Oliver Toddle

His rough draft is finished. I am pleased.

Today is a rainy, perfect, cold day in Iowa. No, really. Bring on September.

Catherine

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Swill 4

One of my fellow Viable Paradisers, Sean Craven talked about the magazine he edits with Rob Pierce, Swill. At first, Sean didn't mention the magazine by its name. I told Sean I would be happy to review his magazine over here at the Tamago. Then there was this email, telling me that Swill was on its way. I thought Sean was self-effacing.

The mission of Swill in part, according to its website, is that the editors wanted more entertaining stories on the literary scene. The magazine is called Ill Literate. Also, the site says the editors prefer literature, but not Literature. I have some bad news for the editors. The stories are entertaining. Some of them are also flitting dangerously close to the Literature border.

On the whole, Swill 4 is a pretty good read. All seven stories explore the seamy and unsavory, the horrible and the frightening. Humanity's less redeemable traits are put on display for the reader, in stories that deteriorate into psychological nightmares.

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