ALUMNI NEWS

Eric M. Bosarge‘s (Popular Fiction W’12) story “Corentin the Divine” will appear in Buzzy Magazine on January 18th. It can be read online for free here.

Jennifer Marie Brissett (Popular Fiction) was interviewed and read a short story on the Hour of the Wolf radio show hosted by Jim Freund on WBAI in New York City. The show was podcasted and will remain available for 13 days past December 27, 2012. Also, the Kindred Reading Series, which she curates, made the November 2012 issue of Locus magazine (see below).

Libby Cudmore and Matthew Quinn Martin’s (Popular Fiction, S’10) short story “The Real Housewives of Happily Ever After” was published in the Fall 2012 issue of Mixitini Matrix.

Lesley Heiser (Fiction ’11) is happy to share that her story “Malaysian Rainbow” is going to be published on The Nervous Breakdown. She thanks all Stonecoasters who helped her with this story, especially David Mura.

Karen Pullen‘s (Popular Fiction S’08) debut mystery novel will be released this month from Five Star Cengage. Cold Feet is the story of what happens when an undercover drug agent, a stalkerish ex-girlfriend, and a couple of religious scammers show up at a wedding hosted by a faux Scotsman in a kilt. Publsher’s Weekly liked it: “Stella Lavender [is] the appealing 26-year-old heroine of Pullen’s absorbing first mystery…. Readers will hope to see a lot more of Stella in future installments.” Karen’s awarding everyone who pre-orders with a chance to spend two nights at her Pittsboro, NC, bed and breakfast; see details here.

On Halloween, Jacob Strunk (Fiction W’07) and Dominic Aulisio (Fiction S’07) released their collaborative Robe of Bones, documenting in black-and-white photography, poetry, song, and 16mm film their autumn 2012 New England road trip. Available as a free download and in a handsome dead-tree coffee-table version, Robe of Bones consists of a photo book, original songs inspired by the experience, and the 16mm black-and-white short film.

STUDENT NEWS

You know Sheila Boneham as a CNF student, but her new mystery novel Drop Dead on Recall (Midnight Ink, October 2012) has made the “Best of 2012” list of top-ten dog books from NBC’s Petside, a website dedicated to “improving the world for pets and their owners.” Petside reviewer Dorri Oldes calls the book, which draws on Sheila’s long experience in dog sports and writing nonfiction about dogs and cats, “a fast and exciting read that will keep you riveted right through till the end.” The list can be found here.

Magdalen Braden‘s publishing company, Harmony Road Press, released her first full-length contemporary romance, Love in Reality, in mid-December 2012. In it, TV producer Rand casts a confident bartender, Lissa, as a ditzy reality show contestant, not realizing she’s actually Lissa’s law student twin, Libby. Life in The Fishbowl encourages scheming, but as Rand and Libby fall in love, they have to be honest with themselves—and each other.

FACULTY NEWS

Nancy Holder (Popular Fiction) will be a guest of the Horror Writers Association at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference in Seattle, WA, January 25-29th. She will appear on two panels, Graphic Novels and Young Adult Horror, and will be available in the HWA booth to discuss the horror genre with attendees.