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The Voice Was Hers

The Voice Was Hers

Enjoy this excerpt from J.D.G. Perldeiner’s forthcoming novel, Haven. Read our profile on Perldeiner and Haven here. * * * The journey was meant to take five or six hours,...

The Voice Was Hers

Enjoy this excerpt from J.D.G. Perldeiner’s forthcoming novel, Haven. Read our profile on Perldeiner and Haven here. * * * The journey was meant to take five or six hours,...

The Great Library Stood

The Great Library Stood

Enjoy this excerpt from J.D.G. Perldeiner’s forthcoming novel, Haven. Read our profile on Perldeiner and Haven here. * * * The morning air was cold as sin. Eyes shut tight...

The Great Library Stood

Enjoy this excerpt from J.D.G. Perldeiner’s forthcoming novel, Haven. Read our profile on Perldeiner and Haven here. * * * The morning air was cold as sin. Eyes shut tight...

The Pounders Spoke

The Pounders Spoke

An excerpt from J.D.G. Perldeiner’s forthcoming novel, Haven. Read our profile on Perldeiner and Haven here, and preorder the book here or here. * * * Nate felt the tingle...

The Pounders Spoke

An excerpt from J.D.G. Perldeiner’s forthcoming novel, Haven. Read our profile on Perldeiner and Haven here, and preorder the book here or here. * * * Nate felt the tingle...

Number-One Fantasy

Number-One Fantasy

“My last name my whole life was Graboff, which is just a terrible thing” for a kid—even worse, one imagines, for a lover of things other kids often ridicule, like...

Number-One Fantasy

“My last name my whole life was Graboff, which is just a terrible thing” for a kid—even worse, one imagines, for a lover of things other kids often ridicule, like...

Formative Experiences

Formative Experiences

At the end of a short passageway in the New Haven Museum, a school of origami boats hangs by thin strings at varying heights, as if suspended in animation. Each...

Formative Experiences

At the end of a short passageway in the New Haven Museum, a school of origami boats hangs by thin strings at varying heights, as if suspended in animation. Each...

Krikko Obbott

Pencil Puller/Pusher

Four years. 300 square feet. 2,496 pencils. They’re what artist and architect Krikko Obbott poured into Super Big Apple, a mammoth 20’x15’ aerial rendering of New York City. The highest...

Pencil Puller/Pusher

Four years. 300 square feet. 2,496 pencils. They’re what artist and architect Krikko Obbott poured into Super Big Apple, a mammoth 20’x15’ aerial rendering of New York City. The highest...