Alvin Lu
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Daydreamers (@fictioncollective2.bsky.social), The Hell Screens alvinlu.co
Not sure why but wrote some notes on rereading Grace Krilanovich’s The Orange Eats Creeps. “What bothered me before about the characters and their milieu has faded for me, as content tends to fade faster over time, leaving the ruins of form, which lasts, if it’s there.” alvinlu.co/city-god/on-...
On rereading The Orange Eats Creeps — Alvin Lu
Grace Krilanovich was a local phenomenon when I first read The Orange Eats Creeps, or at least that was my impression at the time.
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Lockdown-years pub from @fictioncollective2.bsky.social, kind of identity-anchored, free-jazz headtrip that defined Black Arts (& rarely seen since), serpentine sentences circling in on themes of sex (Black, Asian) and death (capital punishment). Heavy & ecstatic reading if that's what you're after.
Messiahs
2021 Big Other Book Award Fiction FinalistA fiercely ecstatic tale of betrayal and self-sacrifice Messiahs centers on two nameless lovers, a woman of east A...
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april@april-now.bsky.social · 9mo agoomg this book....i'm speechless. this was *so* upsetting & beautiful only 3 reviews/ratings on storygraph, only 4 on amazon, only 7 on goodreads.....i'm *heartbroken* to learn this novel has flown so thoroughly under the radar PLEASE READ IT!! it is ~150 pages & will rip your heart from your chest
omg this book....i'm speechless. this was *so* upsetting & beautiful only 3 reviews/ratings on storygraph, only 4 on amazon, only 7 on goodreads.....i'm *heartbroken* to learn this novel has flown so thoroughly under the radar PLEASE READ IT!! it is ~150 pages & will rip your heart from your chest
In Heaven Everything is Fine by Grant Maierhofer appears in our latest issue! Maierhofer is the author of over ten books of fiction and nonfiction, and the founding editor of Index Press. bit.ly/4f96M3H
Rad! Read the rest of DAYDREAMERS here: www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
Daydreamers
A fragmented manuscript left unfinished, a voice inherited by time, a ghost lingering in the margins—Daydreamers is what remains when fiction forgets its f...
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Alvin Lu@alvinlu.bsky.social · 3mo agoThank you to renowned sonic scribe @disquiet.bsky.social for the mention in the This Week in Sound newsletter—featuring a moment of avant-garde music in my novel Daydreamers: thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/this-week-...
Thank you to renowned sonic scribe @disquiet.bsky.social for the mention in the This Week in Sound newsletter—featuring a moment of avant-garde music in my novel Daydreamers: thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/this-week-...
proud to have a story in the young but already tremendous burial mag. I sincerely hope you will check this out! Many thanks to @burialmagazine.bsky.social of whom an almost inexhaustible number of good things could justly be said burialmagazine.neocities.org/youroriginal...
Issue 34 arrives like a fresh sprout following a long, dark winter. Featuring brash and velvety new work from around the the globe!
Your Impossible Voice # 34 | Spring 2026
Featuring Itto and Mekiya Outini, Grant Maierhofer, Garima Chhikara, Claire Salvato, Garth Robinson, James Nulick, Jade Kleiner, Manshuk Kali (translated by Slava Faybysh), Ricardo Bernhard, Rowan Mac...
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an attempt at an anti- list from a few years back ... minorliteratures.com/2024/09/03/m...
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Over the past few months, we’ve been asking writers whose work has been published in or featured by minor lits to suggest texts for an anti-canon of minor literatures. In order to avoid anyth…
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I’m looking for more lit journals based on this list bookmarked while my 3 y/o yelled out the window at bigfoot. They should be available 100% on the web, charge no sub fee, ideally pay writers but not required, and have published something you actually liked reading and would rec in person.
"Mice 1961 had received only two reviews in publications of note, 3:AM Magazine and the Washington Post." Nice to know I wrote this for a publication of note! www.3ammagazine.com/3am/mice1961/
Mice 1961 & Prison Mars – 3:AM Magazine
Stacey Levine’s debut novel Dra— suggested an Eastern European absurdist detained in the equally gray environs of the Pacific Northwest. Its mordant surrealism, and that of early short masterpieces li...
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Lit Hub@literaryhub.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhat happens when a (very) small press novel is nominated for a Pulitzer? Max Pearl gets to know Stacey Levine, author of Mice 1961.
