On "Endings" by Sean Lovelace (473 words) ***

Why bother writing the story when the endings of each story are as fun as these are? Lovelace has a wicked sense of humor that makes for compelling writing despite the lack of plot or character. Read the ends of each piece here at Flashquake.

On "Someone Emailed Me Last Night and Asked if I Would Write About Nachos" by Sean Lovelace (2146 words) *****

So here's a story I referenced earlier but couldn't supply an online link to and, hence, couldn't write about. Now, it's public, and I'm so glad. Lovelace tears up the language in most of his writing, and by that I mean he both uses language in creatively new ways and tears apart language as we generally think about it. A set of simple declarative sentences (mostly simple, mostly declarative, mostly sentences), Lovelace waxes poetic on "junk" food, though really, I'm thinking this can't be junk food, not when Lovelace is writing about it. It's art. Read about nachos here at Fictionaut.

On "To Be Happy" by Sean Lovelace (535 words) *****

Here's a short piece with wise advice . . . or not. Lovelace has a handle on the language to admire. He's also got a sense of zany originality. In this piece, he puts those two talents together with a little bit of suggestiveness, a little undertone of angst, and provides something that is much more than what at first seems to pop to the surface. Why do we throw things? Does it make us happier? Do we like to think on the past? Is happiness really even the point? Read the story here at Juked.

On "A Sigh Is Just a Sigh" by Sean Lovelace (1050 words) ***

Here's an interesting short piece, a musing on film and sleeping and doors and dreams. I'm really not sure what to think of it, but sections of it sing, lines from it shine. Bogart on your futon? Asking him if he wants Pop Tarts? Really interesting. But really, this is just an excuse to mention another Sean Lovelace piece, in the Sonora Review (not online), about nachos, " Someone Emailed Me Last Night and Asked if I Would Write About Nachos"--one of the best pieces of writing I've read this year. Read Lovelace's story about Casablanca here at Wigleaf, then go out and get yourself a copy of the Sonora Review.