INTERVIEWS
Will McCarry: Your piece “Snakebite” appears in our most recent issue of NANO Fiction, 6.2. We get a lot of submissions about snakes at NANO,…
Kirby Johnson: First I must mention how strikingly beautiful Your Attraction to Sharp Machines is. The book feels like a diary with its padded hardback cover and the inserts inside. What was it like to work with BatCat Press to determine the form this novella would ultimately take, and did you have an idea of how you wanted to present this story before hand?
Matthew Mahaney: Thanks. I remember asking Deanna, the BatCat editor, how much input I’d have, soon after she told me they’d chosen Sharp Machines from their open reading period.
Sophie Rosenblum: Tell our readers a little about yourself. What do you like to read? And Write? Peter Fontaine: I’m thirty-five, I live in Atlanta,…
Sophie Rosenblum: What is National Flash Fiction Day? Calum Kerr: As the name suggests, it’s a day to celebrate the tiny stories which come under…
Sophie Rosenblum: Those of us who write know how random getting published can be; one editor might love a piece while another editor (sometimes at…
NANO Editor, Eric Todd, interviews Lisa Marie Hunter, the featured artist for our upcoming issue. To pick up a copy of 7.1, head over to…
Elizabeth Wade: Your flash “Allies,” which appeared in our most recent issue of NANO Fiction, was a story I particularly loved. I remember being struck…
Elizabeth Wade: As editors, we were thrilled to publish one of your flash pieces in the most recent issue of NANO Fiction. We’re always interested…
Kirby Johnson: In the upcoming issue you explain that you collect elements from cultural lore and intertwine them with your own experiences and narratives. How has…
Kirby Johnson: Congratulations on the 2012 NANO Prize! What prompted you to enter the contest? Patrick Swaney: Thanks! I love what you guys do at…