"Mice 1961 had received only two reviews in publications of note, 3:AM Magazine and the Washington Post." Nice to know I wrote this for a publication of note! www.3ammagazine.com/3am/mice1961/
Mice 1961 & Prison Mars – 3:AM Magazine
Stacey Levine’s debut novel Dra— suggested an Eastern European absurdist detained in the equally gray environs of the Pacific Northwest. Its mordant surrealism, and that of early short masterpieces li...
3ammagazine.com
Lit Hub@literaryhub.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhat happens when a (very) small press novel is nominated for a Pulitzer? Max Pearl gets to know Stacey Levine, author of Mice 1961.
Still overcast, but sweet, floral smells in the air a sign of warmer days ahead. In the early morning an unfamiliar cat lay curled up in the backyard.
My longest story to date is up—a great big architectural fantasy, just like you wanted! Give it a looksee if you will. I’m real proud of it www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/rosefi...
If you’re goin’ to San Francisco and find yourself at the nexus of Chinatown and North Beach, visit On Waverly and City Lights, 2 blocks apart through the Jack Kerouac Alley portal. They both have a great selection of books (i.e., ones I wrote). Good chance they’ll be signed too.
San Francisco: I’ll be hanging out in Union Square tomorrow afternoon for this
Alvin Lu@alvinlu.bsky.social · 3mo agoSF: I'm at Taiwanese American Book Fair on Saturday, Union Square 1-3pm. Come say hi to talented writers, including Shawna Yang Ryan (and me). On Waverly will be there with Daydreamers. Or just order it here to support a great new bookstore on SF Chinatown's scene. www.onwaverly.com/products/day...
Fond memories of each of the Sukenick Prize finalist manuscripts. So good and so strange. Thanks to everyone who sent something. Whenever I go through a submissions pile I'm reminded this is where the real work—keeping literature vital and (very important) weird—is happening.
Fiction Collective Two@fictioncollective2.bsky.social · 3mo agoHave you heard the news about our excellent finalists for this year's annual contests? Go seek out their work!
5/12 - #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @blipstress.bsky.social @mhowalt.bsky.social @spaceboybooks.bsky.social @fictioncollective2.bsky.social @klschroeder.bsky.social @psychopomp.com @alvinlu.bsky.social @littlepuss.net 💙📚 #BookSky #bookish #booksta #booklovers
once again looking forward to the Greater Austin Book Festival on the 16th of this month, I'll have a table to sell some books and, additionally, I'll be taking part in the "Writing Ain't My Day Job" panel. Stop on by, why not?
SF: I'm at Taiwanese American Book Fair on Saturday, Union Square 1-3pm. Come say hi to talented writers, including Shawna Yang Ryan (and me). On Waverly will be there with Daydreamers. Or just order it here to support a great new bookstore on SF Chinatown's scene. www.onwaverly.com/products/day...
Congratulations to @fictioncollective2.bsky.social contest winners Sophia Terazawa (Tetra Nova!) and Joe Fletcher, whose The Chimeras is my personal find of the year—and will be yours too—destined to be a classic of weird experimental horror and keystone for the new wave of UFO novels.
Fiction Collective Two@fictioncollective2.bsky.social · 3mo agoHave you heard the news about our official 2026 winners? fc2.org/terazawa-202... fc2.org/fletcher-202...
Going to this
ZYZZYVA@zyzzyvamag.bsky.social · 3mo agoA new ZYZZYVA is here and you know what that means. We’re celebrating! Join us with our friends @citylightsbooks.bsky.social for pizza, drink, and readings from 132 contributors @anitafelicelli.bsky.social + @sarahkmatsui.bsky.social + Carolyn Burke. Cinco de Mayo, 7pm Free to attend
Walked into this place on a warm southern night, with some of the best writers in America, while The Replacements’ "Alex Chilton" was blasting on the courtyard speakers out back, a little magic in the air.
From the archives, 2024: "The White Album" is, technically, I think, both autofiction and novelette, on Tokyo’s seasons and the lives of salarymen, published in new_sinews Issue 8, edited and designed by @illepitaph.bsky.social, in inimitable style. www.newnewsinews.com/issue8/album
alvin_lu ~ the white album — new_sinews
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"Trashman goes after The Man". Subvert Comics n 2, 1972. Spain Rodriguez.
Congratulations to our finalists in the annual Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize won this year by Sophia Terazawa for CURSE HIM, selected by Kazim Ali ! fc2.org/terazawa-202...
Congratulations to Sophia Terazawa, winner of the 2026 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize ! fc2.org/terazawa-202...
Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Daydreamers by @alvinlu.bsky.social, @fictioncollective2.bsky.social & No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social, @psychopomp.com. See alt-text. #DSPBposts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers
