tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64370955527506692552024-03-05T20:51:38.910-06:00QUICKIES! Chicagoquickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-56452770246033410362011-05-10T17:09:00.002-05:002011-05-10T17:32:37.778-05:00Q U I C K I E S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLtQZ3ZnCbv_2WEqLXdOkxe2nS3oyC8F40om2nnh-qctdSZ8gnd7rFRdpKS8A0kEMZItL0ytUmW3TgzubWf37iOjd7yJi5t1UKH3KIXzEUvQEr6MIN7fAyQBIvwyI44FKH730ZXOaKR8/s1600/quick.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLtQZ3ZnCbv_2WEqLXdOkxe2nS3oyC8F40om2nnh-qctdSZ8gnd7rFRdpKS8A0kEMZItL0ytUmW3TgzubWf37iOjd7yJi5t1UKH3KIXzEUvQEr6MIN7fAyQBIvwyI44FKH730ZXOaKR8/s320/quick.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605213507286035218" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; line-height: 15px; font-size: medium; "><b>QUICKIES!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; ">featuring:</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; ">Mason Johnson </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; ">Mike Kitchell </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; ">Beth Wylder </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; ">Lane Williams </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; ">Chris Terry </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; ">Roxane Gay </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; ">Kathryn Regina </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; ">Victor David Giron</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; text-align: center; ">and our Mascot, Brandon Will</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; "><b>QUICKIES!</b></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">Tuesday, May 10</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">7:30 pm</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">The Innertown Pub</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">1935 W Thomas</span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">.</span></div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-40980698798397714352011-03-23T14:03:00.003-05:002011-03-23T14:42:31.807-05:00Quickies Gets Corn-y!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53_M3whpZm8LtkswzO-RHLGZca91DSpo2EmH4soYb5pBuVyJyJ8x36Y_jVFCGFd1UM7gNRRDjCQ_AdD4oIE89MdFpbDYqAcJAH5mvLKLjtc1-blPVGodD6DcSKbFE381SYizGEAm8c4k/s1600/quickies3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53_M3whpZm8LtkswzO-RHLGZca91DSpo2EmH4soYb5pBuVyJyJ8x36Y_jVFCGFd1UM7gNRRDjCQ_AdD4oIE89MdFpbDYqAcJAH5mvLKLjtc1-blPVGodD6DcSKbFE381SYizGEAm8c4k/s320/quickies3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587358951462596418" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; line-height: 15px; font-size: small; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; line-height: 15px; font-size: small; ">Quickies! is a child of the corn, y'all! Well, at least for one weekend we will be. We'll be hosting a reading at the Dublin Underground in Iowa City as part of the <a href="http://missionfreak.com/festival/">Mission Creek Lit Crawl</a>, and we're so excited! Our readers are:</span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://jacjemc.wordpress.com/">Jac Jemc</a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://featherproof.com/">Zach Dodson</a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://kneejerkmag.com/">Steve Tartaglione</a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://kylebeachy.com/">Kyle Beachy</a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.monkfishjowls.com/">Anthony Luebbert</a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://hobartpulp.com">Aaron Burch</a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.adamnovy.net/">Adam Novy</a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.pankmagazine.com/author/amy-butcher/">Amy Butcher</a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.callingallmonkeys.com/">Jill Summers</a></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;">and <a href="http://www.roxanegay.com/">Roxane Gay</a></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;">Then May 10, it's business as usual at our beloved Innertown Pub, and we are so excited about the lineup we're building, you don't even know! </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;">See you in Iowa!</span></span></span></span></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069192138440004228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-39820932954300122172011-03-08T17:58:00.003-06:002011-03-08T18:04:39.380-06:00QUICKIES! Hosts the Fiction at Work Anthology Release Party!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88FOtOj79PZC928OIiM57F-47I1VxiWUujhOZxIyt7Vd7dvEWgNfm3BDRQqGz3WF8It4RVzou6aTh1wSfecjWK7iHGFu7ditF9f6j6GRYDPPd1LnXdC27pRdaXekEmDlRx6u_WTHE4QY/s1600/fictionatwork.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88FOtOj79PZC928OIiM57F-47I1VxiWUujhOZxIyt7Vd7dvEWgNfm3BDRQqGz3WF8It4RVzou6aTh1wSfecjWK7iHGFu7ditF9f6j6GRYDPPd1LnXdC27pRdaXekEmDlRx6u_WTHE4QY/s320/fictionatwork.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581863165373408194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; " >QUICKIES! is a bi-monthly reading series in Chicago formed to spotlight very short prose. Each author has four minutes to read a complete work of prose. No excerpts. No cheating.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; " ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; " >This month, we host the <a href="http://fictionatwork.com/default.aspx">Fiction at Work</a> Anthology Release Party</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; " ><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">TUESDAY, MARCH 8</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">7:30 pm</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">The Innertown Pub</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">1935 W Thomas</span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">Featuring:</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">Heather Calomese</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">Jac Jemc </span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">Steve McPherson </span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">Devin Bustin</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">Matt Trupia</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">Chad Chmielowicz </span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">Chris Lin and Ryan B. Richey </span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">and Tobias Amadon Bengelsdorf</span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">accessible by the Blue line (Damen or Division stop)</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">#50 Damen bus</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">and #70 Division bus</span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; "><span style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; "><a href="http://quickieschicago.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">http://quickieschicago.blo</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://quickieschicago.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">gspot.com/</a></span></span></div></div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-83938299598506814812010-12-28T14:26:00.004-06:002011-01-10T18:42:05.296-06:00Open up and say AHHHHHHHH<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWq4tGORlARR99XdPdzIBAfljQN4m62P2mygTN7N8mSzX9CCjjtBNX8miBUuAhiCBCFfNWxQBaSGS_CtLTrfB3pwzU289nG57KtU4aGzf6KIDv-dHPvlBoRcWFeeF7jzZ6Dj_JsuHitI/s1600/JAN.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 222px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555832617930758210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWq4tGORlARR99XdPdzIBAfljQN4m62P2mygTN7N8mSzX9CCjjtBNX8miBUuAhiCBCFfNWxQBaSGS_CtLTrfB3pwzU289nG57KtU4aGzf6KIDv-dHPvlBoRcWFeeF7jzZ6Dj_JsuHitI/s320/JAN.jpg" /></a> TUESDAY, JANUARY 11<br />7:30 pm<br />The Innertown Pub<br /><br />Featuring:<br />Amelia Gray<br />Simon Smith<br />Steve Tartaglione<br />Allison Gruber<br />Lauryn Allison Lewis<br />Anthony Luebbert<br />Stephen Tully Dierks<br />Natalie Edwards<br />and Samantha Irby<br /><br /><br /><br />.