3 poems by Louis McKee
STATE’S WITNESS Maybe I was talking too much. Maybe I let it slip– I knew somebody, somebody who could get things done. St. Brigid,
Featured Story
Rebels of the 512 ebook give-away
Like free ebooks? Who doesn’t! That’s why we’ve giving away free copies of my novel, Rebels of the 512, starting today. WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Rebels of the 512
Lobster Telephone
Read these books, or die trying
Recently, I joined WriteByNight’s online book club, an awesome alternative
The Other One Percent by William Burns
I don’t want to pay back my student loans. I don’t like foreclosures. I’m against police brutality. But how do you get from protest to sweet talk?
Fiction
3 flash fiction pieces by Carter Meyer
Two Friends Talk on Facebook “I can’t stand being here.” “I can’t stand being.” "Facebook
Stories from “Cabin” by Louis Marvin
The Attack of the Mad Ax Man “Watch the attack of the mad ax man” —Michael Schenker Group He sat in his lawn chair, in front of his cabin, with birds
Poetry
3 poems by Douglas Cole
The Cave I use the theater as a place to duck away when I’m lost or high or too drunk to drive or otherwise can’t go home. Doesn’t matter what’s
3 poems by William Wade
New Muse Tonight it seems that I just cannot find two words that rhyme Damned Erato, fickle bitch I’ll show you what is which Out with you like worn-out
Interviews
3-Day Novelist Gone Wild! An interview with Don Britt by Jennifer Thompson
Completing twenty-four novels in one lifetime is much more than most writers even dream of accomplishing, never mind twenty-four in one year. But that
Jane Austen doesn’t live here anymore: An interview with Austin Nights author Michael Davidson by Jennifer Thompson
Kris Kristofferson may have said it wrong and Janis Joplin may have sung it wrong. Freedom isn’t just another word for nothin’ left to lose; freedom
Reviews
The Wilding by Benjamin Percy
Reviewed by Joshua Willey When you begin reading Benjamin Percy’s debut novel,
Between Parentheses by Roberto Bolaño, reviewed by Joshua Willey
The latest release in the saga of Roberto Bolaño translations
More Rebellion
Dads by Jeff Houlahan
His father had drowned at their cottage during an early morning swim. He told of sitting on the dock watching the boats scattered around the lake looking for his father and of watching from a distance
3 poems by Jacqueline Nha Pham
Flor de Muerto The last time we saw Feliciana, she was on the cover of Suicide Girls, fully nude, a tattooed silhouette with a hand-scripted neck piece that reads: “Ich Bin, Je Suis, I am.” She was
Writer’s Cell Block by Dana Kabel
Originally published at A Twist of Noir Pete woke up kissing cold concrete and his head felt like it was splitting
Voodoo Country, an excerpt from Rum Socialism by Kris Romaniuk
This week we bring you an excerpt from Kris Romaniuk‘s rebellious new ebook, Rum Socialism. You can score a copy on Amazon
3 poems by Mather Schneider
Idiots Who Could Spit A lot of people live out in the sticks in the middle of the desert with tons of elbow room and fresh air and the stars raining down every night. Many of these country people think there
Vote for Black Heart in the P&E Readers’ Poll
Guess what? We’ve been nominated in several categories for this year’s Preditors & Editors Readers’ Poll! The poll is an annual tradition,
2009 (a poem in 4 haiku) by Ariel Starling
"Icy" (photo by Flickr user Benson Kua) I. driving drunk, old blood scent of roses and burnt flesh screwdrivers, pull’d
All Praise Be to Allah by Uriah Hutto
Each sun-kissed daffodil bounces back and forth in the refreshing spring breeze. Every flower an individual, but at the same time keeping the melodic ebb and flow of the others. Depending how you look,
New Year’s resolutions, superstitions and goals
It’s the last installment of Lobster Telephone for the year, and we at Black Heart want to wish you all a Happy New Year and plenty of good fortune in 2012. Assuming, of course, that the
