Caleb Tankersley For a moment Dean suspects the unfamiliar number is no good, but he rarely receives Skype calls and he’s just finished jerking off. Inhibitions are down. He’s laid out on the bed, shirt wrinkled, his pants and underwear crumpled on the floor, a post-sex movie scene with only one set of clothes. This … Continue reading Dean
Category: Fiction
WISH YOU WERE HERE by Claire Vaye Watkins: An Excerpt
by Claire Vaye Watkins It begins with a man and a woman. They are young, but not so young as they would like. They fall in love. They marry. They concieve a child.They buy an adobe house in a small town where all the houses are adobe. The McDonald’s is adobe. The young man is … Continue reading WISH YOU WERE HERE by Claire Vaye Watkins: An Excerpt
THE DUCK: an excerpt of the 2011 Wabash Fiction Prize story
by Joe B. Sills Little by little I am entering into a fantastic world. -Chekhov The first snow of winter falls on The Taganrog Gymnasium for Boys. Students exit from a wide doorway, each of them uniformed in a dark blue tunic with a long row of copper buttons. A first-grader removes his cloak and … Continue reading THE DUCK: an excerpt of the 2011 Wabash Fiction Prize story
ITEMS FOR EXCHANGE: Excerpt and Author Response
Conor Broughan, Fiction Editor Many readers of Sycamore Review are also writers. So we wanted to pose a few craft questions to contributor Naomi Williams that might illuminate her process and techniques when writing “Items for Exchange” which can be read in its entirety in Issue 23.2-Summer/Fall 2011. *** by Naomi J. Williams PLAUSIBILITY He … Continue reading ITEMS FOR EXCHANGE: Excerpt and Author Response
YOU ARE THE GREATEST LAKE: An excerpt and author response
Many readers of Sycamore Review are also writers. So we wanted to pose a few craft questions to contributor Greg Schutz that might illuminate his process and techniques when writing his story “You are the Greatest Lake” which can be read in its entirety in Issue 23.1-Winter/Spring 2011. *** BY GREG SCHUTZ The next day … Continue reading YOU ARE THE GREATEST LAKE: An excerpt and author response
Candy Necklace: An Excerpt and Author Response
BY JIM DANIELS Many readers of Sycamore Review are also writers. So we wanted to pose a few craft questions to contributor Jim Ray Daniels that might illuminate his process and techniques when writing his heartbreaking story “Candy Necklace” which can be read in its entirety in Issue 23.1-Winter/Spring 2011. Shelley bit another hard, tasteless … Continue reading Candy Necklace: An Excerpt and Author Response
Your Guide to Painting With Radium: An Excerpt and Craft Response
BY SUSAN FRITH Many readers of Sycamore Review are also writers. So we wanted to pose a few craft questions to Susan Frith that might illuminate her process and techniques when writing her beautiful story “Your Guide to Painting with Radium” which can be read in its entirety in Issue 23.1-Winter/Spring 2011. First, consider your … Continue reading Your Guide to Painting With Radium: An Excerpt and Craft Response
You are the Greatest Lake (an excerpt)
BY GREG SCHUTZ We are at the tip of the thumb of Michigan. The sky threatens sun, so John has reluctantly left the water and run into town for groceries. His waders, latex and neoprene, hang in the mudroom. They smell sourly of rubber and sweat and still hold the shape of his legs. I … Continue reading You are the Greatest Lake (an excerpt)
Discovery as a Lifetime Habit: Edith Pearlman’s Binocular Vision
BY CONOR BROUGHAN Sycamore Review is honored to publish “Last Words,” a new story by Edith Pearlman, in our forthcoming Winter/Spring 2011 issue. On January 11th, Lookout Books published a volume of her new and selected stories which we review below. Be sure to check back for an interview with Edith Pearlman at the end of … Continue reading Discovery as a Lifetime Habit: Edith Pearlman’s Binocular Vision
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LIKE US (an excerpt)
BY BROCK CLARKE Rupert goes first. Rupert’s real name is Shamequa, but we call her Rupert because one of the things we do is give black women the names of white men. We also give white women the names of Asian men, and young Hispanic men the names of old white women. And so on. … Continue reading PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LIKE US (an excerpt)