<br /><br /><br /><div></div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-82949272159898356912010-10-25T14:30:00.004-05:002010-10-26T21:56:39.875-05:00It's good to be back<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmz84X-QGjNDfU9WOft6ajvorr_R-GzdHSJ-ADSONwlH3jslKnShMu8qfs4-qdp21qyzKIX_LKVb44ABu-AJAkY2mMgMwBwUsFWb_cmNU3ctf_MuaUIrjqEzaeuriVwDu5_obxi7u3_oE/s1600/muscle+back+f.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmz84X-QGjNDfU9WOft6ajvorr_R-GzdHSJ-ADSONwlH3jslKnShMu8qfs4-qdp21qyzKIX_LKVb44ABu-AJAkY2mMgMwBwUsFWb_cmNU3ctf_MuaUIrjqEzaeuriVwDu5_obxi7u3_oE/s320/muscle+back+f.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532552185410907986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">QUICKIES!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">featuring:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Matt Bell</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Elizabeth Ellen</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Josh Wiliker</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Shane Currie</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Andrew Farkas</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kate Harbaugh</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Andre Perry</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and Dylan Nice</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Tuesday, November 9</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">7:30pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Innertown Pub</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; ">Chicago</span></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-15621585366245839712010-10-12T20:38:00.002-05:002010-10-12T20:44:02.710-05:00Rose Metal Press: Fifth Annual Short Short Chapbook Contest!<a href="http://rosemetalpress.com/index.html">Rose Metal Press</a>'s <a href="http://rosemetalpress.com/Submit/Submit.html">Fifth Annual Short Short Chapbook Contest</a> submission period begins October 15 and ends December 1, 2010. The 2010 judge will be <a href="http://www.kimchinquee.blogspot.com/">Kim Chinquee</a>. Our very own Mary Hamilton won last year's contest, so this is one dear to our hearts! Submit, submit, submit and best of luck to all!<br /><br />Further info from Rose Metal Press:<br /><br />During the submission period, please email your 25–40 page double-spaced manuscript of short short stories under 1,000 words each to us at rosemetalpress@gmail.com either as Word docs or rtf files. Individual stories may have appeared in journals or anthologies, but we ask that collections as a whole be previously unpublished. Please accompany your entry with the $10 reading fee, either via the payment button on our <a href="http://rosemetalpress.com/index.html">website</a> or by check. We<br />prefer the former, but the latter can be sent to PO Box 1956, Brookline, MA 02446.<br /><br />Writers of both fiction and nonfiction are encouraged to enter, and we are open to short shorts on all subjects and in all styles.<br /><br />Winner and finalists will be announced by February 2011. The winning chapbook will be published in July 2011 in a limited edition of 300 copies, with an introduction by the contest judge.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069192138440004228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-21016335288261738332010-09-09T10:35:00.003-05:002010-09-09T10:41:33.708-05:00Sh-sh-sh-sh-shake your money maker<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRnJFb40e7fA_z4C6Rwqk0VLW8-RdoI5szq67wwTQ8_7JQos3KKD6wBhzsu2iBu8LhFOLZUB8tAIfsPFL7z47atzrwVg1t8eggVIuJ72LAzTNgiNPL4xHF31yI6D4Ieaz-vX-G_6XLcsU/s1600/fish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRnJFb40e7fA_z4C6Rwqk0VLW8-RdoI5szq67wwTQ8_7JQos3KKD6wBhzsu2iBu8LhFOLZUB8tAIfsPFL7z47atzrwVg1t8eggVIuJ72LAzTNgiNPL4xHF31yI6D4Ieaz-vX-G_6XLcsU/s320/fish.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514938136018079266" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b>QUICKIES!</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Tuesday, September 14</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">7:30pm</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The Innertown Pub</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Chicago</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">featuring:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana;font-size:13px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kyle Beachy </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">is trying not to stare. His novel, The Slide, is in stores even as we speak.<br /><b><br /></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Tim Jones-Yelvington</b> is the Lady Gaga of Chicago.<br /><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Scott Stealey </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">runs the webzine Please Don't dot com and has work in the 2nd Hand, Smokelong Quarterly, Featherproof Mini-Books, and other places.<br /><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Zach Dodson <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">is the co-founder of Featherproof Books and the author of Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jac Jemc's</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> chapbook, This Stranger She'd Invited In, is due out from Greying Ghost Press later this year and her first novel, My Only Wife, is forthcoming from Dzanc Books in 2012. She blogs regularly at jacjemc.wordpress.com.<br /><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Margaret Chapman </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">is a writer and teacher currently residing in South Bend, IN. Her work has appeared in diagram, decomp, the2ndhand, elimae and as a featherproof minibook. According to I Write Like, she write like Steven King.<br />http://thediagram.com/10_3/<br /><br /></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Matt Trupia </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">lives in Chicago and is a member of The Backrow sketch comedy group. He writes for the sporadic website Spider and Bird.<br /><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and our mascots Brandon Will and </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Tobias Amadon Bengelsdorf!!!</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div></span></div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-17270048593479421262010-09-06T11:09:00.014-05:002010-09-06T11:23:55.205-05:00Scenes from the Quickies! The Gathering Midwest TourQuickies! The Gathering was pretty great. I think we all respect, hate, and love each other a million times more than we did before. Thanks to everyone who came out to see us read - we hope you were entertained/enlightened/aroused.<br /><br />Here are some images from the tour. 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Ask us about Iowa City.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069192138440004228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-9892171489292412782010-07-06T09:45:00.005-05:002010-07-06T22:33:38.192-05:00Can't be tamed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tkknmZr33d-eT3DKpPA_lEX77y2VnRbQDJM2BPcFr5k0gRuK31-CE_14gzKwmw-C7R6f_vHFQaWi8djkMRnZ5AIakNHzRvUqB07FsXYKOUkbGmgtNI9KdFrkIqPlyGnirnLcr7CmP8s/s1600/july.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tkknmZr33d-eT3DKpPA_lEX77y2VnRbQDJM2BPcFr5k0gRuK31-CE_14gzKwmw-C7R6f_vHFQaWi8djkMRnZ5AIakNHzRvUqB07FsXYKOUkbGmgtNI9KdFrkIqPlyGnirnLcr7CmP8s/s320/july.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490807990318674594" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana;font-size:13px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><a href="http://davisschneiderman.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">DAVIS SCHNEIDERMAN</span></span></span></b></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Davis Schneiderman is a multimedia artist and the author and editor of eight books, including the new novel </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Drain</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (Northwestern). His creative work has appeared in numerous publications including</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Fiction International, The Chicago Tribune, The Iowa Review, TriQuarterly, </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Exquisite Corpse. </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He is Chair of the English Department at Lake Forest College, and also Director of Lake Forest College Press/&NOW Books. He edits </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The &NOW AWARDS: The Best Innovative Writing</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. He can be found, virtually, a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">t</span></span><u><a href="http://davisschneiderman.