Author: Cliff

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.
July 1, 2008

>Dzanc Prize

>Not new news, but trying to help spread the word. Here is a press release from Dzanc Books: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2008 Dzanc Prize…
July 1, 2008

>New Issue: Insolent Rudder

>The Summer 2008 issue of Insolent Rudder is now live.
July 1, 2008

>New Issue: Rain Taxi

>Part One of the Rain Taxi Summer 2008 issue is now online, and the print edition is also available (including one sitting on my…
June 30, 2008

>James River Writers Conference

>I attended the James River Writers Conference at the Library of Virginia last year and had fun, plus I learned a fair amount. This…
June 30, 2008

>Springtime on Mars by Susan Woodring

>Springtime on Mars Susan Woodring Press 53 ($14.00) The title of Susan Woodring’s collection of eleven short stories, Springtime on Mars, suggests, if not…
June 29, 2008

>Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iwaela

>This book (Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala) is, I’d say, annoyingly good. It’s not really a novel. It feels like a long…
June 28, 2008

>Closed to Submissions

>Today I received a response to a submission from a respected literary journal. I sent the journal a story in May (the copying cost…
June 28, 2008

>Conference Time

>Writers’ Conferences. I’ve been to a bunch. They’re fun and educational. What more could you want? And with the arrival of summer, conferences are…
June 27, 2008

>Midsummer Day Camp

>If I were a kid, I would so be begging my parents to let me do this. It’s the Midsummer Day Camp of the…
June 27, 2008

>Split This Rock

>The first Split This Rock Poetry Festival was held in DC in March 2008. That was awhile ago, but reports from participants are still…