Posts by: Seth Fischer

Here Are Some Stories Seth Likes

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Here’s a few very short stories for your Monday morning: “When a door opens and you can’t see who’s coming, it’s almost always a cat that would like to be your lover.” — At BLIP MAGAZINE, “The Cat Lover” by Thaisa Frank.  “We sweet-lipped drag queens for clean sheets.” — At The Collagist, “And Then […]

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Here Are Some Stories Seth Likes

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Here are links to stories I read this week that I liked and I hope you’ll like too. “It’s not that we wouldn’t be able to lay our hands on bodily fluids via some other avenue, says Stephen, it’s just that prohibiting their sale on eBay is an egregious encroachment of our rights as Americans.” […]

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Here Are Some Stories Seth Likes

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Every Monday I link to very short fiction I like that I hope you’ll like too: “When we reach the street, the houses are dark, except for one—the grey one with the white trim, chain link fence, black oak tree.” — At Waccamaw, “A House Made of Stars” by Tawnysha Greene.   “On the street the […]

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Here Are Some Stories Seth Likes

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It’s Monday morning, so here’s some links to some wonderful very short writing that made my day better and hopefully makes your day better too. Also, in a side note, I’m very sad to learn that > kill author will be closing down, but I’m excited to read the last issue on Wednesday. “My husband’s […]

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Here Are Some Stories Seth Likes

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Here are some excerpts from and links to some very short writing that made my day better and hopefully makes your day better too. “Doesn’t it make you feel like an old-timey big-city career girl, carrying parcels up your stoop, struggling to unlock your door, when a handsome stranger in a suit comes up outta […]

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Here Are Some Stories Seth Likes

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It’s been awhile since I’ve been a-Rumpusing, but I got this email from the talented Ashley Bethard thanking me for including her in an old Here Are Some Stories I Like link list, and I got to thinking about  how much I loved doing those, so I asked Isaac if I could do them again, […]

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“Fiction With A Strong Sense Of Place”

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Writers, listen up: I’ve got a pretty cool call for submissions for you. Fiddleblack, a small press and literary journal, is seeking fiction and nonfiction submissions for its digital winter issue and 2012 print annual. There are a few thematic specifics they desire, but overall Fiddleblack is looking for sharp and dusky work with a […]

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Jerry Stahl on Occupy Wall Street

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“Citizens United may have transformed Corporations into People… And Occupy Wall Street – Occupy the World – has transformed people into Citizens. Into activists. And in the end – I would bet my personal 99 percenter savings on it – real citizenship will trump fake person-hood.” — At CNBC, Jerry Stahl on what makes Occupy […]

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It’s Time: The Oakland General Strike Is Here

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Well this is going to be something. Oakland’s general strike is today. Organizers are expecting tens of thousands of people. Almost every labor union has endorsed, and students will be walking out all over the Bay Area (solidarity statements here). Businesses throughout Oakland are shutting down (partial list here), including, apparently, Men’s Wearhouse(!) and the Grand Park […]

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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup

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I am freakin’ loopy today. Jessa Crispin explains why you’re not really crazy. (and maybe I’m not either!) Because this is the type of thing that I might get in trouble for posting on The Rumpus, and because I’m gonna do it anyway: “The Presidents of the United States of America, Sorted Into Hogwarts Houses.” Okay […]

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