FLYMF alum Marissa Kristal has a funny piece in the New York Press, “Of Mice and Doormen,” detailing her efforts to discourage her building’s amorous gatekeeper.
Marissa’s stories for FLYMF include Standing on Street Corners, Trainers (And Big, Horny Dogs), That Girl, Frostbite, Mr. Crazy and The Cheek Kiss.
The listing comes from my brief-brief-brief cameo in Illegal Use of Joe Zopp, the film that FLYMF co-creator Nick Holle and a group of his friends created in their home town of Chippewa Falls. The movie’s great (you can my response to it here), and it’s been really rewarding to see a group of good friends take a big artistic project through to fruition.
The movie will have its theatrical debut on August 22 in Chippewa Falls Micon Cinemas; I will definitely be there. The movie will also be featured in Iowa City’s Landlocked Film Festival on August 23, after which there will be a DVD release. If you can make it to any of the screenings, you should show up to support an innovative grassroots film project. Congratulations to everyone involved!
FLYMF alum Ralph Gamelli has a podcast of his story, “The Invisible Man is Innocent,” up at Clonepod. Check it out. The story was originally published on McSweeney’s.
Ralph’s stories for FLYMF include How Long Before I Use My Ejector Seat?, Twilight Zone Episodes For the Internet Age, and Rocky Balboa Gives Inspirational Speeches Too Frequently.
FLYMF alum G. Xavier Robillard has had a humor piece, “The Plight of the Suburban Deer,” published in McSweeney’s. It’s an expose of the latest demographic trend: the migration of deer to overpriced track housing.
You can also check out his story, “When George Lucas Gets His Hands on Other Blockbusters” at FLYMF.com.
FLYMF Alum Larry Gaffney has a story, “Rat in the Ivy,” published at Underground Voices Magazine. This funny piece of short fiction sees Cheney’s one-percent doctrine applied to the egos and bluster of tenure-track academia. Waterboarding and hatemyprofs.com (sadly, a fictional site) both make welcome appearances.
Larry’s work for FLYMF includes Selected E-mails From Cabot Sinclair, Literary Agent And Really Nice Guy, Notes On Contributors, Scene From A Creative Writing Seminar Conducted By David Milch, The Lost Seinfeld Episodes, Things I Wish I Had Never Said, Christian Rock Group Days Of Fire Decides To Cover The Frank Zappa Catalogue, With A Few Changes, Writers Guidelines For The Salt Lick Review, Ill-advised Resume Objectives, A Correspondence, Larry’s Open Proposal