Orcutt Short Stories on Radio and in Print
First, listen—that’s
right, listen—for
some of my short fiction on an upcoming XM Radio program, “Sonic
Fiction.” Among other pieces, my short-short story “Say Something”
will air sometime in late October-early November. If you don’t
have one of them satellite radios, go pick one up. For the record,
“Say Something” was one of last year’s winners of the 55 Fiction
World’s Shortest Stories Contest.
In other news, one of my stories appears in a terrific anthology,
MOTA 3: Courage, edited by Karen Joy Fowler. In addition to my
story, “The Bootlegger,” which took second place in the publisher’s
Emerging Writer’s Contest, the collection features a ton of other
excellent fiction:
“Gargoyles” by Linda Clare
“Horses Can See in the Dark” by Marietta Ball
“Voices” by Kristina Bak
“Loneliness of the Middle-Distance Runner” by James A. Gilmer
“To Rescue My Best Friend” by Kent Patterson
“Shrapnel Over Chicago: August, 1989” by Tamara Kaye Sellman
“We Don’t Know Where You’ve Been, Mr. Jones” by Terry Hayman
“No Angels” by James McKinty
“Anna on the Threshold” by K.Z. Perry
“When the Fleet Comes” by G. Scott Huggins
“My Hermit” by Leslie What
“The Blender” by Martha Fenton
“Into Snowy Wood” by E. Catherine Tobler
“To Find a Dress” by Sue Burke
“Spirits Having Flown” by John Everson
“Morning Light” by Kate Mason
“The Crossing” by Michael Canfield
“A Jealous God” by Nancy Jane Moore
You can buy a copy of this anthology at
Amazon.com or visit TripleTree Publishing’s
MOTA
website.
To see some of my other short
fiction and credits, visit
www.orcutt.net.
Jonathan Ames: What's Not to Love?
Next, a little promotion for a writer I truly admire. (He didn’t ask
for it, but I don’t think he’ll mind.)
Jonathan Ames has been called—among
other things—the
“George Plimpton of the colon,” but I prefer to think of him as the
perverted reincarnation of F. Scott Fitzgerald. In his books I Pass
Like Night, The Extra Man, What’s Not to Love, and
his most recent, My Less than Secret Life, Ames explores with
scintillating prose the disturbing depths of his sexuality while
recounting fascinating adventures in colon cleansing and meeting Bill
Clinton. You might have seen him recently on David Letterman, pitching
his “World’s Most Phallic Building Contest.” Well, the results are in,
and you can see the winner and all of the other entries on his
website,
www.jonathanames.com.
Meet Nick Chase, the James Bond of Slackers
Finally, many of you may not know (or care), but I’ve published a
novel, Nick Chase’s Great Escape, and a collection of short
stories, I Hope You Boys Know What You’re Doing!.
Of Nick Chase, reviewers have said the following:
“What a breezy, fun read! This is
just the book to have along when you're enduring your daily commute.”
“Everyone makes decisions in life, and this is the story of a person
who makes the more interesting choices - and muddles through the
consequences. The author, Christopher Orcutt, gives you a voyeuristic
glance at what it would be like to live life making irresponsible
decisions for convenience.”
“It reminded me of A Confederacy of Dunces, but in the Northeast.”
“This was a very entertaining, well written romp. I have to admit that
I had a hard time putting it down at the end of the day. There was
never a dull moment.”
You can learn more about Nick Chase at the official website,
nickchase.com
or skip all that BS and just buy the book on
Amazon.com or
BarnesandNoble.com.
I Hope You Boys Know What You're Doing...I Really Do
I Hope You Boys Know What You’re Doing! traces the antics of
four guy friends from their teenage years into their (slightly) more
responsible late 20s. Get a copy and read about the following crazy
adventures:
“The Waaah” – Two teenage boys
decide to make a sawed-off shotgun. What could possibly go wrong?
“A Relaxing Summer on the Cape” – One young man’s plight working for a
shrewish German innkeeper and living with two British lesbians.
“Security Guard” – Ah, the joys of driving golf balls into an
abandoned factory at night.
“Whose Van is that on Fire Out There?” – A van burns up and a car
sinks to the bottom of a pond. Make no mistake, life can be cruel to
young people.
“Startup Cleavage” – A manager with a startup company tries to lure in
new talent with her thoracic wares. Will it work?
Over 25 tales in all! Now that's value.
One reviewer of I Hope You Boys writes, “If people don't think
this book is one of the funniest they've ever read, they're dead.”
According to another astute individual, “Orcutt's character and plot
development are also very good, and the pages seem to fly by.” And
finally, my favorite blurb: “So exquisite, I felt compelled to return
and pay for it.”
Do yourself a favor and buy a copy of I Hope You Boys at
Amazon.com or
BarnesandNoble.com.
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GET ONE OF THESE: The
producers and I are praying
that people start buying XM
radios in droves. God bless
those insightful Early Adopters.
MOTA 3:
A lot of good fiction by
a lot of people. Don't let the fact
that you haven't heard of any of us
keep you from owning a piece of
fine literature. Hey, even Stephen
King was a nobody once
THE HERRING WONDER: Ames's
nickname from his brief career
as a boxer. Learn this and a lot
more in any of his great works.
One of them even has a study
guide for your reading group!
NICK CHASE: Trust me, the only
life crazier than J. Ames's is
Nick Chase's fictional one.
THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE:
Alex
and his buddies are trying to find
themselves, but how can you attain
spiritual enlightenment when you're
stealing a soda machine? |
