Vol. 1 Brooklyn
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Thoughts on books and culture, plus original fiction and essays.
Posting has been slow this week due to an editor being afflicted by a particularly nasty cough. We're sorry. We're also trying to heal up. We have had so many cough drops by now.
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A Dubious Interview with Gus Babineaux
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A Dubious Interview with Gus Babineaux
A Dubious Interview with Gus Babineauxan excerpt from Burnside Soleil’s debut Gus Babineaux, the peculiar historian of Berceuse Parish, comes from the swamp but believes South Louisiana is about mo…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/17/a-dubious-interview-with-gus-babineaux/
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"The sound of spatula hitting kitchen tile. Unconscious. His body heavy. I heaved him onto my back and dragged him to the car. I sped to the hospital. I blew three red lights. No one cared."
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Sunday Stories: “Don’t Save the Cat”
Don’t Save the Catby Elijah Sparkman 1. I gagged. I held up a piece of grilled chicken, with tongs, at my workplace: MIRACLE SALAD. My manager Tanya whispered, C’mon. I couldn’t handle it. I …
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/14/sunday-stories-dont-save-the-cat/
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"He jumped off the bars with ease, disturbing a flock of feral pigeons. They flew into the air, made a lopsided circle, and settled in a nearby tree."
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Sunday Stories: “Rats!”
Rats!by Michelle Hulan Danny and I are in the waiting room of a wild animal hospital. He’s playing it cool, considering. He’s sitting in his seat, swinging his legs, his toes barely grazing the ter…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/07/sunday-stories-rats/
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In our weekend reading: thoughts on a Seefeel reissue, great small press books from 2025, and more.
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Weekend Bites: Seefeel Revisited, Remembering Daniel Woodrell, Raphael Bob-Waksberg on Storytelling, and More
In our weekend reading: thoughts on a Seefeel reissue, great small press books from 2025, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/06/weekend-bites-seefeel-revisited-remembering-daniel-woodrell-raphael-bob-waksberg-on-storytelling-and-more/
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In our afternoon reading: exploring the comics of Fletcher Hanks, an interview with Dan Chaon, and more.
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Afternoon Bites: Revisiting Fletcher Hanks, Dan Chaon on Writing, Punk Mysteries, and More
In our afternoon reading: exploring the comics of Fletcher Hanks, an interview with Dan Chaon, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/05/afternoon-bites-revisiting-fletcher-hanks-dan-chaon-on-writing-punk-mysteries-and-more/
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"How to See in the Dark" by Kathe Koja at Vol.1 Brooklyn on the #DarkMatter #BlogTour.
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#DarkMatter
#BlogTour
#BunnyGraves
#DarkFactory
#DarkPark
#DarkMatter
#DarkTimes
#DarkDreams
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"I didn’t expect to be writing a third Dark Factory book—I’ve never seen a major character like Bunny Graves occur so late in a story! But there she was."
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How to See in the Dark
How to See in the Darkby Kathe Koja It takes a little more than 30 minutes—I just learned this on a moonlight nature walk—30 minutes for the human eye to adjust to the deep ambient darkness that ex…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/02/how-to-see-in-the-dark/
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In our morning reading: traveling with Tété-Michel Kpomassie, an interview with Gabino Iglesias, and more.
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Morning Bites: Tété-Michel Kpomassie on Greenland, Gabino Iglesias on Writing, Evan Dando’s Memoir, and More
In our morning reading: traveling with Tété-Michel Kpomassie, an interview with Gabino Iglesias, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/02/morning-bites-tete-michel-kpomassie-on-greenland-gabino-iglesias-on-writing-evan-dandos-memoir-and-more/
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Lauren Cerand Public Relations
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You can also read an excerpt of the beginning
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Presenting the Cover of, and an Excerpt From, Rinny Gremaud’s “Generator”
Today, we’re pleased to reveal the cover art for Rinny Gremaud’s forthcoming novel Generator, translated by Holly James. Scheduled to be published by Schaffner Press on January 7, 2026,…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/04/24/presenting-the-cover-of-and-an-excerpt-from-rinny-gremauds-generator/
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"I like having a challenge. It’s difficult to radically alter what people expect you to do, and to give yourself a narrative goal like sequestering the cast in a new location or telling the story backwards is to dare yourself to see it through."
