Category Archives: FLYMF Alums

Gini Koch: Touched by an Alien and Alien Tango

Books, FLYMF Alums, Humor

Something I’ve been meaning to mention for a long time now: FLYMF alum Gini Koch is having a great response to her ongoing Alien series, published by DAW books. The first installment, “Touched by an Alien,” has inspired a sequel, “Alien Tango,” and it looks like there are more installments in the pipeline. You can see all the details at her web site.

The reviews indicate the books are full of sci-fi fun. I look forward to catching up with the series!

Gini’s stories for FLYMF included…well, she wrote for us under a different name, and I’m not sure she wants to share it. But if she was published in FLYMF, you know she has to be funny.

J.D. Smith: Dowsing and Science

Books, FLYMF Alums

FLYMF alum J.D. Smith has a new collection of essays being published by Texas Z&M University Consortium Press on March 1. I look forward to picking up a copy! Here’s the description from the press web site:

The essays in Dowsing and Science touch points on the map, including Texarkana, Chicago, and Ocean City, Maryland, with stops in Latin America and Aurora, Illinois. The collection’s mental range extends even farther, questioning the use of common phrases such as “the real world,” suggesting how Romanian history stands in for the human condition at large, and making a case for the survival value of esthetics. While several selections represent variations on the short memoirs known as the personal essay, most are examples of the “impersonal essay,” meditating on and engaging with a world larger than any writer’s psyche.

J.D.’s stories for FLYMF included The Great Tuvalu Liquidation Sale, My Fetishist Things and As a Matter of Fact, I Am the Person You Have to Blow to Get a Table Around Here. You can follow all of J.D.’s updates on his blog, Smitroverse.