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">davisschneiderman.com/</span></span></span></a></u></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ALEX BONNER</span></span></b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Alex Bonner spent half his life in Chicago and the other half in North Carolina making him somewhere between a Midwestern meathead and a dirty southerner. He has been a featured reader in Chicago for several years and last year won the Windy City Storyslam and the National Storyslam Audience Choice Award. He thinks gallows humor is the only humor.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">JASON BREDLE</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jason Bredle is the author of three books and three chapbooks, most recently Smiles of the Unstoppable and The Book of Evil. He lives in Chicago.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><a href="http://holdmyhorses.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">CHRIS BOWER</span></span></span></b></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chris Bower hosts the Ray's Tap Reading Series in Avondale and puts up plays around the city. His fiction and poetry have appeared in various suspect places throughout the years. His newest play written with Tim Racine is, "Correspondance: A Ballet (of Communication); No Dancing (!?!) or Let's Not And Say We Did" is playing at the Side Project in Rogers Park through Saturday July, 17th at 9 PM. Visit his website, </span></span><a href="http://holdmyhorses.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">holdmyhorses.com</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> for more.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><a href="http://www.callingallmonkeys.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">JILL SUMMERS</span></span></b></span></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jill's work can be heard with increasing infrequency on Chicago Public Radio and has appeared in Stop Smiling, Ninth Letter, VAIN, and MAKE magazines among others. She is one of the organizers of and hopes everyone will attend the 6th annual Printers' Ball, upcoming on July 30. You can find her online at </span></span><a href="http://www.callingallmonkeys.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">www.callingallmonkeys.com</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.<br /></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><a href="http://www.artificemag.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">JAMES TADD ADCOX</span></span></b></span></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">James Tadd Adcox is the editor of Artifice Magazine (www.artificemag.com). He has work published or forthcoming in Barrelhouse, Mid-American Review, Requited, and PANK, among other places. He lives in Chicago.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">DEVIN KING</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Devin King lives and works in Chicago. His book Clops is out from the Green Lantern Press.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><a href="http://www.dogzplot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">BARRY GRAHAM</span></span></b></span></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Barry Graham teaches writing at Rutgers University and he wrote the National Virginity Pledge. His fiction can be found most recently in the Los Angeles Review and Quick Fiction. Look for him online at </span></span><a href="http://www.dogzplot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">www.dogzplot.com</span></span></span></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ELIZABETH ELLEN</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Elizabeth Ellen is the author of Before You She Was a Pit Bull (Future Tense) and Sixteen Miles Outside of Phoenix (Rose Metal Press). She lives in Ann Arbor where she runs the Great Lakes, Great Times reading series.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">OWEN EGERTON</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Owen Egerton is the author of several books and screenplays. His most recent novel, The Book of Harold, the Illegitimate Son of God was released this summer and is receiving some rave reviews. He lives in Austin, Texas where he was voted the city's most popular writer in 2007 and 2008.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></div></span>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-39595854687187054232010-05-22T06:50:00.009-05:002010-05-22T07:01:55.104-05:00AND THE READERS GOT SWAGGERThe May Quickies! was a hell of a show, Dad. Hell of a show!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8O1RVEx26-TWEUeyUfdhUHHKLtN1d-RwCqGSdDIZD9VKO2GEbzrslKcSYjB3yucvi7MMGHZlRyy35p2C3_FIw2HsUJmvPBFOWK-cbyuqwRzq15QWlTkM6F5z7nakasuM_LpGxjE9yfQs/s1600/CIMG0070.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8O1RVEx26-TWEUeyUfdhUHHKLtN1d-RwCqGSdDIZD9VKO2GEbzrslKcSYjB3yucvi7MMGHZlRyy35p2C3_FIw2HsUJmvPBFOWK-cbyuqwRzq15QWlTkM6F5z7nakasuM_LpGxjE9yfQs/s320/CIMG0070.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474061216345191202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Matt Trupia!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hMBmZx3YZ96uAWoTYtYvszPtJKpBlzb5CWGQeo-XV1ZDxS-h7BmG-y-2YQ-UKH-ubHZP5X2AHtV1FHtAnrHgnn8I_eE26vd8Lnf7IrJU42k_9mB9VP53T68keYyT6ushxwnwK6BaKpY/s1600/CIMG0074.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hMBmZx3YZ96uAWoTYtYvszPtJKpBlzb5CWGQeo-XV1ZDxS-h7BmG-y-2YQ-UKH-ubHZP5X2AHtV1FHtAnrHgnn8I_eE26vd8Lnf7IrJU42k_9mB9VP53T68keYyT6ushxwnwK6BaKpY/s320/CIMG0074.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474061606876020082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Amanda Marbais!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6L7MkYT965GmdtG924xMDkSM8F6IQGXrEW_KiF_OBE_9D9NB7Jn3Xmb4j4MEMBw6YyxpY-eBo83-EVVSZpdv7w-cGsl5iIyfqeC0emCaVSY0P6QpBU870nr-Tog0hCA_GJ9i50lrB6hE/s1600/CIMG0079.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6L7MkYT965GmdtG924xMDkSM8F6IQGXrEW_KiF_OBE_9D9NB7Jn3Xmb4j4MEMBw6YyxpY-eBo83-EVVSZpdv7w-cGsl5iIyfqeC0emCaVSY0P6QpBU870nr-Tog0hCA_GJ9i50lrB6hE/s320/CIMG0079.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474061996193913602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Natalie Edwards!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimS2ZnnyVquPgHNve5jHN6OrRuHosK4TXxzfyZCzKlZ4S6AOlMvUyhfNbVAICL2gFETVu_bv5EBtJXSQFVBqW0HN1CWxy4Pp8JaOhu7-wWrrhDTdktdMyWLWgvQtFT6wd_jOnF9meT1oQ/s1600/CIMG0088.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimS2ZnnyVquPgHNve5jHN6OrRuHosK4TXxzfyZCzKlZ4S6AOlMvUyhfNbVAICL2gFETVu_bv5EBtJXSQFVBqW0HN1CWxy4Pp8JaOhu7-wWrrhDTdktdMyWLWgvQtFT6wd_jOnF9meT1oQ/s320/CIMG0088.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474062217805138738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sam Pink!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzqaVz8dPULFVzKpdt4niQWHLLlAjUUpy27oTDSZxfzm5CuBMsTYIxW4QirH60L08NwhkcAE7OcnFQSS5fmzfxp7Qb-Fdtf07PYbk_3STuSSUKb93EceN4MeAFqti3SBtgjJ013u4SKw/s1600/CIMG0093.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzqaVz8dPULFVzKpdt4niQWHLLlAjUUpy27oTDSZxfzm5CuBMsTYIxW4QirH60L08NwhkcAE7OcnFQSS5fmzfxp7Qb-Fdtf07PYbk_3STuSSUKb93EceN4MeAFqti3SBtgjJ013u4SKw/s320/CIMG0093.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474062430987938642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jonathan Messinger!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8Bu6KB2DuLT6THDcxKYFIwdU_LuUGWQBBFvtvass7ZlfcO5V7H_LFhQEuQyHvqnHVUI6cUQN-3CVQClJlEtgjRwb8uUwzuTWEYxxvmLAZRamVMsp5URPihtPClToA9yYYepkyvvXdP4/s1600/CIMG0098.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8Bu6KB2DuLT6THDcxKYFIwdU_LuUGWQBBFvtvass7ZlfcO5V7H_LFhQEuQyHvqnHVUI6cUQN-3CVQClJlEtgjRwb8uUwzuTWEYxxvmLAZRamVMsp5URPihtPClToA9yYYepkyvvXdP4/s320/CIMG0098.