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“We Came to Aliens Through the Lens of Folklore”: Kris Bertin on “The Secret of the Saucer”
I’m Adam Szym, cartoonist of many years and of late a hobbyist screenwriter. Last September my graphic novel Little Visitor & Other Abductions, a collection of three sci-fi horror stories conne…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/24/we-came-to-aliens-through-the-lens-of-folklore-kris-bertin-on-the-secret-of-the-saucer/
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"He had intensely stupid masculine resistance to letting me be the one with superior drug connections."
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Sunday Stories: “Kiss Off or Kill”
Kiss Off or Killby Sylvia Math One of the mysteries of life is that you could live with a really smart guy for a year and learn nothing, but date a dimwit for a month or so and have several Revelat…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/23/sunday-stories-kiss-off-or-kill/
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"Because the author’s voice is instantly recognizable to any Japanese person, and I do mean her actual voice, it was important to me that I try to capture it in English."
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Yuki Tejima on Translating Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s “Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel”
What does translating the follow-up to an internationally beloved book involve? That was the question that translator Yuki Tejima faced when working on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s book Totto-chan, t…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/21/yuki-tejima-on-translating-tetsuko-kuroyanagis-totto-chan-the-little-girl-at-the-window-the-sequel/
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"You have to give yourself up, in a way, fracture your comfortable identity, to do anything worthwhile."
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Karen Schoemer Debuts the Video for “August 24” — and Discusses Her New Album
There’s a lot going on in Karen Schoemer’s new album August, which blends her wide-ranging approach to writing lyrics with musical contributions from the likes of Mike Watt and Amy Rigb…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/21/karen-schoemer-debuts-the-video-for-august-24-and-discusses-her-new-album/
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Kurt Baumeister
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New Six Ridiculous Questions up today! My guest this time was Chloe N. Clark aka
@pintsncupcakes.bsky.social
. Thanks, as always, to
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social
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@vol1brooklyn.bsky.social
for hosting! Read, please...
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Six Ridiculous Questions: Chloe Clark
The guiding principle of Six Ridiculous Questions is that life is filled with ridiculousness. And questions. That only by giving in to these truths may we hope to slip the surly bonds of reality an…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/18/six-ridiculous-questions-chloe-clark/
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"I once spent an inordinate amount of time trying to name a new cupcake recipe, so I may be more attuned to this question than others. However, I believe there’s a sort of hopeless beauty in these extravagant names."
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Six Ridiculous Questions: Chloe Clark
The guiding principle of Six Ridiculous Questions is that life is filled with ridiculousness. And questions. That only by giving in to these truths may we hope to slip the surly bonds of reality an…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/18/six-ridiculous-questions-chloe-clark/
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Chloe N. Clark
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Had so much fun answering
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Six ridiculous questions for
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Managed to make one about Oreos as is my curse/gift
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Six Ridiculous Questions: Chloe Clark
The guiding principle of Six Ridiculous Questions is that life is filled with ridiculousness. And questions. That only by giving in to these truths may we hope to slip the surly bonds of reality an…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/18/six-ridiculous-questions-chloe-clark/
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"I think of my music visually, imagining a horror scene for example with red and purple lights, and fog in the woods. Those are fun images to have in your mind when you are creating a song."
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Pictureplane on His Haunting New Album and His Favorite Horror Imagery
Travis Egedy has a lot going on. You may know him best from his musical work under the name Pictureplane or the designs he’s created for the clothing company Alien Body. Pictureplane has a ne…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/17/pictureplane-on-his-haunting-new-album-and-his-favorite-horror-imagery/
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In our morning reading: thoughts on Natasha Stagg’s novel, new writing by Luke O’Neil, and more.
