Dear friends of Magically Real -- Hyperbolic verbiage abounds regarding the shooting of audience members at the latest Bat Man premiere in Colorado this past week. The shooter has been compared to the Joker in an Op-Ed piece for the New York Times, and our president has talked about "sensless evil." The movie theater is … Continue reading Horrorshow: when the school of the real invades. Special Sunday edition, July 22nd 2012
Versatile blogger, c’est moi … et vous et vous et vous…
With many thanks to the gloriously talented and generous Rio Liang, I joined the nominee slate for bloggerish versatility: http://rioliang.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/the-versatile-blogger-award/ I, In turn, would like to sing, oh muse, the praises of the following: 1. Joe Ponepinto, Saturday Morning Post -- Joe delivers up the saturday cuppa joe (ha) about writing, publishing, and reading literature … Continue reading Versatile blogger, c’est moi … et vous et vous et vous…
story time sunday meets shameless self-promotion! July 15th 2012
Dear friends of the unreal -- I am thrilled to share that I had my first book signing ever for my new chapbook Sex with Buildings that launched in May with the amazing Dancing Girl Press. Here is a snippet from the collection.... Conceal the Evidence My Barbies have no fingers and no hair, … Continue reading story time sunday meets shameless self-promotion! July 15th 2012
Pimp another stef/ph No.1@ Storytime Sunday: Stefanie Freele’s “Sweet Venus”
Dear Magically Real Friends: Fiction writer, Joe Ponepinto posted a powerful piece a few weeks ago about how important it was to pimp your writing buds. So -- herewith the first of a series of talented folks who are all connected somehow to the STEPHANOS etymology. Here is a story by the amazing fabulist Stefanie … Continue reading Pimp another stef/ph No.1@ Storytime Sunday: Stefanie Freele’s “Sweet Venus”
Storytime Sunday June 24, 2012 — dark and futurist (and slightly twisted)
Dear friends of the Unreal -- it's SO very sunny outside today where I live, and there's SO Much self-satisfied punditry circulating that I feel a little ornery. Here's a link to my absolute favorite personal anti-hero, and a glimpse into her world. Vintage This piece appeared originally win NYCBigCityLit and I thank them so … Continue reading Storytime Sunday June 24, 2012 — dark and futurist (and slightly twisted)
Garbo Laughs Queer Blogathon 2012: Boys kissing Boys — Sunday Bloody Sunday, 1971, Dir. John Schlesinger
Of course I knew that boys did kiss. My grandparents had two male friends who had gone through a legal adoption process so that the one man could leave his much younger lover his inheritance. My grandparents were down and out Romanov aristocrats who had become dress designers and teachers. They had incredibly cool, creative friends … Continue reading Garbo Laughs Queer Blogathon 2012: Boys kissing Boys — Sunday Bloody Sunday, 1971, Dir. John Schlesinger
Magically Real Special Report: The last episodes of Battlestar Galactica or why we need different stories
Dear Magically Real -- A friend of a friend told me that you guys never watched the final episodes of BSG! I can't believe you did that! What the heck made you stop watching? Are you ever going to watch the end? Don't you want to KNOW what happens to Starbuck and Lee? Aren't you … Continue reading Magically Real Special Report: The last episodes of Battlestar Galactica or why we need different stories
Storytime Sunday, June 17th, 2012
Sometimes the most mesmerizing stories are the ones you can't find a way to tell. Here's one: Several attempts at the bus ride on the #16 1. At home with the world of things, with nuts and bolts of the world with wheels and brakes, with hammers, nails, with making things right. In his … Continue reading Storytime Sunday, June 17th, 2012
Storytime Sunday returns: 2 little tinies, June 10th
Dear friends of the unreal -- Our Spring hiatus is over! Storytime Sunday returns with two small strange tales. 1. A Sunday with the Relatives – for Barry Yourgrau My father appears in a shot glass. My mother appears in a cup of chocolate milk. The cheddar cheese descends from the bullet holes in the … Continue reading Storytime Sunday returns: 2 little tinies, June 10th
Manic Monday @Magically Real or there’s always time to contemplate your navel.
Greetings unreal friends! It's been crazy-busy over here at Magically Real HQ. Manuscripts and chapbooks and new heteronyms are emerging, not to mention the usual spring time mucous-filled allergies. But sometimes the unreal inserts itself in that moment between sleep and complete, stressed-out awake-i-tude. Here's what came out. If you are familiar with the Marvin … Continue reading Manic Monday @Magically Real or there’s always time to contemplate your navel.
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 