We've have had the pleasure of reading the work of Amber Sparks and Lincoln Michel for a number of years, and we've published work by each of them as web exclusives in the not-so-distant past. This fall, Michel published his debut collection of short fiction, Upright Beasts, and Sparks's next book, The Unfinished World, will be published in January. We recently emailed both authors to ask about their new books, their writerly obsessions, the year in publishing, and the best things they've read … [Read more...] about That’s When Things Got Weird: A Conversation with Amber Sparks & Lincoln Michel
Lincoln Michel
Online Fiction Interview: Lincoln Michel
Lincoln Michel's "The Supervillain Stalled in His Lair" kicks off our 2015 web exclusive fiction, and it's a lovely and bizarre look at the placid, boring world through the eyes of an ambitious and anxiety-rattled super villain named, uh, the Supervillain. As satires go, this one's less send-up than human interest piece. Told from the point of view of an admittedly diabolical (but amazingly amiable) malefactor, the story's part of a novel that Michel's calling DOOM MOOD. We emailed the author … [Read more...] about Online Fiction Interview: Lincoln Michel
The Supervillain Stalled in His Lair
There is nothing that occupies the Supervillain’s mind more, nothing that is a more constant source of obsession and angst, than his secret lair. Even the Superhero, his great nemesis, manifests as an afterthought compared to his lair (although the threat of the Superhero is, of course, a prime source of the anxiety the Supervillain feels about his hidden home). His worst moments of worry occur at times such as these, when the Supervillain is working in his laboratory. He has been perfecting … [Read more...] about The Supervillain Stalled in His Lair