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474062757839816722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sara Levine!</div><br />All the readers had the place giggling and sometimes guffawing. Thanks to these great writers for participating!<br /><br />See you July 13!!Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069192138440004228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-35447151354528046112010-05-10T06:11:00.001-05:002010-05-10T06:13:59.997-05:00TEASER: SAM PINK<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">sam pink lives in chicago. he wrote "i am going to clone myself then kill the clone and eat it" (paperhero press 09), "frowns need friends too" (afterbirth books 2010) and "the self esteem holocaust comes home" (six gallery press 2010). visit him at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://impersonalelectroniccommunication.com">impersonalelectroniccommunicat</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://impersonalelectroniccommunication.com"><wbr>ion.com</a>. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.robotmelon.com/issuetwo/sampink.html">Yes please. </a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">See him live at Quickies! May 11!</span></span></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069192138440004228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-56114230663219732682010-05-09T13:39:00.002-05:002010-05-09T13:41:59.668-05:00TEASER: JONATHAN MESSINGER<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Jonathan Messinger is the books editor for Time Out Chicago, and co-founder of <a href="http://www.featherproof.com">Featherproof Books</a>. He's also the author of <i><a href="http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=132&Itemid=27">Hiding Out</a></i>, and is at work on <i>Hiding Out 2: Hiding In</i> and <i>Hiding Out 3: Don't Stop Hiding</i>.<br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.the2ndhand.com/archive/digimon.html">This is a gooder.</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">See him live at Quickies! May 11!</span></span></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069192138440004228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-36588084253917311122010-05-08T22:10:00.002-05:002010-05-08T22:12:11.592-05:00TEASER: SARA LEVINE<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 12px; ">Sara Levine's always short writing has appeared in <i>Nerve</i>, <i>The</i><i> Iowa Review</i>, <i>Conjunctions</i>, <i>Fairy Tale Review</i>, and many other magazines. She won a 2008 Bridport Prize for Fiction, and her essays have been anthologized in <i>Best of Fence</i> and <i>The Touchstone Anthology of Creative Nonfiction: 1970 to the Present</i>. </span><span style="font-size: 12px; "> She is Chair of the Writing Program at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px;">Oh dip. Read <a href="http://www.nerve.com/fiction/levine/shortdarkoracles">this one</a>. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px;">See her live at Quickies! May 11!</span></span></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069192138440004228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-40834601391336428992010-05-07T10:37:00.001-05:002010-05-07T10:38:51.270-05:00TEASER: AMANDA MARBAIS<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Amanda Marbais' fiction has recently appeared or is forthcoming in <i>Monkeybicycle, Hobart web, Fiction at Work, Kill Author, </i><i>The2ndHand</i> and <i>Staccato</i>. She is the Managing Editor for <a href="http://requitedjournal.com">Requited Journal</a>. She lives in Chicago. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Read something awesome of hers <a href="http://www.hobartpulp.com/website/september/marbais.html">here</a>. Then see her live at Quickies! May 11!</span></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069192138440004228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-82676288177742650912010-05-04T07:19:00.002-05:002010-05-04T07:23:39.555-05:00TEASER: NATALIE EDWARDS<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Natalie once worked at an Australian-themed indoor theme park called CoolWalla Carnival, but now writes plays and short stories and some art reviews. In December, one of her short stories was in the Chicago Reader's fiction issue. She was named one of the funniest women of mcsweeney's by The Rumpus, and she has a food blog. The last recipe she featured was a recipe for gator tail that she learned from some guy on the side of the road.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:13px;">Find her at <a href="http://natalieaedwards.com/">natalieaedwards.com</a> and <a href="http://ourdindin.wordpress.com/">ourdindin.wordpress.com</a>.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">See her live at Quickies! May 11!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113889988639912&index=1">And see her read tonight at Quimby's, 7:00!</a> </span></span></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069192138440004228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-20496058552448660212010-05-02T18:08:00.002-05:002010-05-02T18:14:39.901-05:00TEASER: MATT TRUPIA<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Matt Trupia lives in Chicago and is a member of The Backrow sketch comedy group. He writes for the sporadic website <a href="http://www.spiderandbird.com/index.html">Spider and Bird</a>. (We like <a href="http://www.spiderandbird.com/home_archive46.html">this one</a> a lot.)</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">See him live at Quickies! May 11. </span></span></div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-28540146301416766232010-04-22T10:19:00.002-05:002010-04-22T10:23:58.167-05:00Take off your earrings, there's gonna be a fightMark your calendars!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_SYyqEyxUOsjgvln7822rTQSyGxKE8Idi31gA-oiFuvAKJ-SGjv0QWMGbeR58okHba-HPayV97xqj33VwP7y-KUp5qdqQJhr8fV_FsPi0GnIrJPWWfXcBf0jI6YERqFnrSERutYbT2E/s1600/may_10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_SYyqEyxUOsjgvln7822rTQSyGxKE8Idi31gA-oiFuvAKJ-SGjv0QWMGbeR58okHba-HPayV97xqj33VwP7y-KUp5qdqQJhr8fV_FsPi0GnIrJPWWfXcBf0jI6YERqFnrSERutYbT2E/s320/may_10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462982765502724530" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>QUICKIES!</div><div>Tuesday, May 11</div><div>7:30pm</div><div>The Innertown Pub</div><div>Chicago</div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-42115914270026909232010-03-05T10:07:00.008-06:002010-03-07T00:31:31.661-06:00OH HELL yes.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtOeoUhquTxJqlTE6D8ktq3jMohxmLNqDtNi7nDEkqSwmgXGPqETKKGTIOQLZZjSKqALjwjgyUnnskilbMpXPlmcd2FveiTIGFTkSe_TznbiL4oc2_msSeTH8Jnt2fSDJC8DC5jyHtN0/s1600-h/MARCH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtOeoUhquTxJqlTE6D8ktq3jMohxmLNqDtNi7nDEkqSwmgXGPqETKKGTIOQLZZjSKqALjwjgyUnnskilbMpXPlmcd2FveiTIGFTkSe_TznbiL4oc2_msSeTH8Jnt2fSDJC8DC5jyHtN0/s320/MARCH.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445183772730199938" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">WE'RE BACK! And look who we brought with us!</span></span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style=" font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; text-transform:uppercasefont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.wordriot.org/template.php?ID=588">Justyn Harkin </a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;">Justyn Harkin lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter. His work has appeared in Word Riot, Thieves Jargon, and The Angler. He also has a cat, Frida, with a nervous condition that makes her lick all her fur off her belly. It’s the weirdest thing.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style=" font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; text-transform:uppercasefont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.poormojo.org/cgi-bin/gennie.pl?Fiction+44+bi">Paul Durica </a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";text-transform:uppercasefont-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;">P. Genesius Durica has had work appear or is forthcoming in ACM, the Seattle Review, Indiana Review, Tin House, and Mid-American Review among other places. He is the fiction editor of Chicago Review and the founder of Pocket Guide to Hell tours.