“Enchanted” by Austin McLellan
The cop’s fingers were as thick as the sausages he stabbed with the fork and stuffed in his mouth. Probably as greasy, too, Tual thought as he drank coffee in a booth. He watched the cop sitting at the counter . . .
March 2014 News & Features
PHOTOS: C.J. Farley Visits Brooklyn Prospect Charter School!
Check out some great photos from Game World author C.J. Farley’s visit to the Brooklyn Prospect Charter School!
Christopher R. Weingarten on the Jesus Lizard and “Boilermaker”
To celebrate the release of The Jesus Lizard Book, Akashic will be featuring excerpts from Book on our website once a week throughout March. Today, we bring you Christopher R. Weingarten’s two pieces included in Book.
April 2014 Issue of O, The Oprah Magazine Features Two Akashic Titles!
The April 2014 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine highlights two new releases from Akashic!
Johnny Temple Interviews Eric Charles May and Bernice L. McFadden
To celebrate the release of Eric Charles May’s debut novel, Bedrock Faith, Johnny Temple spoke with Eric Charles May and Bernice L. McFadden (author of Glorious, Nowhere Is a Place, Gathering of Waters, and The Warmest December, among others) about authorship, collective narration, mainstream literary culture, underappreciated authors, and more.
“The Last Stud” by Paul Renault
On the few days out of the year when the range was closed he’d get out the duct tape and stick the PVC-and-wadding suppressor on his Ruger .22 pistol. He’d load it with subsonics. He’d open the window, take out the screen, and throw some empty beer cans out in the yard. Then he’d stand back in the dark of his room and make them dance . . .
Dark Days in Port-au-Prince (Part 6, Roxane Gay)
Read part six of DARK DAYS IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, our Haiti-set noir short story that was written by Haiti Noir and Haiti Noir 2: The Classics contributors in the style of an exquisite corpse, a collaborative writing process in which each author builds a story based upon what his or her predecessors have provided. Haiti Noir 2: The Classics contributor Roxane Gay returns to finish this haunting short story.
Thomas Glave’s Among the Bloodpeople Lambda Literary Award Finalist!
Congratulations to Thomas Glave, whose Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh has been named a finalist for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Nonfiction!