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Morning Bites: Natasha Stagg’s Latest, Revisiting Dennis Potter, Luke O’Neil Fiction, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on Natasha Stagg’s novel, new writing by Luke O’Neil, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/17/morning-bites-natasha-staggs-latest-revisiting-dennis-potter-luke-oneil-fiction-and-more/
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Jeanne-Marie Fleming
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Thrilled to have my story “Lace” hit tonight. Themes of
#girlhood
#growingupcatholic
#comingofage
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Thank you
@vol1brooklyn.bsky.social
Thank you for selecting “Lace”
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social
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Sunday Stories: “Lace”
Laceby Jeanne-Marie Fleming My father, in his leisure suit, rose from the couch and belted out the wedding march—don, don, da don, don, don, da don as I paraded my fancy dress around the living roo…
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"The pink tissue box served as the altar, and the narrow-figured, blue ceramic Virgin Mary stood in the center cut-out, over the Holy Communion cards. I could read most of the words. Dear. Bronagh. God. Bless. You. Love."
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Sunday Stories: “Lace”
Laceby Jeanne-Marie Fleming My father, in his leisure suit, rose from the couch and belted out the wedding march—don, don, da don, don, don, da don as I paraded my fancy dress around the living roo…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/16/sunday-stories-lace/
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"Constraints are great and strangely freeing in the best ways."
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Beyond the Trilogy: Robert Lopez and Molly Gaudry on Writing Interconnected Books that Defy Expectations of Traditional Series
Robert Lopez is the author, most recently, of The Best People (2025), the third installment of interconnected “People” books, which began with Good People (2016) and continued with A Better Class o…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/14/beyond-the-trilogy-robert-lopez-and-molly-gaudry-on-writing-interconnected-books-that-defy-expectations-of-traditional-series/
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We've got some November book recommendations, yes indeed.
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Recommended Books: November 2025
This took a little longer to come together than we would have liked. Still, we hope this rundown of notable November books gives readers some ideas for a post-cold snap reading session. There’…
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about 2 months ago
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Morning Bites: Jan Kerouac's Novel, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore's Latest, Patrick Wensink's Playlist, and More
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Morning Bites: Jan Kerouac’s Novel, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s Latest, Patrick Wensink’s Playlist, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on Jan Kerouac’s novel, revisiting the work of J.L. Carr, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/13/morning-bites-jan-kerouacs-novel-mattilda-bernstein-sycamores-latest-patrick-wensinks-playlist-and-more/
about 2 months ago
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Emogene Cataldo
about 2 months ago
So proud of my Tin House baddie
@sumaiya.bsky.social
for fighting for this story and doing a public reading for Brooklyn and the world last August. Now everyone can read it online, thanks to
@vol1brooklyn.bsky.social
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Sunday Stories: “You Say Roti; I Say Ruti”
You Say Roti; I Say Rutiby Sumaiya Aftab Ahmed for Abdul Latif Joarder Jessore, East Pakistan, 1971 The Pakistani soldiers joke among themselves, and Iftekar cannot trace the indefinite shapes of t…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/02/sunday-stories-you-say-roti-i-say-ruti/
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"He thumbed through the record collection and said something about the one that was already playing and she nodded and asked him who it was that was playing and he said who and she nodded, as if she had forgotten."
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Sunday Stories: “What We Can Do Without”
What We Can Do Withoutby Jake Winn Night came early that day, and not for the first time that week. Owen Smith woke from an inebriated sleep to discover his wallet missing. He checked underneath th…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/09/sunday-stories-what-we-can-do-without/
about 2 months ago
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In our weekend reading: thoughts on a Denis Johnson film adaptation, an excerpt from John Tottenham's novel, and more.
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Weekend Bites: “Train Dreams” on Film, Quan Barry’s Latest, John Tottenham’s Fiction, and More
In our weekend reading: thoughts on a Denis Johnson film adaptation, an excerpt from John Tottenham’s novel, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/08/weekend-bites-train-dreams-on-film-quan-barrys-latest-john-tottenhams-fiction-and-more/
about 2 months ago
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In our morning reading: catching up with Tortoise, notable horror fiction, and more.
