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Alex M. Pruteanu

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in Bucharest, Romania

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http://swine.wordpress.com

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Since emigrating to the United States from Romania in 1980, Alex M. Pruteanu has worked as a laborer, movie projectionist, record store clerk, journalist, television news director, freelance writer, and editor. He is the author of novella Short Lean Cuts, (self-released, 2011) the short story collection, Gears, (Independent Talent Group, Inc., 2013) and novel The Sun Eaters. (Cervena Barva Press, 2018). His forthcoming short story collection is called The Imagination of the State (Independent Talent Group, Inc.), and it's scheduled to be published in early summer of 2018.

His writing has appeared in NY Arts Magazine, Guernica, [PANK], Connotation Press, FRIGG, The Stockholm Review of Literature, and many others. ...more

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Everybody Hot Pot—a Mélange of Curios and Various Other Kitschy Americana Nailed to the Walls While You Enjoy Unlimited Apps from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Every Day In Our Bar Area Except Sundays When We Close so We Can Be with God in His House

Behind the veil is a veil; and behind that veil is a veil in front of another veil whose veil is just slightly behind it. A wizard hides somewhere in there, and when you find out that he pulls all the levers, you demand your money back. You know how it is: a rose is […]

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