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SleepingFish 8
Magazine. Fiction. Edited by Gary Lutz and Derek White, SLEEPINGFISH 8 features fictional text objects by: Ryan Call, Anna DeForest, Sasha Fletcher, Nina Shope, Rachel May, David McLendon, Eugene Lim, The Brothers Goat, Lito Elio Porto, Adam Weinstein, Diane Williams, Dennis Cooper, Elliott Stevens, Tim Jones-Yelvington, Alec Niedenthal, Amelia Gray, Matt Bell, Eduardo Recife, David Ohle, Evelyn Hampton, Emilie Noteris, Ottessa Moshfegh, Cooper Renner, Christine Schutt, M.T. Fallon, Daniel Grandbois, Julie Doxsee, Terese Svoboda, Blake Butler, Stephen Gropp-Hess, and Ali Aktan Askin.
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118 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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November 21, 2023
specifically sought out and bought this anthology / lit journal to read Ottessa Moshfegh’s short story, Dakota.
my immediate reaction upon finish the story: woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow. dakota by ottessa moshfegh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heavy relate to this sapphic saga. wow. i love reading sapphic moshfegh character so much! now i want a novel full of them, pls and ty 🤍🤍🤍
the more time that i have had to sit and marinate on it, the more i think Dakota might be my favorite Ottessa short i’ve read thus far, aside from her essay on craft talks (which doesn’t really count as a short story since it’s creative non-fiction). highly recommend!
the collection overall though is ok for me. some pieces hit for me way more than others—some of which felt like making my way through a research textbook.
my top stories aside from Dakota by Ottessa Moshfegh (which was my favorite story in the collection) were, in order of appearance:
• Burning Words by Stephen Hastings-King
• The Lemon Wife by Anna DeForest
• The Rooms by Nina Shope
• On Water and the City by Stephen Gropp-Hess
• On Funeral by Ali Aktan Askin
some of my favorite quotes from the collection:
• “I was a life whose heart was rich and later it tongued you through the ceiling.”
• “She is in love with someone she can’t open her pain in front of.”
• “In public her desire is so painfully fraught that it crumbles down. In private she can’t open her mouth.”
• “Possibilities are like cities: we either walk through them or imagine ourselves walking through them.”
• “If you are to be a body and, if such a body is to move, you are to seduce.”
you can purchase a pdf copy for US$5 here: https://www.calamaripress.com/SF/8/li...
my immediate reaction upon finish the story: woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow. dakota by ottessa moshfegh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heavy relate to this sapphic saga. wow. i love reading sapphic moshfegh character so much! now i want a novel full of them, pls and ty 🤍🤍🤍
the more time that i have had to sit and marinate on it, the more i think Dakota might be my favorite Ottessa short i’ve read thus far, aside from her essay on craft talks (which doesn’t really count as a short story since it’s creative non-fiction). highly recommend!
the collection overall though is ok for me. some pieces hit for me way more than others—some of which felt like making my way through a research textbook.
my top stories aside from Dakota by Ottessa Moshfegh (which was my favorite story in the collection) were, in order of appearance:
• Burning Words by Stephen Hastings-King
• The Lemon Wife by Anna DeForest
• The Rooms by Nina Shope
• On Water and the City by Stephen Gropp-Hess
• On Funeral by Ali Aktan Askin
some of my favorite quotes from the collection:
• “I was a life whose heart was rich and later it tongued you through the ceiling.”
• “She is in love with someone she can’t open her pain in front of.”
• “In public her desire is so painfully fraught that it crumbles down. In private she can’t open her mouth.”
• “Possibilities are like cities: we either walk through them or imagine ourselves walking through them.”
• “If you are to be a body and, if such a body is to move, you are to seduce.”
you can purchase a pdf copy for US$5 here: https://www.calamaripress.com/SF/8/li...
