Once upon a time I wrote a story entirely in footnotes, and not just for tricks and fancy. I thought this story existed as a footnote in so many ways. To me, the character is a footnote, the girls are footnotes, the war is a footnote, the sadness is a footnote, the grief is a … Continue reading In a Classroom, After the War
Category: fiction
Greta
Super excited to have a story, "Greta," up at The Fanzine. I wrote this piece for a collaboration between So Say We All and Thumbprint Gallery in San Diego, where a whole bunch of our writers were assigned visual art, given a word count (a page, or 300-500 words) (which is way beneath my ushe) … Continue reading Greta
In California When It’s Cold
My story, "In California When It's Cold," is now up at Monkeybicycle. This piece is weirdly my fastest acceptance ever, within 12 hours. It's also one of my favorite origin stories. My friend Suzanne told me about a dream she had that involved sea creatures beaching themselves over and over again, and I was like: … Continue reading In California When It’s Cold
AN UNCAREFUL MATHEMATICIAN WOULD ALWAYS MISTAKE THIS FOR LOVE
My first published poem, An Uncareful Mathematician Would Always Mistake This For Love, up today at Hobart, is actually near-total thievery. It's found poetry, from a calculus and analytical geometry textbook circa 1992. Too small a harvest, and you starve; too large, and you destroy and you starve 1. Get a feel The most important step … Continue reading AN UNCAREFUL MATHEMATICIAN WOULD ALWAYS MISTAKE THIS FOR LOVE
Best Of The Net Nom (nom nom)
A little while ago, James Tate Hill, the delightful fiction editor at MonkeyBicycle, emailed me to let me know that he nominated my story, Nineteen Things Only People Who Are Not Going To Survive The Hour Will Understand, for the 2015 Best Of The Net Anthology. I know how you feel about nominations and people … Continue reading Best Of The Net Nom (nom nom)
He’ll Write Your Name on The Bedroom Wall (plus an interview with yours truly)
A few days after I read "Nineteen Things Only People Who Will Not Survive The Hour Will Understand," at the Vermin on the Mount reading series this summer, fellow vermin Karen Stefano contacted me, said she liked my work, and asked if she could feature me in an upcoming issue of Connotation Press. And I … Continue reading He’ll Write Your Name on The Bedroom Wall (plus an interview with yours truly)
Leona Never Happened
Hey, remember that one time when someone liked my story?http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/leona-never-happened"The odds of one person's lineage surviving the entire history of the species are basically immeasurable. The number is larger than the universe itself. The odds of that lineage surviving and creating the exact egg and sperm combinations to create each precise person to then create … Continue reading Leona Never Happened
Your Book
Garlic peel falls on the book you loaned me. I think of it as your book though you neither wrote it nor are you likely to get it back. My hands are wet. The more fragile papery peelings stick to me until I'm gloved in garlic skin and then everything falls to you. It's open to the … Continue reading Your Book
JULIA DIXON EVANS 