A bewildered looking Wimpy on a melancholic grey beach, with a darkening sky. Unlike his usual outfit he has a stovepipe hat on and is carrying a bundle possibly full of coal. We are advised by a narrator the as of now he is a “sleepball”... Newly spawned from the hydrothermal vents of Peculiar Mormyrid [...]
John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was an american humorist who lived in the New York suburb of Yonkers. He had a long and multifaceted career penning articles, satires, fantasies, as well as some genuine undiluted nonsense. He is typically cited for a kind of silly fantasy genre named after him involving interactions among famous dead historical [...]
Now available from Coach House Books and bookstores, a stunning new journey into the oneiric wonderland from S.D. Chrostowska: In Greater America, with sleep under siege, this lucid and prophetic novel of ideas depicts the end of human reverie. "S. D. Chrostowska achieves unexpected buoyancy in spite of the intensity of her material. Permission, certain [...]
SC: Mattias Forshage mentioned Pogo and the Okefenokee in an email, which set me off on a Pogo hunt, feeling something needed exploring down there in a vague sort of way. We only had time for a quick stop, and went to the more touristy entrance on the north. An interesting desolateness, still, and a [...]
