October 2, 2012 | Fiction
A List of Our Demands
Leif Haven
When found in this situation we realize that it is customary to provide a list of demands or a ransom note. We have discussed amongst ourselves what we would like. We even included the hostages in
October 1, 2012 | Interview
An Interview with NoMeansNo
Matthew Simmons
A short interview about punk rock and aging with NoMeansNo drummer John Wright & guitarist Tom Holliston
September 28, 2012 | Nonfiction
Spontaneously Fermented
Ken Weaver
The Ship: Behind the bar is a small window, and behind the window, a small room. On the left side, stacked within metal lattices, are wooden barrels tilted on their sides and filled with unknown
September 28, 2012 |
Easy Rider (1969)
Max
Easy Rider perfectly displays the counter-culture rebellion of the 1960s. Two hippie bros, Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper), ride their motorcycles from Los Angeles to New Orleans in
Granny Summons the Alligator
Aaron Alford
It’s a different gator every year, but we talk like it’s the same one.
I Deserve This
Kevin Weidner
The night needed a push. I was the only customer in the place, this small dark place called Barely Legal with just one stage and a handful of circle tables and red candles. I’d run out of money
Southern Soft Drink Archeologies
Barry Grass
In the back of my fridge, behind the bottles of Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale and cans of Good People IPA and bottles of Lipton Green Tea with Citrus and assorted bottles of water, there’s a bottle of blue pop.
An Interview with Michael Martone
Matthew Baker
In 2010, Michael Martone began conducting a series of interviews. Each of these interviews was written under the pen name Matthew Baker, each of these interviews was titled “An Interview with
Dark Horse (2012)
Max
Okay, so the trailer makes Dark Horse seem like a fun, silly comedy about a man who might not be the most mature guy ever, but seems really likable. About twenty minutes into the film, however, I
Word Counts
Tasha Matsumoto
Doesn’t it always begin with a contraction, a fluttering musclequake, birding in your heart?
Three Words I Learned from Computer Games
Devan Goldstein
I remember one robot was called a SENTRY and it guarded the door...
Interview with Richard Chiem, Author of You Private Person
Matthew Simmons
"I think I'm just trying to be a good listener."
A Recap of the Philadelphia Eagles at the Cleveland Browns In the Form of a Review of Old Crow Reserve Bourbon
Justin St. Germain
It’s 10:57 Albuquerque time, eight minutes before kickoff, and I’m already flustered. I hosted a party last night, which means I woke up this morning with a clogged kitchen drain and beer bottles
No-Bull Bourbon Reviews: A Primer
Christopher Newgent
A true bourbon is a bourbon with a story worth remembering. It doesn’t have to be a good bourbon, but then a true story doesn’t have to be a good story.
On Fear (And, OK, Also Steak)
Amy Butcher
I was twenty-two the year I realized I was scared of everything.
I Love You!
Ethel Rohan
The monkey breeder interviews her suitability over the phone.
The Art of Fiction Skateboarding
an interview with Kyle Beachy, by Aaron Burch
"...the activity is difficult and risky and can be the source of great dissonance if it reaches the point of cognition."
Non-Reader Spotlight: James Lai
Jac Jemc
First a note about what I’m doing here: talking to people who consider themselves non-readers.
I Love This Let Me Sleep
Delaney Nolan
Welcome to Camp Bread Loaf. Put your apron on.
Agreements
Michael Don
A little man in a boat paddles laps around a toilet bowl.
from the vault: The Novelist by Tao Lin
Elizabeth Ellen
Elizabeth Ellen looks back at Tao Lin's "The Novelist" from Hobart, Aug./Sept. '04.
from the vault: Overhanded by Amy Minton
Matthew Simmons looks back at Amy Minton's "Overhanded" from Hobart, May '07, and also her interviews, and just her awesomeness in general.
from the vault: The Exit Colony by Spencer Dew
Jac Jemc looks back at Spencer Dew's "The Exit Colony" from Hobart October '04.
from the vault: Belly by Glen Pourciau
Jensen Beach looks back at Glen Pourciau's "Belly" from Hobart October '08.
from the vault: Two Shorts by Aaron Gwyn
Aaron Burch looks back at two Aaron Gwyn shorts from Hobart, early 2002.
The Spastic Indecision of Squirrels in the Road
Andrew Ervin
An interview with Ted Sanders, author of No Animals We Could Name.
The Haunt of Santa Fe
Ashley Bethard
"She had lost something, but she was not sure what."
Driving to Olympia
Lynn Gordon
"It was terrible the way we were fighting, Janine saying how many other girlfriends of yours are going to call me, pulling out the ashtray and stubbing her Doral cigarette..."




