An excerpt fromFather of Liesby Brian Evenson Background When I first met him, Eldon Fochs was a thirty-eight-year-old accountant as well as lay provost for the largely conservative religious sect the Corporation of the Blood of the Lamb (“Bloodites”). He…
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An excerpt fromLandscape of Demons:And the Book of Saraby Gabriel Devlin Kessler “Call for you on line one, Mr. Goldblatt, says he’s an old friend.” I put my glass down. “Yes?” “Steve?” “Tom,” I said. My hand shook. Why was…
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An excerpt fromPaths of Life: Seven Scenariosby Alice Miller Introduction Most people are born into a family. This family will mark them for life. Critical as young people may be of their parents, sometimes to the extent of breaking with…
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Doom FoxbyIceberg Slim This book is available in all bookstores now.
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an excerpt from:Fat Girl: A True StoryBy Judith Moore Fat Girl is a black diamond, revealing its hard brilliance only when you accept its invitation to descend into the soul of the loneliest little girl in the world. When you…
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An excerpt fromAnother Day in Paradiseby Eddie Little© 1997 Eddie Little. All rights reserved. Rosie’s stomach is starting to show, I don’t know if it’s because she’s actually eating three meals a day or if it’s a growing baby.…
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Why I Wrote Fat Girl by Judith Moore February 2005 I wrote Fat Girl because I’d read books that other fat women wrote about how they were fat. Most fat women didn’t write the truth about fat. They didn’t write…
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an excerpt from:Heavyweight Champion of NothingBy Zak Mucha In trade paperback January 15, 2013 Onice cancelled our job an hour after we had all called in sick. “Fucking prick,” Paulie said. “Luke’s already sitting with the truck up by his…
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Righteous Reading Parts of this have been excerpted from “Recommended Reading: Just the Vachss, Ma’am,” originally published in COMBO magazine, July 1996, and from “I Love You Like Crazy,” originally published in Black Book Magazine, Fall 1999; both are written…
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The Battle and the BacklashThe Child Sexual Abuse Warby David Hechler Child sexual abuse. The most controversial subject in America. Everyone has an opinion, but when even the “experts” disagree so violently, how are we to learn the truth? The…