saw this at work and, really, I just need to know...
dirt enthusiast
noise dept.
YOU ARE THE REASON

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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her

if i look back, i am lost
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TVSTRANGERTHINGS

oozey mess
almost home

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Sweet Seals For You, Always
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One Nice Bug Per Day

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he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
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saw this at work and, really, I just need to know...
Chee - Zits.
Unfettered power. August, 2014.
"See The Sights" August, 2014.
Come to the wondrous windy city.
Words from Hurray For The Riff Raff's "St. Roch Blues." idk it's just something new. I really shouldn't be left alone with heart-achey southern blues-folk. but, so g00000d.
"Purely Irresistible," August 2014.
the kind of <3 how to dress well sings about.
Now you can buy my book through a sad webmarket! Please visit and leave a lock chained to my website with our names etched in :+)
But bae.
sorrrrryyyyy guyzzzz :+)
i didn't say anything.
but i saw it.
My copy of Carlson's The Hotel Eden has arrived. I am going to devour you tomorrow, my pretty.
Find a grassy spot, a comfy couch, a pile of puppies to sit on and join us for 24-Hour Bookclub tomorrow!
Oh. And Ron will be there too. Like, nbd.
This is the time of year that makes me want to sink my teeth into juicy things; plums and peaches; a crush’s lips; a really, really, very good book with prose as simultaneously poetic and simplistic as those thick emotions we can’t fully express, but that masterful fiction can, somehow.
On Saturday, June 7th, 24-Hour Bookclub and I will both take a very deep, satisfying bite into an excellent collection of short fiction: Ron Carlson’s The Hotel Eden.
It’s worth explaining how we came to June’s The Hotel Eden.
In college I was fortunate enough to be handed a copy of The Signal, a novel by Carlson that starts out heady with the vague misfortune of a down-on-his-luck, soon-to-be-divorced Wyoming rancher named Mack. As I travelled into his past—deeds Mack himself couldn’t seem to face through his own flashbacks—I became intertwined with a complex character; his morals and his failures and how one seemed to feed the other in an unfair, all-to-common way.
Then, about three-quarters of the way through, the novel jumped up. The plot and narrative jolted, bolting into a new state like a kid caught sleeping in class. It became a thriller, a chase, and if Mack could just make it out alive then his purpose, his sense of self and morality and what-is-fucking-right would, for once, win. Boy, this book did a number on me.
I expect the same satisfaction from Carlson’s 1998 collection of 12 critically acclaimed short stories. Because Carlson can deliver the reward of sensations that only comes from expertly crafted, complex, downright-joyous-to-read fiction. I cannot express how excited I am to take that first, big, sloppy and juicy bite.
Max, Diana and I will be there. Won’t you join us?
We’ll wake up first thing in the morning, crack open our copies of The Hotel Eden, and start tweeting up a storm using our usual #24hourbookclub hashtag. We’ll be looking out for your tweets, too, and reading them between chapters.
You can pick up a copy of The Hotel Eden
On Amazon or at your local book store if you’re into paper,
Or through Kindle if you’re into Kindle.
I can’t wait.
-Elaine
What the fuck have I been doing lately?
Working on something new, very personal, maybe not publishable. here are some sneak peeks anyway.
<3 interests, at work.
...things escalating?! o bae.
after the fact.
where's that fucking key.
There's a story to each sketch, and I have a feeling this is a story that will take me a long time to write. But uhaveto.
"Fears of a Small Town Girl in Chicago," March, 2014
Submission for The Reader's comics issue. I mean, how COULD they pass this one up? Fears, farts--life's most complex issues.
Elaine Short’s Kickstarter book project, Let’s Be Awkward Together. So. Awkward.
Featured on Kickstarter's blog again! Purrrrdy cool.
Nickelodeon Slime Master and friend-of-mine Dave Beitzel draws the funniest arcade/video game comics out there. Based in New York, Beitzel draws weekly bits on gaming culture. Check out his blog, Phatypus Comics! (This one is my favorite. I laugh every time I see it.)
Let's Be Awkward Together Launch Party, a set by mCespo on Flickr.
For all of you who supported the book but couldn't make it out to the release party, enjoy! Thanks HaruLocke.com for photography-ing a great night.