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style=" font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; text-transform:uppercasefont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.nighttrainmagazine.com/contents/datz_7_2.php">Melanie Datz </a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;">Some people say Melanie Datz is really mean, other people say she's kinda awesome. She's published stories in Night Train, Red Clay Review, Knee-Jerk and other places. She pays rent by writing those annoying Facebook ads that encourage you to get your degree online. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";text-transform:uppercasefont-family:";font-size:11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b></b></span></p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.pankmagazine.com/?p=1219"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">James Tadd Adcox</span></a><br /></span></span></b><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;">James Tadd Adcox is the Editor in Chief of Artifice Magazine </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(</span><a href="http://www.artificemag.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">www.artificemag.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">)</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;">. He has work published or forthcoming in The Literary Review, Barrelhouse, Another Chicago Magazine, and n+1, among other places. He lives in Chicago.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style=" font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; text-transform:uppercasefont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="http://anothernewcalligraphy.com/news.html">Beth Wylder </a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;">Elizabeth Wylder took the scenic route to Chicago, stopping along the way to peddle foam rocks at Epcot, teach a college course on Clint Eastwood movies, and deliver milkshakes. Currently, she teaches at the City Colleges of Chicago and is the editor of PureFrancis.org. Her poetry collection, Antarctica is for Sleepers, is out this month from Another New Calligraphy.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style=" font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; text-transform:uppercasefont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.the2ndhand.com/print8/story1.html">Brian Costello </a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;">Brian Costello is the author of "The Enchanters vs. Sprawlburg Springs," is a frequent contributor to the Chicago Reader, plays guitar and sings in Johnny and the Limelites, and plays drums in Other Minds.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><span style=" font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; text-transform:uppercasefont-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.billylombardo.com/">Billy Lombardo </a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;">Billy Lombardo was born and raised in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood. He is the author of <i>The Logic of a Rose: Chicago Stories</i>, a Chicago Tribune Best Fiction of 2005 selection, <i>How to Hold a Woman</i>, (<a href="http://www.dzancbooks.org/OVBooks/OVfront.html" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi- text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonefont-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;">OV Books</span></a> 2009), a book of poetry/prose, Meanwhile, Roxy Mourns (<a href="http://www.em-press.com/publishing/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-text-decoration:none; text-underline:nonefont-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;">EM Press</span></a> 2009) and <i>The Man with Two Arms</i>, (<a href="http://www.overlookpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-text-decoration:none; text-underline:nonefont-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;">Overlook Press</span></a> 2010). Billy has just completed a Young Adult novella titled, <i>The Day of the Palindrome</i>. Billy is the co-founder and artistic director of <i>Polyphony H.S.</i>, a student-run national literary magazine for high school writers and editors </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(</span></span><a href="http://www.polyphonyhs.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">www.polyphonyhs.com</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">)</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;">.He has had fiction, essays, and nonfiction published or anthologized in <i>StoryQuarterly</i>, <i>Cicada,</i> <i>TriQuarterly</i>, <i>Bryant Literary Review</i>, <i>Other Voices</i>, <i>The Spoken Word Redux</i>, <i>Elysian Fields Quarterly</i>, <i>River Oak Review</i>, <i>The Forest Park Post</i>, <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>, <i>Knee-Jerk!</i>, and other publications. Billy holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College, and BA from Loyola University. He teaches English literature and creative writing at Latin School of Chicago and teaches fiction for UCLA's Extension program. Billy lives in Forest Park, Illinois, thirteen miles from 35th and Shields, where the White Sox play ball. You can contact him at <a href="mailto:polyphonyhs@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">polyphonyhs@gmail.com</span></span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;">AND. This month we are being sponsored by <a href="http://www.oldstylebeer.com/">Old Style</a>, Chicago's favorite beer! If you like drink specials and fun, this is the event for you. And bring your dollar bills, because we'll be raffling off all kinds of goodies to benefit <a href="http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/">Doctors Without Borders</a>!</span></p></div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-6739119113598261052010-02-01T22:35:00.004-06:002010-02-01T22:41:58.915-06:00We'll be back in March, ya'll<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLL-QmiXaV2NELdFocNW1xYjQJh8k601cBFTdGKgNRIGRZMsFcz6NtotqUloIIdvG4f4wS6RjVwZ8cfnmRqb6NqiAGIqtYIbrXmZBKo8k3C0DJgwyFKupf6m1grqo9uPLc6uG-hgsssw/s1600-h/MARCH.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 496px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLL-QmiXaV2NELdFocNW1xYjQJh8k601cBFTdGKgNRIGRZMsFcz6NtotqUloIIdvG4f4wS6RjVwZ8cfnmRqb6NqiAGIqtYIbrXmZBKo8k3C0DJgwyFKupf6m1grqo9uPLc6uG-hgsssw/s320/MARCH.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433500347365304514" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: left;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;" ><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />QUICKIES!<br />A bi-monthly reading of very short prose. Each reader has FOUR minutes to read a complete work of prose. No excerpts. No cheating.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />Our next reading is March 9<br /><br />featuring:<br />Tadd Adcox<br />Paul Durica<br />Justyn Harkin<br />Brian Costello<br />Billy Lombardo<br />Melanie Datz<br />Beth Wylder<br />and Brandon Will!<br /><br /><br />QUICKIES!<br />Tuesday, March 9<br />7:30 pm<br />The Innertown Pub<br />1935 W Thomas</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-73283908506517992182010-01-20T14:24:00.004-06:002010-01-20T14:58:55.790-06:00MARY HAMILTON is a WINNER!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vzmeQfl6fXHIsAMZ9AkzoymKbwR_8TDNyRQvsDJChF89YgDrh3Jv1wvx6F5bvhWP8ospIwZmMN-_39Lncy46dveFwUrM5Co2MWTgXbKZM4b7oQDyMokxL64PfzH8G1G462bTE74oSbo/s1600-h/030.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vzmeQfl6fXHIsAMZ9AkzoymKbwR_8TDNyRQvsDJChF89YgDrh3Jv1wvx6F5bvhWP8ospIwZmMN-_39Lncy46dveFwUrM5Co2MWTgXbKZM4b7oQDyMokxL64PfzH8G1G462bTE74oSbo/s320/030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428928793837218898" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://rosemetalpress.blogspot.com/2010/01/rose-metal-press-is-thrilled-to.html">Rose Metal Press has just announced</a> the winner of their annual chapbook contest, and it's our very own <a href="http://thedukegoesonreading.blogspot.com/">Mary Hamilton</a>!! When you see her out, buy her a drink!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Congratulations, Mary! We can't wait to read <i>WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE</i>!