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Winter 2011
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Pushcart
Prize Nominee
One Night in Manhattan by Edward Morris
Each year, the Pushcart
Prize recognizes literary excellence in the small press.
Editors and publishers are invited to nominate selections
from their publications from the previous year for
consideration for the prize and publication in the
organization's annual anthology.
Over the past few weeks, Big
Pulp undertook the difficult task of narrowing
the fiction and poetry we published in 2011 down
to six nominations. Now, we are very proud to present
our nominees for the 2011 Pushcart Prize, beginning
with Edward Morris' surreal science fiction story, "One
Night in Manhattan."
One Night in
Manhattan
My
name is Harold Hart Crane. I am alone
in my hotel room. It is Christmas
Eve, in the Year of Our Lord 1941.
I will not lose my mind.
The
Herr Doktor told me to repeat things
like this, when the “peak” of the drug
happens, whenever that is. Time has
turned to rubber, and the clocks have
melted down.
My
name is Harold Hart Crane. I will not
lose my mind.
A thousand
years ago, I got that package this
afternoon from that quaint little bearded
Kraut Dr. Rinkel at Boston Psychopathic
Hospital. The stuff’s an alkaloid that
acts on several chemicals already in
the brain. He orders it in microgrammes,
do you believe that, at the most exorbitant
rates from Sandoz Labs, in Chur, Switzerland.
Or did,
a thousand years ago. Before the clock
melted on the wall, and the trip to
the store did not end. This room is
tired. The velvet wallpaper spirals
up into patterns of patterns toward
the ceiling, beanstalks I have no heart
to climb.
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(Continue...)
December 4, 2011 Link
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Applied
Science Episode 9: Mayhem Ex Machina
Fraser Sherman's science fiction
serial continues with Applied Science Episode 9: Mayhem
Ex Machina. If you missed episodes 1 - 8, you can
catch up on the adventures of the Science Investigations
team
on
the
Applied
Science home page.
Mayhem Ex Machina
“Mrs. Hanover—” The
bungalow door slammed hard on Steve Flanagan’s
foot, but he didn’t budge; the second
he withdrew his foot, he’d lose his last
chance to find his brother. “Frank Cable
only gave me your name because—”
“Frank’s
real good at giving names.” The grey-haired
woman’s bony fingers tightened on the
hem of her bath robe. “That’s how he
got off the blacklist, giving the FBI
my husband’s name. That’s how
we lost everything.”
“This isn’t
like that. Tommy Gould’s my brother!”
“Even if
he is, what the hell would that prove?” The
door opened, then closed even harder against
his foot, forcing a gasp from Steve’s lips. “My
own brother hasn’t spoken to
me since I was blacklisted, said
it
was what I deserved
for turning my back on AMERICA.”
“But that’s
over. There’s no blacklist any—”
“Tell that
to my brother! And there’s still a federal
warrant out for Tommy, right? He was a
good kid; if I did know where to find him,
I’d never tell you.”
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December 4, 2011 Link
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Martyrs
and Traitors
by Marina Julia Neary
Dublin,
Good Friday, 1916 -
Kidnapped and held at gunpoint by his former IRB
comrades,
Bulmer Hobson, the antihero
of 1916, denounces the ill-fated Easter Rising he
tried to prevent. Once branded 'the most dangerous
man in Ireland,' Hobson is about
to be deleted
from history. Based on historical accounts, Martyrs
and Traitors is an intimate glance into the
conflicted and shattered heart of Ireland's discredited
patriot.
Marina
most recently appeared in Big
Pulp's Winter 2010 issue with her story How
Am I Gonna Play Guitar Now?
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