February 5, 2013 | Fiction
Empty Handed Year
Brian Carr
The first time I fingered a girl, I messed it up. Of course, I didn’t realize at the time. It happened on a Friday night, at a playground. There were four of us there. Two girls, two boys. It was a very open thing. The girl who I fingered said she’d let me try, and we sent our friends to the basketball court to wait for us.
February 4, 2013 |
Review of Grape Stomping
Jessica Vozel
We won’t drink the juice and we won’t make wine with it. Because, well, feet. But the secret none of us shares is the fairground sun has emptied our heads of moisture—the secret is, we are all
February 1, 2013 | Interview
Twitter People: Rob Delaney (@robdelaney), The Comedian
Matthew Simmons (@matthewjsimmons)
And then there's Rob Delaney. The next time Rob Delaney tweets—which is probably going to be in the next half hour or so—almost 750,000 people will have it pop up in their feeds. (Give or take a
February 1, 2013 | Nonfiction
Review of Lena Dunham/Girls
Max
I fell in love with Lena Dunham from the first scene of the first episode of her hit TV show, Girls. I connected with her instantaneously, and knowing that she also wrote the script for the show
On the Benefits of a Lego Heart...
Matthew Burnside
In my mind, I had already built a Lego wall around the perimeter of the yard, tall as the Siamese twin magnolia trees I sometimes sat in...
I WAS IN THIS MOVIE
Susie Mee
I was in this movie. I was in this movie. I was in it. I was there. I was ripping in and out of the titles as they blinked across the screen. I was swimming through the avocado walls into the house
500 Words on Arbor Day
R.B. Moreno
I. There’s a message from home—a place we call Pineapple for the two kinds of trees that hide it from the river. It’s a clipping from my father. No greeting, just a photo and a little
BISON cover letter PRIZE winner
Andrew Rhodes
This month sees publication of our newest print issue, Hobart #14. As such, and as we have done to accompany our last few print issues, we are devoting the entire month to various "bonus materials"
"The Legend of Troy Cartwright" (an excerpt)
Patrick Somerville
This month sees publication of our newest print issue, Hobart #14. As such, and as we have done to accompany our last few print issues, we are devoting the entire month to various "bonus materials"
An Interview with Becky Adnot-Haynes, by Mary Miller
Mary Miller chose Becky Adnot-Haynes's "Baby Baby" as her selection for our 2012 Hobart Buffalo Prize. "Baby Baby" is included in Hobart 14, and Mary asked Becky a few questions about the story, specifically, and writing in general here.
photo essay to accompany "We Shall Fill Our House With Spoil"
Delaney Nolan
This month sees publication of our newest print issue, Hobart #14. As such, and as we have done to accompany our last few print issues, we are devoting the entire month to various "bonus materials"
BISON cover letter PRIZE runner-up
Tyler Koshakow
This month sees publication of our newest print issue, Hobart #14. As such, and as we have done to accompany our last few print issues, we are devoting the entire month to various "bonus materials"
BISON cover letter PRIZE runner-up
Joe Kapitan
This month sees publication of our newest print issue, Hobart #14. As such, and as we have done to accompany our last few print issues, we are devoting the entire month to various "bonus materials"
an additional Animal Collection Short: X-Ray Fish
Colin Winnette
This month sees publication of our newest print issue, Hobart #14. As such, and as we have done to accompany our last few print issues, we are devoting the entire month to various "bonus materials"
Steps for Home Tooth Extraction, Berkeley, 2006" by Charles McLeod, comic by Adrienne Celt
A comic by one Hobart 14 contributor, Adrienne Celt, based on an essay from Hobart 14 by Charles McLeod.
Fire! Fire! Fire! excerpt
Jayson Hawkins
The beginning of Jayson Hawkins's story, "Fire! Fire! Fire!" included in Hobart 14.
BISON cover letter PRIZE runner-up
Simon Jacobs
This month sees publication of our newest print issue, Hobart #14. As such, and as we have done to accompany our last few print issues, we are devoting the entire month to various "bonus materials"
“Memory, Change, Mortality”
An interview with Hobart 14 cover artist, Hollis Brown Thornton, conducted by Christopher Higgs, through whose tumblr we were first introduced to Thornton's work.
The Ballad of the Single Leg Air Dancer
Courtney Maum
This month sees publication of our newest print issue, Hobart #14. As such, and as we have done to accompany our last few print issues, we are devoting the entire month to various "bonus materials"
"Afternoon Sex" -- excerpt & accompanying painting, "Two Parrots"
Sharanya Manivannan
A long time ago, somewhere between the year of personal vendetta and the year of night madness, a fortune-teller looked into my face and said, “You are both very beautiful and very unlucky. The two are not mutually exclusive.”
Django Unchained (2012)
Max
Django Unchained was the best movie I saw in 2012 (though Take Shelter and Moonrise Kingdom are a close second and third, respectfully) and certainly should be considered one of director
"Stromatolites" alternate ending
Robert James Shaw
An alternate ending for "Stromatolites," the Buffalo-Prize winning story, selected by Elizabeth Ellen, by Robert James Shaw .
BISON cover letter PRIZE runner-up
Nick Bertelson
This month sees publication of our newest print issue, Hobart #14. As such, and as we have done to accompany our last few print issues, we are devoting the entire month to various "bonus materials"
An Interview with the Author of “The Swimmers” (Conducted by the Narrator of the Story)
Andrew Bourelle
This month sees publication of our newest print issue, Hobart #14. As such, and as we have done to accompany our last few print issues, we are devoting the entire month to various "bonus materials"
an additional Animal Collection Short: Lion
Colin Winnette
This month sees publication of our newest print issue, Hobart #14. As such, and as we have done to accompany our last few print issues, we are devoting the entire month to various "bonus materials"
"Scratch Patrol" drawings
Kate McIntyre & Joseph Aguilar
This month sees publication of our newest print issue, Hobart #14. As such, and as we have done to accompany our last few print issues, we are devoting the entire month to various "bonus materials"
From the Vault: Redefining All-You-Can-Eat: Our 14-Hour Challenge to Ryan's Steakhouse by Blake Butler
The Atlanta AWP was the first one that I attended. Among many memories that explode to mind: perhaps the worst breakfast served by a restaurant to four people in the history of restaurants,
From the Vault: Fitzhugh Falls by Todd Cantrell
Jensen Beach looks back at Todd Cantrell's "Fitzhugh Falls" from Hobart January '11.
From the Vault: That Which Is Revealed in the Absence of Light by Elizabeth Ellen
It is a well known but oft forgotten fact that children are unable to tell lies in the dark. With adults you can never be certain. Some can, some can’t. It depends upon the retained permeability of their heart.




