A new year, a new era … the right moment for some announcements. As regular readers probably noticed, 2010 was a year of the symbiosis of old and new … new editors, old editors shifting place and, not less capable of their task, they brought it to a surprising result. Of course I want to [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Where old and new converge …
Posted in Editorial, News on December 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Horror Sleaze Trash in print!
Posted in News on December 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A creation from the founder of this site, Richard Wink, and the Australian poet, Ben Smith! Now in print! Follow: http://www.horrorsleazetrash.com/roach-o-rama-2/ For more information …
Except from “Fear and Floating in the Schweiz,” written by Cherie Caswell Dost
Posted in non-fiction on December 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I will give the Swiss this much; they know how to float. In the nearby town of Zuchwil, there is a sprawling sports center with tennis courts, mini-golf, soccer fields, ice rink, and a maze of pools. All kinds of pools. Indoor and outdoor. Heated and not-heated. Baby pools and adult-only pools. So many ways [...]
For What I Might Do Tomorrow by Matt Sedillo, Reviewed by Luis Rivas
Posted in Reviews on December 14, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Once upon a time artists were radicals. I mean, like blatant radicals. Nowadays, some (I don’t know about most, but for my argument we’re just going to say some) artists are activists, but only off camera, or outside of their professional artwork. I cannot pinpoint the exact time and date when it all changed, but [...]
Poetry # 129
Posted in Poetry on December 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In this chubby issue, Amber and myself bring you a greasy plate spilling over the sides with frightening and friendly ex-lovers, cold and calculating Canadians, documentarians of debauchery, nicotine fiends, odorous loners and overall disturbed and creative individuals, comforting themselves with the cuddly lie that just because I write about madness does not make me [...]
The Ritalin Riddle
Posted in non-fiction on December 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Ritalin Riddle Matthew Dexter The Crime They needed gasoline to travel across country. Yet once the stolen credit cards were cancelled there was no more cash to turn to. Theft was the only option. It had been so innocuous and easy. Three successful gas runs and nearly a thousand miles of pavement. But now [...]
Pushcart Nominations 2010
Posted in Fiction, News, non-fiction, Poetry on December 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The votes are cast and the stamp is licked. The best poems and stories on Gloom Cupboard for 2010 have been nominated. Since 1976, the Pushcart Prize has been awarded to the best “poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot”. Founded by such famous persons as Buckminster Fuller, Joyce Carol Oates, Ralph Ellison, and Gordon [...]
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