One thing I found surprising about Catherine Coan’s short short stories was the variety of voices and writing styles therein. I, on the other hand, seem to write “…all one, ever the same and keep invention in a noted weed…”, if I may quote the English language’s most famous sonneteer. The next surprise came in [...]
Author Archives: Alec Silverman
The Flash Fiction of Catherine Coan
August 23, 2009 – 6:00 pm
“This is really short short fiction”, I remarked to myself as I read the stories below by artist, poet, author and educator, Catherine Coan. I was immediately inspired to compose short introductions à la Rod Serling. “Imagine if you will…”
The first of the three featured stories speaks to the collapse of the real estate market, [...]
A Poem By Jeannine Hall Gailey
July 27, 2009 – 7:58 am
Female Comic Book Superheroes
are always fighting evil in a thong,
pulsing techno soundtrack in the background
as their tiny ankles thwack
against the bulk of male thugs,
They have names like Buffy, Elektra, or Storm
but excel in code decryption, Egyptology, and pyrotechnics.
They pout when tortured, but always escape just in time,
still impeccable in lip gloss and pointy-toed boots,
to rescue [...]
Elementary, My Dear Watson
July 20, 2009 – 12:32 pm
I had decided to use the headline either way for this history-making run by Tom Watson at becoming, among other things, the oldest golfer ever to win a major championship. The famous Sherlock Holmes quote was first used to describe Watson’s amazing skill on the links en route to claiming his first British Open Championship [...]
