Thursday, September 18, 2008

Might as well face it, you're addicted to QUICKIES!



QUICKIES!
55 Word Bonanza!
Our best and brightest will read 55 word stories in a rapid-fire reading!
Tuesday, October 14
7:30 pm
The Innertown Pub
1935 W Thomas
Chicago, IL



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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

QUICKIES! may call you, Any night, any day, In your heart, you'll hear it call you: "Come away...Come away."

Thanks for making September Spectacular!!!


Check out these great pics:


Kevin Fink:



Kate Harbaugh:



Lindsay Hunter:



Mary Hamilton:



Jon Fullmer:



Tobias Amadon Bengelsdorf:



Kyle Beachy:



Sam Reaves:



Our Sassy! Crowd:


Thanks for supporting our show!

Next reading:
Tuesday, October 14
55 Word Bonanza/fundraiser
7:30pm
The Innertown Pub
1935 W Thomas
Chicago, IL



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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Sunday, September 7, 2008

There is nothin' like a dame, Nothin' in the world, There is nothin' you can name That is anythin' like a KATE HARBAUGH!

KATE HARBAUGH

Chicago (by way of New Hampshire) writer, Kate Harbaugh, is a recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She writes good.


Quickies!
Tuesday, September 9
7:30 pm
The Innertown Pub
1935 W Thomas




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Saturday, September 6, 2008

I feel pretty, Oh, so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and bright! And I pity Any TOBIAS AMADON BENGELSDORF who isn't me tonight.

TOBIAS AMADON BENGELSDORF

Tobias Amadon Bengelsdorf's fiction has appeared in elimae, and This Zine Will Change Your Life, and his audio work in Lark(!). He is the generalissimo of Fiction at Work, an assistant editor at The Green Lantern, and an instructor at St. Augustine College. He lives in Chicago.


Quickies!
Tuesday, September 9
7:30 pm
The Innertown Pub
1935 W Thomas


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Friday, September 5, 2008

Moon River, wider than a mile, I'm crossing you in style some day. Oh, KYLE BEACHY, you heart breaker, wherever you're going I'm going your way.

KYLE BEACHY

Kyle Beachy's first novel, The Slide, will be published in January by The Dial Press. You can learn all about it at the website he named after himself: www.kylebeachy.com.


Quickies!
Tuesday, September 9
7:30 pm
The Innertown Pub
1935 W Thomas



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Thursday, September 4, 2008

The hills are alive with the sound of music With songs they have sung for a thousand years The hills fill JON FULLMER'S heart with the sound of music.

JON FULLMER

Jon Fullmer is the 2007-08 Follett Fellow at Columbia College, where he is currently working on an MFA in writing. You may find his work, either now or in the near future, on BookSlut.com and in Pen Pricks, as well as in a number of health-related magazines that no one has ever heard of. Ever. He has no pets, one wife, and plays zero musical instruments. He used to live in Tennessee.


Quickies!
Tuesday, September 9
7:30 pm
The Innertown Pub
1935 W Thomas


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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

When you're a SAM REAVES, You're a Jet all the way From your first cigarette To your last dyin' day.

SAM REAVES

Sam Reaves has worked as a teacher and a translator. His seventh Chicago-based crime novel, entitled Mean Town Blues, is due out from Pegasus Books in November. Under the name Dominic Martell he has published three suspense novels set in Europe. See his website at samreaves.com.


Quickies!
Tuesday, September 9
7:30 pm
The Innertown Pub
1935 W Thomas



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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Chim chiminy Chim chiminy Chim chim cher-ee! A KEVIN FINK is as lucky As lucky can be!

KEVIN FINK

Kevin Fink is from Kansas. He moved to Chicago for grad school at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has never had anything published. At all. But he does write recaps of crappy t.v. shows for a website called TVGasm.com. (And, hot damn, can he dance!)


Quickies!
Tuesday
September 9
7:30 pm
The Innertown Pub
1935 W Thomas


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Monday, September 1, 2008

When the dog bites When the bee stings When I'm feeling sad I simply remember QUICKIES! And then I don't feel so bad

Hey! Check it out! We have a super-duper line-up for September:

Kate Harbaugh
Kevin Fink
Kyle Beachy
Mary Hamilton
Lindsay Hunter
Tobias Amadon Benglesdorf
Jon Fullmer
and Sam Reaves


Quickies!
Tuesday, September 9
7:30 pm
The Innertown Pub
1935 W Thomas



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