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
Tag: flash fiction
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 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
Magnificent Monday Story @ Magically Real (make-up for Super Bowl Snow Day), 02/06/12
A story about 3 beings beginning with the letter "M." Appropriate for silly people of all ages. Never before appearing in public..... it's: Mongolian, Mongrel, and Mongoose Together they are the three. The holy hot heads of Monterey forest, Woodland Hills, the Schwarzwald, the Bois de Boulogne, the Cedars of Lebanon, Zambesi National Park or … Continue reading Magnificent Monday Story @ Magically Real (make-up for Super Bowl Snow Day), 02/06/12
Storytime Sunday @ Magically Real, 01/29/12
A slightly sexy story about the power of reading, that originally appeared in the wonderful NYCBigCityLit online journal. Read on..... Cockeresque Never read Kafka when you are in love. There can be outcomes. I read In the Penal Colony with him, and The Metamorphosis with her. I shouldn't have shared the same author with the … Continue reading Storytime Sunday @ Magically Real, 01/29/12
Storytime Sunday @ Magically Real, 01/22/12
A tiny post-holiday tale -- a version of which originally appeared in the lovely SHOULDER FRIENDS journal, edited by Lila Seidman and Lillian Behrendt. Probably not suited to kids, but who knows? Maybe. It's not "dirty" or anything. Death Comes For Presents Death comes knocking at the front door. I open but say wait. I … Continue reading Storytime Sunday @ Magically Real, 01/22/12
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 