Five Questions
Sophie Rosenblum: We’re publishing your piece, “Jeep,” in the next issue of NANO Fiction. In this piece you write about the narrator’s dreams, which many writing…
Sophie Rosenblum: We’re publishing your piece, “Probably What Sex is Like at College,” in the next issue of NANO Fiction. With a title like that, it’s…
Sophie Rosenblum: We’re publishing your piece, “Gravity and Wind” in the next issue of NANO Fiction. There is a kind of love story happening within…
Sophie Rosenblum: We’re publishing your piece, “Lousy Elegy for Ben Chalmers,” in the next issue of NANO Fiction. This piece addresses a kind of fear…
Sophie Rosenblum: We’re publishing your piece, “Donor,” in the next issue of NANO Fiction. There are some very surreal moments in this story. Can you…
NANO Fiction: Congratulations on your flash piece (“Medusa”) winning the 2016 NANO Prize! What was your inspiration for writing this story? Charles Rafferty: I’ve been…
When/how/where do you write? In general I write first drafts of prose and translations on my computer, and poems with pencil and paper. I’m a fan…
Kayla Rae Candrilli: Your story “In This Way, We Fall in Love” is in NANO 9.2’s queer feature. What struck me about this piece was…
Kayla Rae Candrilli: Your story, “syllable knots & milkweed” in NANO 9.2’s queer feature, is so visceral. I can feel the “Texas sun” which is…
Matt Sailor : What appeals to you about writing flash, as opposed to other forms? Stephanie Devine: There’s something deeply satisfying in the movement and…