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Morning Bites: Tortoise Interviewed, Naomi Kanakia on YA, Nadia Bulkin on Horror, and More
In our morning reading: catching up with Tortoise, notable horror fiction, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/07/morning-bites-tortoise-interviewed-naomi-kanakia-on-ya-nadia-bulkin-on-horror-and-more/
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Afternoon Bites: Ben Okri's Latest, Claire Rousay's Recommendations, Sari Botton Interviewed, and More
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Afternoon Bites: Ben Okri’s Latest, Claire Rousay’s Recommendations, Sari Botton Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Ben Okri’s new novel, Claire Rousay on her recommended music, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/05/afternoon-bites-ben-okris-latest-claire-rousays-recommendations-sari-botton-interviewed-and-more/
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A Taxonomy of the Weird: On “Cathedral of the Drowned”
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A Taxonomy of the Weird: On “Cathedral of the Drowned”
Ever since I first sat down with Nathan Ballingrud’s collection North American Lake Monsters, I’ve been enthusiastic about his work. The stories in that collection and its followup, Wounds, abounde…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/05/a-taxonomy-of-the-weird-on-cathedral-of-the-drowned/
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In our morning reading: an interview with Erin Somers, nonfiction by Thomas Beller, and more.
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Morning Bites: Erin Somers on Writing, World Fantasy Award Winners, Jesi Bender’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Erin Somers, nonfiction by Thomas Beller, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/04/morning-bites-erin-somers-on-writing-world-fantasy-award-winners-jesi-benders-latest-and-more/
about 2 months ago
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"Ansari Bhai munches. His son takes a bite. In nine hours, all Iftekar has eaten is a bowl of chira. He swallows his saliva. Ruti crumbs coat the headlines."
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Sunday Stories: “You Say Roti; I Say Ruti”
You Say Roti; I Say Rutiby Sumaiya Aftab Ahmed for Abdul Latif Joarder Jessore, East Pakistan, 1971 The Pakistani soldiers joke among themselves, and Iftekar cannot trace the indefinite shapes of t…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/02/sunday-stories-you-say-roti-i-say-ruti/
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K. Winkler
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Yes. This gets the novel: “Enter the Peerless is grade-A Weird fiction, with imagery that follows its own logic and neatly juxtaposes the everyday with the utterly bizarre.”
add a skeleton here at some point
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In our weekend reading: new work from Lynda Barry, revisiting “Frankenstein,” and more.
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Weekend Bites: Lynda Barry Returns, Revisiting Grace Jones, Jen Wang’s Comics, and More
In our weekend reading: new work from Lynda Barry, revisiting “Frankenstein,” and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/01/weekend-bites-lynda-barry-returns-revisiting-grace-jones-jen-wangs-comics-and-more/
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Afternoon Bites: Colin Dickey Gets Gothic, Anne Sexton and Horror, The Necks' Latest, and More
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Afternoon Bites: Colin Dickey Gets Gothic, Anne Sexton and Horror, The Necks’ Latest, and More
In our afternoon reading: writing from Colin Dickey, thoughts on the latest album from The Necks, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/31/afternoon-bites-colin-dickey-gets-gothic-anne-sexton-and-horror-the-necks-latest-and-more/
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In our morning reading: Halloween stories, a playlist from Jason Diamond, and more.
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Morning Bites: Halloween Stories, Jason Diamond’s Playlist, Ed Simon Nonfiction,
In our morning reading: Halloween stories, a playlist from Jason Diamond, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/31/morning-bites-halloween-stories-jason-diamonds-playlist-ed-simon-nonfiction/
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We reviewed
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's very strange, very good ENTER THE PEERLESS.
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Not the Locked-Room Mystery You Were Expecting: On “Enter the Peerless”
Is the idea of a crime taking place in a locked room the most primal version of the mystery novel? As a young reader, I devoured plenty of mystery stories, beginning with the Hardy Boys and Encyclo…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/30/not-the-locked-room-mystery-you-were-expecting-on-enter-the-peerless/
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Afternoon Bites: Ram V on Comics, Zefyr Lisowski Interviewed, Delaney Nolan's Debut, and More
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Afternoon Bites: Ram V on Comics, Zefyr Lisowski Interviewed, Delaney Nolan’s Debut, and More
In our afternoon reading: Ram V on comics, the return of a pulp detective, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/29/afternoon-bites-ram-v-on-comics-zefyr-lisowski-interviewed-delaney-nolans-debut-and-more/
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Revisiting "Tom the Dancing Bug" in the 1990s...
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A New Collection Revisits the First Decade of “Tom the Dancing Bug”
Today, we’re pleased to present an excerpt from a new retrospective collection covering the early years of Ruben Bolling’s long-running comic Tom the Dancing Bug, a Kickstarter campaign…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/29/a-new-collection-revisits-the-first-decade-of-tom-the-dancing-bug/
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The American Genius Of Poison Ivy And The Cramps
Life is short. Filled with stuff.
