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Smoking With Nadine Darling

Art by Dave Clapper
Art by Dave Clapper
The counterpointed scenes demand that a reader piece them together, find their connections, construct a meaning. You place a tremendous amount of trust in the reader’s ability to do so. Is that okay? {I’m not sure I’d trust myself to understand the back of a cereal box.} How can you be sure we’ll get it?
The story is pretty much the back of a cereal box. A maze, or something, all leading to a treasure chest filled with Lucky Charms. I'm not sure I get it, either, but I sure like cereal.

How does one go about making one’s life not “a scam”? Are you there yet?
I don't think most people are living scam lives. If you're sad or feel like an outsider, it's just easier to assume that everything that you're not a part of is bullshit. I don't think my life's a scam. It's all right.

Talk to us about zombie dreams and dog weddings.
Both a product of my California upbringing. I've been to a few dog weddings. As far as I know, they've all turned out pretty well.

Broke ass and sick with love? Should we be worried or happy? And how is the old man these days?
The sick with love part is very nice and always surprising; the broke ass part I could do without. And the old man? Geez. Aces. Just the joy of my life. Thank you for asking.

A new year approaches (yikes!). So, what’s the best that 2005 had to offer in literature, web sites, music, movies, television, DVD, and the like? Also, any predictions for 2006? And we’d love to hear your New Year’s resolution.
The writer's website, Scrawl, has over-taken our lives completely. I wake up in the middle of the night wondering what various members are doing and if they're okay. Also, the new One Twelve CD was pretty great- anything with falsettos and hysterical, soulful yearning.

For the new year? I know my father will fight with the neighbors and that my old man will be foxy. I'd like to resolve to write everyday, but, you know, that shit ain't gonna last.

Read It's All True.
Issue Eleven (December 15, 2005): Forks in the Road by Eve Abrams «» Retirement Home by Greg Ames «» A Drop of Dew by Edgar Omar Avilés, translated by Toshiya Kamei «» No One Left to Care About the Fat Man by Rusty Barnes «» The Mother's Guide to Flight Patterns by Theresa Boyar «» It's All True by Nadine Darling «» What She Gave to the Sea by Katrina Denza «» It by Patry Francis «» Cemetery Day by Laurie Frankel «» Cityscape by Judd Hampton «» The Black Squirrels of Ottawa by Niranjana Iyer «» Diagnosis by Beverly A. Jackson «» Green Monster by Erica Plouffe Lazure «» Sophie, Now by Mary McCluskey «» A Blind Dog Named Killer and a Colony of Bees by Mary Miller «» The Sky Is a Well by Claudia Smith «» You Only Get One Chance to Be El Latigo by Elizabeth Smith «» Flights by Jim Tomlinson «» Song of Giants by Girija Tropp «» Ice by Joseph Young «» Interviews: Eve Abrams «» Greg Ames «» Rusty Barnes «» Theresa Boyar «» Myfanwy Collins «» Nadine Darling «» Katrina Denza «» Patry Francis «» Laurie Frankel «» Judd Hampton «» Marty D. Ison «» Niranjana Iyer «» Beverly A. Jackson «» Toshiya Kamei «» Erica Plouffe Lazure «» Mary McCluskey «» Mary Miller «» Claudia Smith «» Elizabeth Smith «» Jim Tomlinson «» Girija Tropp «» Joseph Young «» Cover Art "Detail of The Death of Susan" by Marty D. Ison «» Letter From the Editor
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