about 1 year ago - No comments
Press Release Middletown, NJ — Punk rock-spirited independent publisher Word Riot Press will release What’s Your Exit?: A Literary Detour through New Jersey in May 2010. The anthology, edited by Alicia A. Beale and Joe Vallese, will include feature new and previously published work from over 40 writers. Among the book’s contributors are Joyce Carol
about 1 year ago - No comments
HTMLGIANT’s pr reviews World Takes by Timmy Waldron (May 2009, Word Riot Press): “Here is a collection perfectly shaped, with a strong, punch of a first story, “Amanda”, that perfectly sets the dark, funny tone for the book. … “Throughout the collection, Waldron’s characters exhibit a simmering wrongness and inevitable falling apart. Whereas Cormac McCarthy’s
about 1 year ago - No comments
Hipster Book Club on Nick Antosca’s Midnight Picnic: “This might be the scariest thing about the book, the essential thing that all scary books need: the conviction that, for as long as you are reading the story, the world is inescapably dark, and all one’s experiences that would say otherwise are simply tricks or misunderstandings.
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
WORLD TAKES author Timmy Waldron has recently been honored by the New Jersey State Assembly: New Jersey General Assembly Assembly Resolution By Assemblyman Gusciora WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the State of New Jersey is pleased to honor and salute Timothy Patrick Waldron, an esteemed lifelong resident of West Trenton, Mercer County, in recognition of
about 1 year ago - No comments
I should carry cash more. I suck at blogging. All I can do is shout out self-promotional lists at you people. And, but, so… 1) Josh Maday’s review of The Suburban Swindle at New Pages: “Corley has a superlative ear for the music of language. Her lines and rhythms are rich, lyrical, and energetic, carrying
about 1 year ago - No comments
Timothy Gager invited me back to the Dire Reading Series in Cambridge, Mass. on Friday. T’was awesome. Wish I had more time to wander around Boston but this weekend was too cramped. — Advance review copies of Timmy Waldron’s WORLD TAKES are in the mail. The files for the final copies are at the printer
about 1 year ago - No comments
Copies of MIDNIGHT PICNIC have arrived! To celebrate, I offered two copies to <HTMLGIANT> for contest purposes. Nick came up with this most excellent contest question: What is the way you would least like to die? Head over to <HTMLGIANT> and put in your best death wish. Better hurry, though. The competition is heating up
about 1 year ago - No comments
Timmy Waldron’s short story collection World Takes is now available for pre-order at Word Riot. Check out this gorgeous cover design by David Barringer:
about 1 year ago - No comments
We’ve made a very special announcement today. You can pre-order Midnight Picnic at Word Riot. And here’s the press release: Middletown, NJ — Punk rock-spirited independent publisher Word Riot Press will release Nick Antosca’s second novel Midnight Picnic on Dec. 15. Midnight Picnic was slated to be released by Impetus Press on Oct. 31. The
about 1 year ago - No comments
Laura Di Giovine reviewed David Gianatasio’s short story collection, Mind Games, for New Pages: “David Gianatasio’s Mind Games messes with your head, but in the best way possible. A follow-up to 2006’s Swift Kicks, this brief collection of stories grabs you by the jugular. A mutiny of fervent voices bursts from the page, and each