</div><div><br /></div><div>And congratulations to past Quickies! readers <a href="http://perverseadult.blogspot.com/">Tim Jones-Yelvington</a> (finalist), <a href="http://www.artificemag.com/editors/">James Tadd Adcox</a> (semi-finalist), and <a href="http://www.spencerdew.com/">Spencer Dew</a> (semi-finalist)!</div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-33558324958460200892010-01-10T15:54:00.008-06:002010-01-11T17:58:08.890-06:00Tuesday! New Year, New Time Limit! Quickies! is your Best Friend Forevs!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiib3dfTc6vy-acZtKPxIklzJoYx1a4i4TUcNHwhie0cSlRZUFr5VuxDMhSuIPsHXNhBvEokHO6-aXgSCIAP3Pdhj30mPTVhK0x4eW5cuKxKS23f03uD9_C-BgYJCXBurhuH7_YRhyp7Q8/s1600-h/quickies.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425635512493262482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 389px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiib3dfTc6vy-acZtKPxIklzJoYx1a4i4TUcNHwhie0cSlRZUFr5VuxDMhSuIPsHXNhBvEokHO6-aXgSCIAP3Pdhj30mPTVhK0x4eW5cuKxKS23f03uD9_C-BgYJCXBurhuH7_YRhyp7Q8/s320/quickies.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />QUICKIES!<br /><div>Tuesday, January 12<br />7:30 PM</div><div>The Innertown Pub</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div>Featuring:</div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://byronflitsch.com/">BYRON FLITSCH</a><br />Byron Flitsch is a freelance writer, performer, and future travel show host living in Chicago. Transplanted from a small town in Wisconsin, Flitsch attended Columbia College. He's been published in The Advocate, Newcity Magazine, and is a relationship columnist for Windy City Times. You can stalk him properly at his website: www.byronflitsch.com<br /><br /><a href="http://kneejerkmag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33%3Amy-review-of-ghost-cats-by-brandon-will&Itemid=11">BRANDON WILL</a><br />Brandon Will is not very quick at most things. Actually he's somewhat slow, in ways both bad (flighty) and good (methodical). A former puppeteer (at a Detroit store-front theater) and moviemaker (of a ridiculously ambitious feature, Dadbot: The Movie), he currently works at a wonderful little indie bookstore and pursues a split-major in fiction writing and screenwriting at Columbia College Chicago. In the future he hopes to be a better man. His work was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He sometimes takes a very long time to brush his teeth and put his shoes on.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.elizabethellen.net/index.html">ELIZABETH ELLEN</a><br />Elizabeth Ellen is the author of Before You She Was a Pit Bull (Future Tense), Sixteen Miles Outside of Phoenix (Rose Metal Press) and Mouthfeel (Paper Hero Press, 2010). She is editor of Hobart's Short Flight/Long Drive books and lives in Ann Arbor.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goldiegoldbloom.com/">GOLDIE GOLDBLOOM</a><br />Goldie Goldbloom's fiction has been published or is forthcoming in StoryQuarterly, Narrative Magazine, Prairie Schooner, and a story collection by emerging Australian writers. She won the Jerusalem Post's International Fiction Prize. Her non-fiction is forthcoming in "Keep Your Wives Away From Them: An Anthology of Writing by Orthodykes". Her novel, "Toads' Museum of Freaks and Wonders", forthcoming February 1st, won the AWP Novel Award and has been published in Australia.She is an MFA student at Warren Wilson. She likes to walk barefoot in mud.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37877934574&ref=ts">ROBYN PENNACCHIA</a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Robyn was raised in the </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263225373_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Swiss Alps</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> by her gruff but kindly hermit grandfather, until she was adopted by a rich English family where she spent much of her time tap dancing with the household staff and teaching </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263225373_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Elizabeth Taylor</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> to walk again. Also, she co-hosts The</span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263225373_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Sunday Night</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> Sex Show reading at the Burlington, and has been published in the feminist magazines Bitch and Bust... as well a local magazine about socialite weddings.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://perverseadult.blogspot.com/">TIM JONES-YELVINGTON</a><br />Tim Jones-Yelvington lives and writes in Chicago. His work has appeared in Sleepingfish, Annalemma, Pank, Keyhole, Monkeybicycle and others. He contributes to the group blog "Big Other" and maintains his personal blog "Ejaculations of a Perverse Adult."<br /><br /><a href="http://somnambulistquarterly.com/poetry/poetry-jessileegaylord/">JESSI LEE GAYLORD</a><br />Jessi Lee Gaylord lives and writes in Chicago. Her work has appeared in Another Chicago Magazine, Spoon River Poetry Review, and After Hours. She is currently an MFA student, and hard at work on her first novel.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.prickofthespindle.com/interviews/3.1/good_graham/good_graham_interview.htm">BARRY GRAHAM</a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16;" >Barry Graham teaches writing at Rutgers University and he wrote The National Virginity Pledge. Look for him online at</span><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><br /><tbody><br /><tr><br /><td style="MARGIN: 0px" valign="top"><a href="http://www.dogzplot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">www.dogzplot.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br />See you there!! </div></div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-39442757989339336902009-12-13T17:36:00.011-06:002009-12-13T18:01:10.826-06:00Kiss my ass. Kiss his ass. Kiss your ass. Happy Hanukkah.Welp, December's Quickies! went off with nary a hitch in sight! An audience accrued despite assholish weather! Our readers killed! No one cried! See for yourselves:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_kAvqgOXi6k3Fhl2sao6Au7ukZF1VesGHPI0iXntMkWs5s4qFDuuh8RGQCjiAZIsxGfUWOUjrzlDB951QnOn-AZXsPds-Ndebhlsf6M9FCAQs7pnnrWIZ6QDKhqhJjQ5oWVXUjr-4eg/s1600-h/IMG_1910.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_kAvqgOXi6k3Fhl2sao6Au7ukZF1VesGHPI0iXntMkWs5s4qFDuuh8RGQCjiAZIsxGfUWOUjrzlDB951QnOn-AZXsPds-Ndebhlsf6M9FCAQs7pnnrWIZ6QDKhqhJjQ5oWVXUjr-4eg/s320/IMG_1910.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414869578940772882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Honorary mascot <a href="http://showntellshow.com/">Zach Dodson</a> started it off, reading Amelia Gray's TripleQuick story <span style="font-style:italic;">from his iPhone</span>!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL40CtlxeYufFThgwrfZrx7QBuqdG2xLJuxKnWvp11ckQBLe-otiXyT-GiTaLomfx0NOfQyqAlOawBtMg8_39JKzz64MbqPbtOEeukxgogUIZC_-6kruHuQ-s_QzFXYcP3-x9VqVttw5w/s1600-h/IMG_1915.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL40CtlxeYufFThgwrfZrx7QBuqdG2xLJuxKnWvp11ckQBLe-otiXyT-GiTaLomfx0NOfQyqAlOawBtMg8_39JKzz64MbqPbtOEeukxgogUIZC_-6kruHuQ-s_QzFXYcP3-x9VqVttw5w/s320/IMG_1915.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414869913820343570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTs5eKZ0i1E&feature=related">Sarah Grainer</a> read about mystery blood and camping!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga09lUeBebJhv_Ejrn3s3oGkbOs4B8AWvB1NBf9TyDG_56Nt_kuK3JaHljUd0Zij438pqI4fiCl7hYW9990FoofqZCDTZNkW0moGr2jD9ZYiqPxBUE3qhhnWqZ7StD08gIZyRKGGyPc4g/s1600-h/IMG_1919.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga09lUeBebJhv_Ejrn3s3oGkbOs4B8AWvB1NBf9TyDG_56Nt_kuK3JaHljUd0Zij438pqI4fiCl7hYW9990FoofqZCDTZNkW0moGr2jD9ZYiqPxBUE3qhhnWqZ7StD08gIZyRKGGyPc4g/s320/IMG_1919.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414872083672386306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Lindsay Hunter, SSDD!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNmLYSOZs8BHBI488ac4jhdJntAclRe4J44Ukjmrv_6T6Uepx9hijLWoTtqY3C3yjxLsDYbtJBjhq3M3W79SLgOPtqRjHG3LvSPft5xaNRJwjtQKZ_iozNJxe5t3LK9k1NTjaFiQyKGs/s1600-h/IMG_1924.