News, Other Stuff

By Victor David Giron

on 05/22/2012

In Curbside Sounds we feature authors we dig reading their work or telling a story while sitting on a curb or their favorite bench, at a bar in the middle of a lazy afternoon, and sometimes even at a recording studio. For this installment we've got Washington DC based author Amber Sparks reading her short story "To Make Us Whole" included in her short story collection MAY WE SHED THESE HUMAN BODIES we're publishing in September 2012. Pre-order your copy with FREE shipping here.

To Make Us Whole by Amber Sparks by Curbside Splendor

Amber Sparks's fiction has been featured in various publications, including New York Tyrant, Unsaid, Gargoyle, Smokelong Quarterly, Wigleaf, and elimae. Her chapbook, "A Long Dark Sleep: Stories for the Next World," is included in the anthology Shut Up/Look Pretty, published by Tiny Hardcore Press. She is also a contributor at lit blogs Big Other and Vouched, and lives in Washington, D.C. with a husband and two beasts.

Get more Sparks at her blog

By Franki Elliot

on 05/21/2012

Franki Elliot is a 20-something author from Chicago and blogs for us every Monday. Curbside published her first book Piano Rats (October 2011). A typewriter is her weapon of choice. For more Franki typewriter stories visit http://frankielliottypewriter.tumblr.com/

Chicago Stories on the TV

By Victor David Giron

on 05/20/2012

"Chicago Tonight" Channel 11 WTTW hosts author of our newest book Chicago Stories: 40 Dramatic Fictions, Michael Czyzniejewski. See the video below and visit the link where they post excerpts from the book.

Chicago Stories on WTTW

Hugh Hefner on Sex in the Afterlife

By Victor David Giron

on 05/19/2012

The Huffington Post re-published an excerpt from our new book Chicago Stories: 40 Dramatic Fictions by Michael Czyzniejewski. Read it at the link below. Huge thanks HuffPo! Buy a copy direct from us here or at places like Amazon.com.

Hugh Hefner on Sex in the Afterlife