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Conan Doyle as Metafictionist?

Bill Ectric wrote 4 days ago: Arthur Conan Doyle, Bessie Love in The Lost World 1925 movie, movie poster, Frances Griffiths in one … more →

Tags: 1, Arthur Conan Doyle, Cory Gross, Cottingley Fairies, John Lavas, Professor Challenger, The Lost World

The argument for fiction that knows it's fiction

Kelly Lynn Thomas wrote 1 week ago: Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, and sometimes fiction is truer than truth.  And sometimes, … more →

Tags: metanonfiction, Atwood, Novel, O'Brien, Short Story, Truth/reality

Adventure Comics #5 - Review

DS Arsenault wrote 1 week ago: Superboy Prime Story by Geoff Johns and Sterling Gates (writers), Jerry Ordway (artist), Bob Wiacek … more →

Tags: DC Comics, Adventure Comics, Adventure comics #5, Adventure Comics #5 review, Alex Luthor, Black Lantern, Bob Wiacek, Brian Buccellato, Comic Book Reviews

Archelon Ranch1 comment

Marc Schuster wrote 3 weeks ago: Garrett Cook does not exist. I know this for two reasons. First, the front matter of “his … more →

Tags: Reviews, archelon ranch, garrett cook, Literature, Writer's Block, writing

There are some stories

John Ryan Recabar wrote 1 month ago: “I could not decide whether to pull over or to go on. I politely told the driver of a Jaro-CPU jeepn … more →

Tags: Literary criticism, Social commentary, Youth Concerns, Formal Short Essay, University Life, Personal reflection, Commentaries, Reflections, Places and People

Lucinella -- Lore Segal

Biblioklept wrote 1 month ago: The story of a group of poets and critics in the late 60s/early 70s NYC should not be so fun or rewa … more →

Tags: Books, Literature, Reviews, critics, Lore Segal, Lucinella, Melville House, Novellas, Poetry

Fictionality and Reality in “Aeolus”

Ryan/Aless wrote 1 month ago: [Alexander Yakovlev's Aeolus] Perhaps the most striking feature of the “Aeolus” episode of James Joy … more →

Tags: Art, Bandwagon, bar, Hacedor, Kritiko, Languaged, Sign, writing, Fiction

Finally a decision2 comments

cookiebiscuit wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been sitting on my story Miss Havisham’s Ghost for over two (or even three) months, … more →

Tags: Dark Humour, ghost story, Literature, writing, autobiography, Short Stories, Supernatural

The Kay Addams Autobiographies: The Secret Perversions and My Secret Perversions! as told to Orrie Hitt (Novel Books, 1963)1 comment

orriehittfan wrote 1 month ago: Good ol’ Orrie gets metafictional here with these two related titles from Novel Books, both sh … more →

Tags: Orrie Hitt, Beacon Books, sleazecore, pulp fiction, vintage sleaze books, novel books, Kay Addams, lesbiana, Lesbian Fiction

The Keep: the first chapter

albanypubliclibrary wrote 1 month ago: What’s your reaction to the sudden shift in perspective on page 12, where there’s a firs … more →

Tags: Fiction, Books, Book Discussion, The Keep, jennifer egan

The Heat Death of The Universe

tezby wrote 1 month ago: (1) ONTOLOGY That branch of metaphysics which concerns itself with the problems of the nature of exi … more →

Tags: Literature, Fiction, X-Genre

Avatars (Part 3)2 comments

Jamie wrote 1 month ago: When I initially started writing about avatars, I had no idea that it would spawn into three separat … more →

Tags: Art, Bible, Christianity, Fandoms, God, Jesus, Personal, TV, Allegory

Short novel or long short story - that is the question5 comments

cookiebiscuit wrote 1 month ago: About a year ago I wrote the first chapter of a novel for an assignment. It was called Miss Havisham … more →

Tags: Dark Humour, ghost story, Literature, writing, Supernatural

Avatars (Part 2)

Jamie wrote 2 months ago: Last week, I talked about avatars, or “an incarnation, embodiment, or manifestation of a person or i … more →

Tags: anime, Art, Bible, Bleach, Christianity, Fandoms, God, Jesus, manga

Ab Origine Finis (vom Anfang, das Ende)

macy wrote 2 months ago: [Read in English] © 2008 Jeff Guenther Translation by Hans Georg Türstig Behalten sie mich hier, wei … more →

Tags: experimental fiction

Witching Hours

willhansen2 wrote 2 months ago: Now reading: Nights at the Circus, by Angela Carter. A couple of things early on here remind me of T … more →

Tags: Daily reading, Narration, time, angela carter, potocki, witching hour

Breaking the Fourth Wall3 comments

ashleighrajala wrote 2 months ago: So there was an episode of Lost that aired back sometime in the spring that bothered me. Overall, it … more →

Tags: rants, Lost, Hot Fuzz, Children of Men, Braveheart, Mel Brooks, Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg, Alfonso Cuaron

Bondsmen, my story, up at Metazen: James Bond meets himselves

jstueart wrote 2 months ago: My story, “Bondsmen”, is up at Metazen.  The story–meant to be a comedy– is … more →

Tags: Yukon, Fiction, Literature, magazine review, writing, Parody, Metazen, bondsmen, James Bond

The Preoccupied Text

willhansen2 wrote 2 months ago: Now reading: The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Reading next: Nights at the Circus, by Angela Carter … more →

Tags: Daily reading, dfw, Postmodernism, authorial interjection, potocki, Self-consciousness, Modernism, reader annoyance


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