A collection of short stories where the humour runs dark and the slipstream bubbles up.
...imagine if Raymond Carver called up George Saunders and Joe Lansdale, and they all went drinking with Neil Gaiman.
“… it's clear that Terlson is way ahead of the curve in terms of crafting an engaging premise that reaches for elevated territory and reinvents enduring archetypes of action and suspense.” J. Schoenfelder
"Sometimes brutal, often demanding and always complex, this novel will repay the reader who likes their assumptions challenged and is happy to walk away from a book with minor questions unanswered but the big ones definitely dealt with! It’s likely to satisfy those who enjoy Hammet and/or Philip K Dick and who like their fiction very noir indeed." Kay Sexton
"I love a novel that you can't put down, and this is one of them." L. Cihlar
Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 04:16PM 
To be honest, the whole reason this blog began:
My story, "Night Birds" is in the new issue of Smokelong Quarterly, just released today.
Woofreakin-you know...
Have a gander here:
Night Birds
and read the interview here:
SLQ Interview with C. Terlson
Drop me a line and tell me what you think.
Reader Comments (4)
Greetings Craig - I like longer stories. It takes me awhile to get into relationships with characters and this kind of story doesn't give you much time. Because of this I almost missed the poignancy of the last line, which your interview highlighted. There was a lot of raw energy, which kids of that age generate, in the writing which did catch me. Thanks for a trip down memory lane.Stephen
thanks for popping by Stephen.
I know, flash can be a tricky animal, not to everyone tastes. It can resemble poetry in that each line carries weight.
Very nice story Craig. Congrats.
Thanks for reading, Lisa - thought you might recognize a character or two from Dunked in that flash.