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"...even as I was putting the book together, so much had changed so fast that a lot of the comics that I’d done about reproductive freedom had already shifted. Then, they shifted again."
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Graphic Rage: An Interview with Writer and Artist Aubrey Hirsch
Writer and visual artist Aubrey Hirsch knows Clarence Thomas won’t be reading Graphic Rage – and that’s fine. Her new book isn’t meant to convert opponents; it aims to witness, validate, and …
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/27/graphic-rage-an-interview-with-writer-and-artist-aubrey-hirsch/
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"My dad had brought Easy Cheese because if you sprayed it in the water while snorkeling, fish would come out to eat it."
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Sunday Stories: “Purple Ink”
Purple Inkby Coco Hull When I was eight years old, my family went on Christmas vacation at Bolongo Bay Resort, a cluster of pastel-colored beachside buildings on the island of St. Thomas. It was gl…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/26/sunday-stories-purple-ink/
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In our weekend reading: an interview with Ruyan Meng, nonfiction from Amber Sparks, and more.
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Weekend Bites: Ruyan Meng Interviewed, Amber Sparks on Miniatures, Adrian Van Young Fiction, and More
In our weekend reading: an interview with Ruyan Meng, nonfiction from Amber Sparks, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/25/weekend-bites-ruyan-meng-interviewed-amber-sparks-on-miniatures-adrian-van-young-fiction-and-more/
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"I regaled her with mystical Arizonan tales of Sedona and Havasupai Falls, and at one point I suggested we both dig through a psychological goodie basket of aphorisms and each pick out one that meant the most to us."
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It’s Fun to Think About, Sometimes
I first met Lauren in 2012, while she was a patient at the detox I worked at in Arizona. According to the Mayans, the world was supposed to end then, but her recovery, and our relationship, was jus…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/22/its-fun-to-think-about-sometimes/
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In our afternoon reading: thoughts on novels by Quan Barry and Todd Grimson, public transit reading rooms, and more.
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Afternoon Bites: Quan Barry’s Latest, Nigel Kneale’s Fiction, Bill Hillmann’s Playlist, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on novels by Quan Barry and Todd Grimson, public transit reading rooms, and more.
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/22/afternoon-bites-quan-barrys-latest-nigel-kneales-fiction-bill-hillmanns-playlist-and-more/
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"I was in a difficult life moment, you could say. Or no, the opposite. Things were going well and I wasn’t used to that; happiness–or rather, contentment; better word–was difficult."
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Sunday Stories: “Spider House”
Spider Houseby Crockett DoobI woke up looking at a spider on my ceiling. My first thought was denial: This spider will stay on my ceiling forever. It is content up there. The idea of the spider des…
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"You know, while having that childhood dream, I never once thought about the reality of the job and its crazy deadline of producing a new comic strip every single day of the year for ever. It’s probably good that I didn’t."
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Patrick McDonnell on a Life in Comics
At this year’s Harvey Awards, six storied comic book creators were inducted in to the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame: John Byrne, Peter David, Patrick McDonnell, Wendy and Richard Pini, and Barba…
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Patrick McDonell has been inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame! Read the moving speech he gave on
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Patrick McDonnell on a Life in Comics
At this year’s Harvey Awards, six storied comic book creators were inducted in to the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame: John Byrne, Peter David, Patrick McDonnell, Wendy and Richard Pini, and Barba…
https://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/17/patrick-mcdonnell-on-a-life-in-comics/
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"...Peter’s ability to delude himself sends him on a journey of desperate efforts to win her—or someone—to love."
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Love Potions for an Obsessive Age: On Mo David’s “Bring Your Lover Back”
He’s Peter, she’s Wendy, but this is no storybook romance. From the first pages of Bring Your Lover Back, the rockiness of this relationship is palpable—even before the reader learns of the small v…
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Comics legend Matt Wagner talked all things Dracula.
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Matt Wagner on Dracula’s Eternal Appeal
Both Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones have created some of the most unsettling stories in comic book history; Wagner’s work includes the sprawling science fiction/horror hybrid Grendel, while Jon…
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