May 16, 2024
Stephen Hastings-King - Imagination Factory and Burning Words ⭐⭐⭐
Ryan Call - The Tornadic Life Cycle ⭐⭐
Anna DeForest - The Lemon Wife ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sasha Fletcher - when you get swallowed by the sidewalk chances are if you don't die you will end up in a small house with a chimney ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nina Shope - The Rooms ⭐⭐⭐
Rachel May - Good. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
David McLendon - Provenance ⭐⭐⭐
Eugene Lim - The Parable of Our Giant ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Brothers Goat - The Study and The Spot ⭐⭐⭐
Lito Elio Porto - (two from) A Dictionary of Hues ⭐
Adam Weinstein - Slicing Nails ⭐⭐
Diane Williams - Carnegie Nail ⭐⭐
Dennis Cooper - The Lonesome Deaths of Bud and Sandy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Elliot Stevens - The Men from Life ⭐⭐⭐
Tim Jones-Yelvington - Bathhouse in 5 Senses ⭐
Alec Niedenthal - And Given the Chance to Be Safe ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Amelia Gray - The Vanished ⭐⭐
Matt Bell - Abelard, Abraham, Absalom and Issac, Isaiah, Ishmael ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Eduardo Recife - (two images from) Collage Book ⭐
David Ohle - (excerpt from) The Camp ⭐⭐⭐
Evelyn Hampton - About the Inside ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Émilie Notéris - Moleskin^(Weapon) ⭐⭐⭐
Ottessa Moshfegh - Dakota ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Cooper Renner - (the introduction to) Christabel: A Fiction ⭐
Christine Schutt - An Invitation and Blank ⭐⭐⭐⭐
M. T. Fallon - (from) An Introduction to the Work of Ivan Menchov by Igor Lenchov ⭐⭐
Daniel Grandbois - Thirteen Shapes, Tubes, The Switch, Maude and Instructions ⭐⭐⭐
Julie Doxsee - Lightning, Girls on the Run, Summary of a Moon Film and Blue Kill ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Terese Svoboda - Dancing for Rain ⭐⭐⭐
Blake Butler - Blown Exits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Stephen Gropp-Hess - On Water and The City ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ali Aktan Askin - on funeral ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ryan Call - The Tornadic Life Cycle ⭐⭐
Anna DeForest - The Lemon Wife ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sasha Fletcher - when you get swallowed by the sidewalk chances are if you don't die you will end up in a small house with a chimney ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nina Shope - The Rooms ⭐⭐⭐
Rachel May - Good. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
David McLendon - Provenance ⭐⭐⭐
Eugene Lim - The Parable of Our Giant ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Brothers Goat - The Study and The Spot ⭐⭐⭐
Lito Elio Porto - (two from) A Dictionary of Hues ⭐
Adam Weinstein - Slicing Nails ⭐⭐
Diane Williams - Carnegie Nail ⭐⭐
Dennis Cooper - The Lonesome Deaths of Bud and Sandy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Elliot Stevens - The Men from Life ⭐⭐⭐
Tim Jones-Yelvington - Bathhouse in 5 Senses ⭐
Alec Niedenthal - And Given the Chance to Be Safe ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Amelia Gray - The Vanished ⭐⭐
Matt Bell - Abelard, Abraham, Absalom and Issac, Isaiah, Ishmael ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Eduardo Recife - (two images from) Collage Book ⭐
David Ohle - (excerpt from) The Camp ⭐⭐⭐
Evelyn Hampton - About the Inside ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Émilie Notéris - Moleskin^(Weapon) ⭐⭐⭐
Ottessa Moshfegh - Dakota ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Cooper Renner - (the introduction to) Christabel: A Fiction ⭐
Christine Schutt - An Invitation and Blank ⭐⭐⭐⭐
M. T. Fallon - (from) An Introduction to the Work of Ivan Menchov by Igor Lenchov ⭐⭐
Daniel Grandbois - Thirteen Shapes, Tubes, The Switch, Maude and Instructions ⭐⭐⭐
Julie Doxsee - Lightning, Girls on the Run, Summary of a Moon Film and Blue Kill ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Terese Svoboda - Dancing for Rain ⭐⭐⭐
Blake Butler - Blown Exits ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Stephen Gropp-Hess - On Water and The City ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ali Aktan Askin - on funeral ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
November 20, 2023
This was an interesting collection- my favorite pieces:
The Lemon Wife by Anna DeForest
Dakota by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Rooms by Nina Shope
On Funeral by Ali Aktan Askin
The Lemon Wife by Anna DeForest
Dakota by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Rooms by Nina Shope
On Funeral by Ali Aktan Askin
April 20, 2011
Read it for Aktan Askin's piece, the highlight.
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