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Happy 15th Birthday, Wrath of Kon

Back on April 11, 1997, I had a stupid idea. I used to write in these journals, spiral notebooks, every day.  I started doing that in 1993.  I never wrote stories, and it wasn’t a diary either – it was … Continue reading

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Read my interview at Bizarro Press

I have a story, “The Zombies of Kilimanjaro”, in the upcoming anthology from Bizarro Press.  I just did an interview with Etienne DeForest, whose most recent book was Texas Biker Zombies From Outer Space, a choose-your-own-adventure book about a zombie outbreak. … Continue reading

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New flash fiction at Horror Sleaze Trash

I have a new piece of flash fiction, “Dwarf Meth Madness, Again”, over at Horror Sleaze Trash. I’m very happy to get a piece in HST, as it constantly publishes high-caliber Bukowskian poetry and fiction. This story is tangentially related … Continue reading

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New Story, “Peak Oil”, at The Mustache Factor

I have a new story at The Mustache Factor.  It’s called “Peak Oil”, and it’s about a guy whose sexual perversion involves watching people pump gas. I think I wrote this the same week I read J.G. Ballard’s Crash, which … Continue reading

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New Story at In Between Altered States

I’ve got a new piece of flash fiction over at In Between Altered States.  It’s called “The Locality Principle” and is actually something that dates back to when I was hashing out Rumored.  Check it out here: http://inbetweenalteredstates.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/the-locality-principle-by-jon-konrath/ Also, Paragraph … Continue reading

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This is like a dog trying to crap a peach pit

I was trying to pitch a sitcom yesterday at Pixar about Norwegian church burnings, and the reception area had this huge bowl of Up-themed promotional anal beads.  ”Tax write-off,” said Rayat Beherduk, my screenwriting partner.  (I don’t know as much about … Continue reading

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Goodbye, iUniverse

No, iUniverse isn’t going out of business.   (Well, maybe they are – I haven’t checked.)  I’ve just decided to pull my books from iUniverse. I’ve done three books with them, and the idea of print on demand radically changed … Continue reading

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New story: “I Believe I Can Flee the State”

I’ve got yet another story over at Justin Grimbol’s site, His Cock is Money.  It’s called “I Believe I Can Flee the State”.  If you’ve never read a story about R. Kelly in a high-speed car chase with a stolen … Continue reading

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Summer Rain, now on kindle

So I spend all week editing a book that’s set in Indiana University, and my news feeds explode with news about IU basketball. Weird how that works sometimes. Anyway, I’m proud to announce that my first book, Summer Rain, is … Continue reading

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Review: Editorial by Arthur Graham

I’m sick of plot. I mean, I’m sick of the unshakeable, so-called undeniable truth that books have to have three acts, a hero’s journey, twelve points, three trials, or whatever the hell archaic structure every hack writer regurgitating genre fiction … Continue reading

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