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Monthly Archives: March 2010

The Complete Wisdom of Weirdos on the Bus

It’s official: I have to write a collection of short stories, entitled The Complete Wisdom of Weirdos on the Bus. There should probably be something catchier in there, placed before a colon, like maybe “Tell me about your conspiracy theories!” or “Look out!” or even “Wine, Women and Weed.” It’s all in there, I swear. …

March 28, 2010 – 8:40 am | By Laura Roberts | Posted in Austin, Life of an Artist, Literature, Short Fiction, Story Ideas | Tagged bizarre bus stories, derogatory terms for minorities, Flickr, look out!, MaryEllen and Paul, political rants, Tell me about your conspiracy theories!, The Complete Wisdom of Weirdos on the Bus, Wine Women and Weed | Comments (0)

Literary journals that’ll blow your mind

I’m currently in the process of retooling Black Heart Magazine, so that I can publish a wider variety of genres and not feel like I’m being disloyal to erotica. Isn’t it stupid, how you start to have these ideas about Who You Are that don’t really match with What You Actually Are? Sometimes it’s because …

March 3, 2010 – 9:57 pm | By Laura Roberts | Posted in Life of an Artist, Literary Journals, Literature | Tagged Aubrey Hirsch, Black Heart Magazine, fiction that breaks the rules, Joseph Levens, Literary Journals, literary magazines, Litsnack, Speaking from the Throat, submission guidelines, The Summerset Review | Comments (0)

Biblical Proportions

Here’s my contribution to Dan O’Shea’s flash fiction throwdown, on the subject of churchly violence. His piece, Let Us Prey, can be found here, and the originally challenge is stated on his website, Going Ballistic, over here. For the record, the following piece is a work of fiction, though it is based on certain real-life …

March 1, 2010 – 3:22 pm | By Laura Roberts | Posted in Literature, Short Fiction, Story Ideas | Tagged Biblical Proportions, book burning, Book of Job, churchly violence, Cincinnati, Dan O'Shea, eBaum's World, flash-fiction, Going Ballistic, Jesus is magic, Jonah, Montreal, Nazi Germany, Ohio, Sarah Silverman, St. George church fire, works of fiction | Comments (8)