THE2NDHAND

THE ALLOTMENT

A.J. Kirby — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:55:36 -0500

UK fiction writer A.J. Kirby channels H.P. Lovecraftian tale spinning toward something sweeter.... "Let me tell you about the allotments...."

Radio REVERIE, Thursday, Whitney lobby, NYC

Todd Dills — Thu, 8 May 2008 07:30:10 -0500

If you're anywhere near the Whitney museum in NYC tonight (Thursday), stop in a little after 5 p.m. and listen to the "Reverie" radio show, curated by Mairead Case and featuring a contribution from THE2NDHAND editor Todd Dills, the folks at the great Terry Plumming, Anne Elizabeth Moore with Hartswell Foundation students, old friend Jerry Boyle, and many more. It'll be streamed concurrently from freeradiosaic.org.

WING & FLY: THE PASSION OF LARRY LANGFORD

Todd Dills — Mon, 5 May 2008 21:46:51 -0500

THE2NDHAND editor Todd Dills interrogates the idiotic assumptions in Birmingham, Ala. mayor Larry Langford's recent "sackcloth and ashes" anti-crime PR stunt. After all, Langford thinks he's evil. . . .

THE ANTIPURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE: BILLY, part 2

Andrew Davis — Sun, 4 May 2008 10:40:03 -0500

"Billy is too big to play here..."

2008 Birmingham ART WALK Contest announced

THE2NDHAND — Fri, 2 May 2008 17:26:41 -0500

On the occasion of the 2008 Birmingham Art Walk Festival, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 5 and 6, downtown, THE2NDHAND brings the "mixtape" reading south. We invite Birmingham- and/or area-based writers to send prose contest entries that are based on a song. Be sure to specify the song, and keep the story under three double-spaced pages (about the length of a song, read aloud). All contest entrants will be considered for participation in our Friday, Sept. 5, reading attendendant to Art Walk, and the ultimate winner will get a cash prize of $100 and publication in the Art Walk edition of THE2NDHAND. Deadline: June 30, 2008.

***Send entries in a word document or rtf file to: todd@the2ndhand.com. For "mixtape" story examples check out our archive of stories from prior events at the2ndhand.com/mixtape.html.

THE PLATYPUS: PART 2

Zach Plague — Fri, 2 May 2008 17:28:51 -0500

In the first installment of this serialized portion of Plague's first novel, boring boring boring..., Adelaide entered into a pact with art-scene tyrant the Platypus to deliver the mysterious "gray papers," purported to be in the hands of savant Ollister...

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Francis Raven — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:59:39 -0500

Boston writer Francis Raven offers a solution to the dumbing down of the nation.

THE2NDHAND AUDIO -- SLEEP WRITING

Todd Dills — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:58:26 -0500

New audio from THE2NDHAND editor Todd Dills -- written off and on as the nation ramped up for the Iraq war in 2002 and Dills's oh-so-frightful and sleep-inspiring telemarketing job dared to intrude upon his consciousness. . .

DREAMS OF YOUR FATHER

Greg Gerke — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:05:53 -0500

New York writer Greg Gerke takes us through a whirlwind narration of confessional slumber.