It is past mid April, a time when fatigue strikes all academics and writers–grades and manuscript deadlines loom ahead like some impossible chasm to cross. We hope we’ll make it, but often at the cost of sleep, healthy eating, and social connections.
Given that, it’s only appropriate for me to introduce you to the stunning work of Jonas Burgert over at Weird Fiction Review. Intoxicating, lurid colors will bring viewers into a strange dreamscape that chronicles the exhilaration and isolation so many of us experience in this post-modern society. Paradoxically, these surreal conglomerations of pseudo-zombies, children, and monsters also create a desire for deeper community, a reconnection to the self and Other. My friend Creston Davis talks more about how to survive this “weight of the world” over at his blog. Go have a read.
Other news: My short story, “The Four Horsemen” will be reprinted in Danse Macabre for their May issue! I originally wrote and published the story with Plus Gallery here in Denver for their “Apocalypse? How!” show in January. I love and am devoted to this beautiful, wondrous intersection of word and image. To that end, I’ll be going back to NYC in early May to attend the Frieze Art Fair. If you are in the city between the 4th and the 16, let’s get coffee!
The semester just ended this year, and now I am in New York City to attend the Frieze Art Fair, see Cynthia Von Buhler’s wonderful Speakeasy Dollhouse immersive theatre extravaganza, and catch as many art shows and literary readings as I can fit in 10 days. Will try to update blog with lovely pics and such but in the meantime, my latest article is up at Weird Fiction Review: “Wonders and Blunders”: The Transgressive Fantastic in Mark Hosford’s Art and my short story, “The Four Horsemen,” is live at Danse Macabre.