Check this page for One Look Books

Looks like a cool site to get books for cheap. http://www.onelookbooks.com/ebooks/search/Kyle%20Hemmings/a/

A short review of Zin!

A short review of my 2013 chapbook of short prose and poetry, Zin!, about a young dancer living in the city. My thanks to Jim Harrington, Andreé Robinson-Neal, and all the wonderful folk over at Zoe, especially Lisa Cihlar and her wonderful poetry prompts which Zin! sprung from. http://www.everydayfiction.com/flashfictionblog/book-review-zin-by-kyle-hemmings/

Happy to have work accepted into PMMP's Anthology of Long Distance Drunks

Happy to have work accepted into Perpetual Motion Machine's new anthology dedicated to Charles Bukowski: Long Distance Drunks. Will be out in spring of 2014. Many thanks to Max Booth III! http://perpetualpublishing.com/2013/10/04/table-of-contents-announced-for-long-distance-drunks/

I'm playing with some Comic Creator

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One Eye Jack

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My collection of fantasy stories and flash fictions--Phantasizer--is now up on Amazon as a Kindle edition

Phantasizer, a collection of horror and fantasy stories, many which have originated on Zoe, is now available on Amazon as a kindle edition. My thanks to Lisa Cihlar and all those who wrote great blurbs for this. www.amazon.com/Phantasizer-Tales-Dread-Fantastic-ebook/dp/B00E63GIS0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375131462&sr=8-1&keywords=Phantasizer-by+Kyle+Hemmings

New Chapbook out--Zin!

My new chapbook of short prose about a young dancer living in the city--Zin! If anyone wants a free copy, just email me an address. I have some extra copies. <a href = "http://www.redbirdchapbooks.com/chapbooks.html">Red Bird Chapbooks</a>

White Knuckle Press

....has accepted my chapbook of prose poems under 101 words titled Terminal. It will be published as a digital edition in early 2014. 

Uno Kudo

Very happy that Uno Kudo chose one of my pieces from the Zin series for publication. Out of 500 submissions, I'm happy to be in the company of some twelve or so extraordinary writers, the likes of Robert Vaughn, Kristine Ong Muslim, and Bud Smith.

Presently working on a collection of short prose pieces based on the life of the ex-Warhol superstar, Edie Sedgwick. 

A Girl Named China Is Your Brittle Future

A new flash that I'm working on.

A Girl Named China Is Your Brittle Future

She was taking care of her terminally ill mom and a set of potted silk plants. Her words were crazy trains rushing past me, over me. We spoke between classes or when the bus broke down or under trees hiding fat squirrels with eyes that knew us. Weeks passed like slow flames.  Her mother was sleeping more, talking less. I came over twice a week, brought several shades of  neediness.  We did it quietly in her room while her mother remained dreamless with her mouth open. I felt dizzy in that house, un-knowing myself or my motives, made stupid jokes about growing onions upside down or how during sex, our bodies sometimes squelched.  China didn't laugh. Her dark eyes remained frozen, unreadable . Evenings became strained, more humid. I  wondered what it would be like to plant myself in her shoes. Which way would I grow? Her mother's body had shut down, became a mysterious void.

China jumped at the beep of a feeding pump. She was becoming more obtuse, saying that she didn't believe in the word "decompose" or "dead," She said bodies evaporate the way liquids do in our experiments for Mr. Hennessey's Physical Science labs. I suspected she had a crush on him because ugly men to her were a challenge. They needed merciful weeding and make-over. They needed a patient gardener, sensitive to root need. When her mother finally evaporated, China disappeared for weeks, her rooms closed for sex. My nose itched. I gave wrong answers in Hennessey's class. My mother bought powdered milk because she believed it was healthier. When China did return from whatever state of matter or not-matter, she was mute.  My thumbs hurt from planting vegetables.

OF Zoos

I have a mini-collection of 6 poems accompanying some photos and artwork titled When We Were Young. Check out the rest of the contributors. Some truly amazing work. http://www.ofzoos.tk/2.1=kylehemmingsa.html

New Chapbook of micros up at Scars

I Was Charles Bronson's Secret Hostage. A collection of micros. http://scars.tv/pdf/2013/20120507I-Was-Charles-Bronsons-Secret-Hostage-by-Kyle-Hemmings.pdf

Four Poems up at Subterranean Quarterly

Some poems that started in a Zoetrope poetry office http://stquarterly.com/current-issue-spring-2013. 

Some stuff up at Zombie Logic Review

My kind of zine. <a href = "http://zombielogicreview.blogspot.com/2013/03/poems-about-charles-bronson-and-clint.html">Clicky</a>

Lindenwood Review

Lindenwood Review accepted a poem of mine, "Queen Marie." Very happy.

Proposed Book Cover for New Chapbook

My proposed book cover for my new chapbook from Brass Tack Press--In the Junkyards.

 

Postcards-Prose and Poetry

Have a pic and a poem up at Postcards-Prose and Poetry. Some excellent work there. http://postcardpoemsandprose.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/princess-liparty-animals-by-kyle-hemmings/

City of Kats--ready for sale

My collection of both old and new hybrid poems/prose is now available from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing as kindle, nook, or pdf. Don't deprive yourself. Grab a kitty! This is a city that doesn't sleep. It purrs from the outskirts of your inner life and pukes warm milk. Your back alley or mine. Also available on Amazon. http://perpetualpublishing.com/city-of-kats/

New Poem accepted in Irish Pub

My tiny poem "I Am a Windshield Wiper," was accepted by The Moth, a new print Irish publication.