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNmLYSOZs8BHBI488ac4jhdJntAclRe4J44Ukjmrv_6T6Uepx9hijLWoTtqY3C3yjxLsDYbtJBjhq3M3W79SLgOPtqRjHG3LvSPft5xaNRJwjtQKZ_iozNJxe5t3LK9k1NTjaFiQyKGs/s320/IMG_1924.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414872442884030242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://geoffhyatt.com/">Geoff Hyatt</a> got whistled off and just kept going! </div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqjnf7pMMwL8Ws0RmcB03fwqDIOJ_KPP_1876Qd8D3JwLZWy2tgm1Zm9TrRdcHDWiiJzyDgSQCzAbveHxohoN1oXw4CupWdru6RLro0HZSZ6tGft1i3A2O1v5ZPPhX8gVf4vIwcrZvfE/s1600-h/IMG_1926.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqjnf7pMMwL8Ws0RmcB03fwqDIOJ_KPP_1876Qd8D3JwLZWy2tgm1Zm9TrRdcHDWiiJzyDgSQCzAbveHxohoN1oXw4CupWdru6RLro0HZSZ6tGft1i3A2O1v5ZPPhX8gVf4vIwcrZvfE/s320/IMG_1926.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414872893592898850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://somnambulistquarterly.com/">Lex Sonne</a> doesn't fuck around when it comes to 1. great stories and 2. snow boots! </div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwU2Q-BifCzBb-nr5srSaY_arFV325JJNanr2VJp-8NX4xHpj4iKdiTsgw3GiWiEdGmxQlBNExXeoxoIjZ2aIYHnWPhmIE55aGZTxuWEL_5CV_oa1Uva2ooaQq3p8C_7pRgHKU8XUMyus/s1600-h/IMG_1931.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwU2Q-BifCzBb-nr5srSaY_arFV325JJNanr2VJp-8NX4xHpj4iKdiTsgw3GiWiEdGmxQlBNExXeoxoIjZ2aIYHnWPhmIE55aGZTxuWEL_5CV_oa1Uva2ooaQq3p8C_7pRgHKU8XUMyus/s320/IMG_1931.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414873286767537042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mary Hamilton read from the Mary Hamilton Classics Collection!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmXZyAAOt9YD5fhF6wWbuJwu2rwX_cO3zowW_ZPj6WC8vHLi68PGp6LEpD0Z1ph1c9jf15psrPnoX7g_26wEGnP-Vr8-SclmfMbVi3LCrAx8drpHQsMYsQQy1g3wyEu5zYNbdFvfvV1c/s1600-h/IMG_1934.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmXZyAAOt9YD5fhF6wWbuJwu2rwX_cO3zowW_ZPj6WC8vHLi68PGp6LEpD0Z1ph1c9jf15psrPnoX7g_26wEGnP-Vr8-SclmfMbVi3LCrAx8drpHQsMYsQQy1g3wyEu5zYNbdFvfvV1c/s320/IMG_1934.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414873523624741602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://readingundertheinfluence.com/">Jesse Jordan</a>, you had us at "tugboat"!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8u5bVlo0g-qaem7meI6dI_n2KWaQBtGYjQ1GNSpq4F1AUA-byCZbR2IxvzA-MwFrRSVDuRgiYCnTXAnhNnA8QngUZnIS9t87uPomf5c1P27X2ejfScPwKR0N3rjpZPelWdvnZCl7BuM/s1600-h/IMG_1938.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8u5bVlo0g-qaem7meI6dI_n2KWaQBtGYjQ1GNSpq4F1AUA-byCZbR2IxvzA-MwFrRSVDuRgiYCnTXAnhNnA8QngUZnIS9t87uPomf5c1P27X2ejfScPwKR0N3rjpZPelWdvnZCl7BuM/s320/IMG_1938.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414874116223792802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://callingallmonkeys.com/">Jill Summers</a> casually shredded the room!</div><br />'Twas a goodun. Thanks once again to our loyal audience and Innertown Pub! Stay tuned, ch-ch-ch-changes on the horizon! Happy holidays and we'll see you January 12.<br /><div><br /></div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-83227019463076439502009-12-06T17:11:00.005-06:002009-12-07T09:43:09.001-06:00I WANT YOUR ROMANCE AND I WANT YOUR READING.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8__oQlWP5o3donTGuNcXN-eDITRck-KTFhuhXqrdXCYOiflyT86zMH5Gv2ZLDrvcZ4gokLqJM0TbXCJm0Q4jTgnbA2-m3eJllrFy7IEmHmolJW_vbIA_yOX0sF5QXNfJKJhZgiHXKuCA/s1600-h/george_clooney_13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 442px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8__oQlWP5o3donTGuNcXN-eDITRck-KTFhuhXqrdXCYOiflyT86zMH5Gv2ZLDrvcZ4gokLqJM0TbXCJm0Q4jTgnbA2-m3eJllrFy7IEmHmolJW_vbIA_yOX0sF5QXNfJKJhZgiHXKuCA/s320/george_clooney_13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412520224179387634" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Quickies! </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tuesday, December 8</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">7:30 PM</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Innertown Pub</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Featuring:</span></span></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial,serif;"><a href="http://whatyouseewhenyoudie.ytmnd.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">SARAH GRAINER</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://whatyouseewhenyoudie.ytmnd.com/"></a>Sarah Grainer is a writer and emoticon designer currently squatting in Tinley Park.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial,serif;"><a href="http://geoffhyatt.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">GEOFF HYATT</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Geoff Hyatt's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Temenos, Necrotic Tissue, ThugLit, The Harrow, and elsewhere. His first novel will be published by Leucrota Press in October 2010. A former staff writer for a children's entertainment company, bookseller, activist, and factory worker, he now writes and teaches in Chicago. </span></span><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial,serif;"><a href="http://www.nighttrainmagazine.com/contents/sonne_8_2.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LEX SONNE</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial,serif;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lex Sonne is from central Kentucky. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Eleven Eleven</span></i></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">New Madrid</span></i></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Night Train</span></i></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. He is also the co-editor of the literary magazine </span><i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.somnambulistquarterly.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Somnambulist Quarterly</span></a></i></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://readingundertheinfluence.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">JESSE JORDAN</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <!--StartFragment--> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jesse Jordan is best known as the inventor of such recreational activities as Jukebox Challenge, Flaming Kickball and Oaktree. He's huge in Europe.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://callingallmonkeys.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">JILL SUMMERS</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jill's audio fiction has been featured internationally by Chicago Public Radio, the Third Coast International Audio Festival, and New Adventures in Sound Art. Her work has appeared in Stop Smiling Magazine, Ninth Letter, Annalemma, The 2nd Hand, and MAKE magazine, among other places. </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She has three collections of audio shorts, Cohabitation, Les Petites Tristes, and In The Realm of Normal Sized Things. </span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-16075937070421692012009-11-14T15:34:00.013-06:002009-11-14T16:12:56.608-06:00QUICKIES! OF THE WEIRD.November's Quickies! was one of the weirdest ever and I don't think we'll ever be the same. If you didn't make it to witness the show for yourself, we feel sort of sorry for you.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORz_PE2i6GYmMFheOiRHNTw-BXlndT2EWxOj6G0Emoic52VUS5IrxgUD6XwkAw0OgbF5F3vwihkAN3I2Yw3nX3WzCHq2fW7JzCgxNgsUsKbgveJ-UelQS23bsp93adD4hKoHZg267eK4/s1600-h/IMG_1845.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORz_PE2i6GYmMFheOiRHNTw-BXlndT2EWxOj6G0Emoic52VUS5IrxgUD6XwkAw0OgbF5F3vwihkAN3I2Yw3nX3WzCHq2fW7JzCgxNgsUsKbgveJ-UelQS23bsp93adD4hKoHZg267eK4/s320/IMG_1845.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404079206023739234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Beloved mascot <a href="http://fictionatwork.com/">Toby Bengelsdorf</a> started it off with a Harold Blunderson update!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQ2h2U3ArbSKdXY_mv3pmiYf3ExbS6pHdUNE_9ALAtT6hyphenhyphenDt0XHocGhAwNLIQKcTJONeyQQU__sUEQL3ZjOAtnOTKXUdejqRTE_CdWhXOoPSeEBEyQOxV9nVQ3GaCQEzvRmpNxytcJac/s1600-h/IMG_1855.