurdo and G. H. Mosson
The authors of this collaboration, Heart X-rays: A Modern Epic Poem, are not new to the apparent insanity of the early 21st century.
Barrelhouse Reviews:
Like all good memoirs, Rerun Era reflects on how slippery, even duplicitous, the act of remembering itself can be.
My Big Little Break: Monica Prince
In My Big Little Break, we ask authors to talk about the first piece they ever had published, how it felt to finally break through, and what they’ve learned since then. This week we’re pleased to be speaking with one of the featured authors at our upcoming conference in Pittsburgh on October 26, Monica Prince.
Barrelhouse Reviews: Fishing Through the Apocalypse, by Matthew L. Miller
That’s what this book does best: it provides hope. Hope that we can preserve what’s left.
Barrelhouse Reviews: The Remainder, by Alia Trabucco Zaran, Trans. by Sophie Hughes
It was in that narrative 180-degree turn that I realized: Holy shit, I’ve read this before.