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Loyal Betrayals cover reveal coming soon …

October 15, 2026October 14, 2026 driftlessareareview

My novel, Loyal Betrayals, will be released by Equus Press. Things are proceeding smoothly. I will reveal the cover image soon. Stay tuned … Continue reading Loyal Betrayals cover reveal coming soon …

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Upcoming public appearance: Prague Microfestival 2026

October 13, 2026October 13, 2026 driftlessareareview

A video will be played of me reading an excerpt from Loyal Betrayals (Equus Press). Continue reading Upcoming public appearance: Prague Microfestival 2026

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Espresso Shots: Lungfish, by Louis Armand

September 13, 2026 driftlessareareview

Lungfish is a weird and wonderful novel, like its fishy namesake, a bizarre hybrid thing, swimming in water and breathing air. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Lungfish, by Louis Armand

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Commonplace Book: Dune’s Warning About Thinking Machines

May 24, 2026 driftlessareareview

“It burned a hatred and fear of thinking machines so deeply into the human psyche that one wonders if that would has yet completely healed.” Continue reading Commonplace Book: Dune’s Warning About Thinking Machines

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Espresso Shots: There Are Reasons For This: A Novel, by Nini Berndt

July 6, 2025 driftlessareareview

There Are Reasons For This possesses a strange beauty. It tells a sad yet joyous love story amid ecological apocalypse and global economic collapse. Continue reading Espresso Shots: There Are Reasons For This: A Novel, by Nini Berndt

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Adventures in Intersectionality, art, books, Critical Appraisals, erotica, experimental, fiction, film, food, France, german, history, horror, humor, irish, LGBT, media, miscellaneous, modernism, music, non-fiction, Poetry, pop culture, postmodernism, Pride Plus, science fiction, theater, TVLeave a comment

Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 2: Personal Taste(s)

April 28, 2025April 28, 2025 driftlessareareview

Dances with Wolves was a terrible movie. Continue reading Adventures in Intersectionality: Part 2: Personal Taste(s)

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How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand

May 1, 2024April 30, 2024 driftlessareareview

Form follows destruction. Continue reading How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand

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Translation Tuesdays: Living Things, by Munir Hachemi

April 30, 2024April 28, 2024 driftlessareareview

Living Things is a socioeconomic critique of industrial agriculture, but can also be read as Cronenberg-style body horror. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Living Things, by Munir Hachemi

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Espresso Shots: 404 Error: memoir of a nobody, by RG Vasicek & Zak Ferguson

October 22, 2023 driftlessareareview

The short novel shifts between comedy and horror, commentary and meta-commentary, wetware and meatspace. Continue reading Espresso Shots: 404 Error: memoir of a nobody, by RG Vasicek & Zak Ferguson

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Espresso Shots: Desert Tiles by Mike Corrao

April 16, 2023 driftlessareareview

Body horror collides with a kind of digital mysticism. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Desert Tiles by Mike Corrao

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