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQ2h2U3ArbSKdXY_mv3pmiYf3ExbS6pHdUNE_9ALAtT6hyphenhyphenDt0XHocGhAwNLIQKcTJONeyQQU__sUEQL3ZjOAtnOTKXUdejqRTE_CdWhXOoPSeEBEyQOxV9nVQ3GaCQEzvRmpNxytcJac/s320/IMG_1855.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404079596933201042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://timhallbooks.com/">Tim Hall</a> read, we shit you not, tips on buying LCD televisions!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4Gjh9NLSKs8aiUJXCFt5K7aVGqfsh1-cnLCL0VkNQpK5U70aOSNLADMdEvHvjl63Bq_2aaOpLvX9MPa1KEgDiJWU18zs9go3ebBpapd9TSRhbfB9BDDW9SWuHazeebTrLZvx7Z1HMyQ/s1600-h/IMG_1857.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4Gjh9NLSKs8aiUJXCFt5K7aVGqfsh1-cnLCL0VkNQpK5U70aOSNLADMdEvHvjl63Bq_2aaOpLvX9MPa1KEgDiJWU18zs9go3ebBpapd9TSRhbfB9BDDW9SWuHazeebTrLZvx7Z1HMyQ/s320/IMG_1857.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404080369288545426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dvdgeeks.tv/">Rory Jobst</a> read about a guy with some...creamsicle issues!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSbx16F0JeivRfD91LlafviTDP-7oRZYOuNY-yX30nNUQUQQeydY9EVSs1q1toy-sIX4DhrVKQnf6CErwEw91OmtsMCR0Lb5jWrLGHnqozDOs-SoCLaQclF5BnIxbMwWhqZlJck9PPpM/s1600-h/IMG_1862.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSbx16F0JeivRfD91LlafviTDP-7oRZYOuNY-yX30nNUQUQQeydY9EVSs1q1toy-sIX4DhrVKQnf6CErwEw91OmtsMCR0Lb5jWrLGHnqozDOs-SoCLaQclF5BnIxbMwWhqZlJck9PPpM/s320/IMG_1862.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404080942251794578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">One of us read something about incest!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SNN1Egkll3OibclJ9EdxU3G0bL0KMej85T9RfI8FwECnSqdQG-21_I5mqikpdoPx00GHpwh-HrRMmNuIetLeDcS-5iCFpT7fw_l1uGquxCrW8oGSvqgGWo2RUzhP1bvTVjNOu5Ze_Pg/s1600-h/IMG_1870.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SNN1Egkll3OibclJ9EdxU3G0bL0KMej85T9RfI8FwECnSqdQG-21_I5mqikpdoPx00GHpwh-HrRMmNuIetLeDcS-5iCFpT7fw_l1uGquxCrW8oGSvqgGWo2RUzhP1bvTVjNOu5Ze_Pg/s320/IMG_1870.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404081404744460562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jmww.150m.com/SimonSmith.html">Simon A. Smith</a> showed 'em how it's done and read TWO stories in under 5 minutes!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiTAlEXNhL7cAQ1f7WE5JiTLFW8XWzLkspct5bvg2ndewq9NGOTBOMDZqW8mG-u_W5_wAyZzIeqEPA1ejT4IlGpyPUXvLx88jVcC6uEIuX6G852qdRsuoL9YX657Ylq7tcUNoRBlSkRg/s1600-h/IMG_1882.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiTAlEXNhL7cAQ1f7WE5JiTLFW8XWzLkspct5bvg2ndewq9NGOTBOMDZqW8mG-u_W5_wAyZzIeqEPA1ejT4IlGpyPUXvLx88jVcC6uEIuX6G852qdRsuoL9YX657Ylq7tcUNoRBlSkRg/s320/IMG_1882.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404081826439131746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The other one of us read something about moon people!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZpydytVIQtnXJR4Zl22vDJInHk-C8RxishbyzfrQ8WT8GeHTzq9QwVqu67JXFEzFaR_-qHJT906sVMdrbqQpGpfAeRpINp73KCFtrLBsSAxlAQfY2qPPzNca4t8t2ByTZR5TUIxSb1k/s1600-h/IMG_1887.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZpydytVIQtnXJR4Zl22vDJInHk-C8RxishbyzfrQ8WT8GeHTzq9QwVqu67JXFEzFaR_-qHJT906sVMdrbqQpGpfAeRpINp73KCFtrLBsSAxlAQfY2qPPzNca4t8t2ByTZR5TUIxSb1k/s320/IMG_1887.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404082602205358578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.this-is-not-poetry.blogspot.com/">Kathryn Regina</a> read about a hot air balloonist while a drunk guy talked loudly about the weather!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIsaCsviUTQY_x5PcXLXDR5wKbsf_hXpPbIzjvfN8UT2MJghuOuURJ_n871aKo9SROgLDObDlaCNqMDok_-y0GjdKnDZzcmzqan27m-_JuX_RsFxvFjgJWA-JVJkplWox9UgON-Ftqu8/s1600-h/IMG_1893.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIsaCsviUTQY_x5PcXLXDR5wKbsf_hXpPbIzjvfN8UT2MJghuOuURJ_n871aKo9SROgLDObDlaCNqMDok_-y0GjdKnDZzcmzqan27m-_JuX_RsFxvFjgJWA-JVJkplWox9UgON-Ftqu8/s320/IMG_1893.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404083443048796738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://timracine.com/">Tim Racine</a>, at 17, was extremely awesome at 1. doing drugs, 2. eating girls out, and 3. ska.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Tim is so good at ska, in fact, that we had to invite him back up to skank while we closed the show!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCo8hzVvY7SPu8YaXW_D1h40dIgF42vSaHdLG5cabB13n9SrvGCcCj1zWlOY90SqG81Kcqcxo-cH3zX6nVezjghvlm3TLVJF03fATAgwhuBZJulUWq6kQd9f8lZpr6gwBEaXEMmonUXlM/s1600-h/IMG_1898.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCo8hzVvY7SPu8YaXW_D1h40dIgF42vSaHdLG5cabB13n9SrvGCcCj1zWlOY90SqG81Kcqcxo-cH3zX6nVezjghvlm3TLVJF03fATAgwhuBZJulUWq6kQd9f8lZpr6gwBEaXEMmonUXlM/s320/IMG_1898.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404084213910341554" /></a><br />Thanks, readers! You messed with our heads and it was delightful.<br /><br />And thanks, audience! We love you. At the end of the night, after lots of weirdness and too many dumb foot-in-mouth things said by Lindsay, you were the wind beneath our wings. <div><br /></div><div>See you December 8!<br /><div><br /></div></div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437095552750669255.post-75861857189694094552009-11-10T00:01:00.000-06:002009-11-10T00:01:01.104-06:00Shake shake ya booty, like Scooby Dooby<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfWgCCCk279RYIgQQ_-LDbPfYra-7_CrCUtbcVWhMjbmgg6bYJABX0c-r5D3l6AT5DpBkxvhyphenhyphenwNryp-6mAEIwtCM5Q4uQ6IqM51j04bUC83JRztgKirzVxlYMvjUO6tgNMevOd1XJIB4/s1600-h/november.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 511px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfWgCCCk279RYIgQQ_-LDbPfYra-7_CrCUtbcVWhMjbmgg6bYJABX0c-r5D3l6AT5DpBkxvhyphenhyphenwNryp-6mAEIwtCM5Q4uQ6IqM51j04bUC83JRztgKirzVxlYMvjUO6tgNMevOd1XJIB4/s320/november.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402131037545995138" border="0" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://act-i-vate.com/creators?id=47">TIM HALL</a><br /></p><p>Tim Hall is a graduate of Paul D. Schreiber High School. Read more about him at timhallbooks.com</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://dvdgeeks.tv/">RORY JOBST</a><br /></p><p>Unlike Randy Newman, Rory Jobst loves short people. Earl Boykins, Toulouse-Lautrec, Alan Ladd, and Michael J. Fox all make him smile. In honor of his favorite height of people, Rory has devoted his life to writing short fiction, poetry, and plays. His short work has been seen in places like the Acme Arts Works, the Lunar Cabaret, and Prop Thtr and read in places like fictionatwork, Spoke, and yellow legal pad at the bottom of his NPR tote bag. Listen to him intermittent Mondays on DVD Geeks at Fearlessradio.com. </p><br /><br /><a href="http://timracine.com/">TIM RACINE</a><br /><br />Tim Racine is a serious writer that writes serious works (completely false) and a super-awesome hype-man for a hip-hop group (completely true). Stalkers can visit:<a href="http://www.timracine.com/" target="_blank"> www.timracine.com</a><br /><br /><br /><div><div><a href="http://www.this-is-not-poetry.blogspot.com/">KATHRYN REGINA</a><br /><br /></div>Kathryn Regina has chapbooks from Publishing Genius Press and Greying Ghost Press. She's the new co-editor of "IsReads," an outdoor journal, and her blog is called <a href="http://www.this-is-not-poetry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">www.this-is-not-poetry.<wbr>blogspot.com</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://jmww.150m.com/SimonSmith.html">SIMON A. SMITH</a><br /><br /></div><div>Simon A. Smith lives in Lincoln Square with his wife and a murderous orange tabby named Cheever. He does not live <wbr>with a flat screen TV, a <wbr>couch manufactured after 1975 <wbr>or adult window treatment. <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in <span style="font-style: italic;">Hobart, Quick Fiction, Monkeybicycle, Opium, PANK, Bound Off, Dogzplot</span> and a few others.<span style="font-family:arial;"> He turned 30 a few <wbr>weeks ago and is dealing with <wbr>it... although not <wbr>particularly well.</span></span></div><br /><br /><br />QUICKIES!<br />Tuesday, November 10<br />7:30pm<br />The Innertown Pub<br />Chicago<br /><br /><br />.<br /><div><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>quickieschicago(at)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654215701660554815noreply@blogger.com0