CURIOSITIES IS HERE, NOW :: ODDITIES IS COMING SOON
Curiosities, the FOURTH collection of short stories by thefictionist, is here for your reading pleasure; Oddities is under production as we speak. The NEXT (R)EVOLUTION is coming SOON.

HOT OFF THE [FEMINIST] PRESS
Not one, BUT, THREE short stories are featured in vol. 37 of Women's Studies Quarterly (WSQ). The issue,TECHNOLOGIES includes "StockingS," "peaches" and "The Manufacture of Non-bleeding Maraschino Cherries" (Monstrosities)...not to mention an analysis of how technology is transforming the way we understand gender, motherhood, the body, and feminism. Many THANKS to the crowd that showed up to the November 3rd READING at the CUNY Grad Center!

THE BEST FREE FICTION OF 2009
Guess who made a top ten list! Really guess. . . But not just any old top ten list: THE BEST FREE FICTION OF 2009. Described as "innovative" and "slightly trippy," the folks of LIT DRIFT believe the FOUR VOLUMES of shorts by thefictionist are pure, quality goodness.

THEFICTIONIST :: A LOCAL HERO, OF SORTS
On rainy Saturday in a Greenpoint, BKLYN coffee shop, thefictionist met with a journalist from the great GREENPOINT GAZETTE to talk about the short stories and LITERARY STREET ART that has got the attention of BROOKLYN residents. Read the RAVE REVIEWS HERE.

THE 2009 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL ON SEPTEMBER 13th 2009...
...was a success. Many thanks to everyone who came by to pick up a copy of absurdities, peculiarities,, Monstrosities and/or Curiosities. The crowd was large and the response was flattering! FLATTERING! Here is a tiny photo album of the table set-up; thefictionist was just too damn busy shaking hands and saying hello to document much more.

THEFICTIONIST AT THE ZIPPER FACTORY: 'TWAS A MONUMENTAL EVENT!
The Inter Arts Show was an evening for the AGES! Full of TALENT and GENIUS. A wet thank you to the HUGE crowd that came to celebrate ART, and a very special THANK YOU to Shelly Watson for organizing/hosting the REVOLUTIONARY NIGHT. If you missed it (shame on you), check out thefictionist interview that aired before she hit the stage! Then watch the EXCERPTED READING OF "StockingS" and "three Notes of a perfume." (Monstrosities)!

THEFICTIONIST :: (R)EVOLUTION OF THE WRITTEN WORD
What's all the BUZZ ABOUT? What does the colossal site ONLY THE BLOG KNOWS BROOKLYN think is damn interesting? What is it that UrbanMolecule just can't stop drooling over? WHO is a GAY RECLUSE? Well, thefictionist is taking the written word and her fiction to a NEW LEVEL with art installation and a little literary graffiti:

marker :: acrylic :: stencil (excerpts as graffiti TAGS)

street art installation and a BEHIND THE SCENES look

excerpts over images :: fiction and the public domain

transfer :: fiction :: image (chemical transfer of "excerpts over images" album onto the streets)

THEFICTIONIST ON THE [INTERNET] RADIO
thefictionist started the 2009 new year off with a half hour INTERVIEW W/ THE SCREAMING WOMAN, TONI QUEST. The January 5th show discussed Monstrosities, Curiosities, guerrilla street art, indie publishing and a whole lot more. Check it out.

THEFICTIONIST AND ABSTRACTIONIST LOVE CHILD...AND THEIR INTERVIEW
What happens when the HAND WRITTEN NOTES and the BEAUTIFUL STROKES of the painter MC MINTZ combine? That's simple: a GORGEOUS PRODUCT. Check out Monstrosities, peculiarities and, YES, even Curiosities as oil paintings!!

Can't get enough? Well, you're not alone. THE MASSES WANTED MORE! So here's the exclusive URBAN MOLECULE Q&A with THEFICTIONIST and ABSTRACTIONIST

YOU WANT THEFICTIONIST?
Are you LOOKING for an AUTHOR who can speak the English real good? Well, that's thefictionist. She is more than HAPPY to do a READING at your establishment, be it a bar, cafe, independent book store, conglomerate, strip club or dwelling of four walls where people come to sit. Contact thefictionist to BOOK a reading!

Are you a PUBLISHER? EDITOR? ENTREPRENEUR who has taken on the gigantic task of promoting FICTION and the WRITTEN WORD in print and/or online? Interested in DOING SOMETHING FABULOUS with any of the 40+ SHORT STORIES on this site? Or the 4 VOLUMES? Contact thefictionist to MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN!

Do you like to criticize? Smear your TWO VALUABLE CENTS around like it's ONE HUNDRED EUROS? Want to DO A REVIEW of thefictionist's work? Contact her and LET'S WORK TOGETHER to get YOUR thoughts published.