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FLAPPERHOUSE Reading #20, In Pictures

February 22, 2018Flappertising, FlappricanaAlibi Jones, Anthony Cappo, Armando Jaramillo Garcia, Devin Kelly, Joseph P. O'Brien, Kim Coleman Foote, Readings, Sarah BridginsJoseph P. O'Brien

A gazillion gallons of glittery gratitude to everyone who helped make last night’s reading such a groovy deee-lite: Kim, Armando, Sarah, Anthony, and Devin for performing your flappy lits; Alibi Jones for your scintillating singing & photography; Pacific Standard for the ever-gracious hospitality; and all you gorgeous people who came in from the unseasonable warmth to witness it all…we’ll see you again on March 21…

[photos by Alibi Jones]

Kim Coleman Foote reads stories inspired by playing with the letters in her friends’ names

Armando Jaramillo Garcia recites poetry about atomic towns & unrecognized philosophy

Sarah Bridgins shares some glamorous poems about rosé & paintings of Real Housewives

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FLAPPERHOUSE Reading #20 / YEAR FOUR Flight Party

February 19, 2018Flappertising, FlappricanaAlibi Jones, Anthony Cappo, Armando Jaramillo Garcia, Devin Kelly, Kim Coleman Foote, Readings, Sarah BridginsJoseph P. O'Brien

Join us Wednesday night, February 21, from 7-9 PM at Pacific Standard (82 Fourth Ave in Brooklyn) as we celebrate FOUR YEARS of FLAPPERHOUSE with our TWENTIETH reading and launch our 2017 print anthology!

starring

SARAH BRIDGINS

ANTHONY CAPPO

KIM COLEMAN FOOTE

ARMANDO JARAMILLO GARCIA

ALIBI JONES

DEVIN KELLY

Admission is FREE, and print copies of FLAPPERHOUSE – YEAR FOUR will be available for the special reading price of $10.

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Our Most-Viewed Pieces of 2017 Were…

January 2, 2018Excerpts, Fiction, Flappertising, Flappricana, Poetry, ProseA.E. Weisgerber, Caulking the Wagon, Devin Kelly, Drought, Ian Kappos, Jonathan Wlodarski, Kaj Tanaka, Kim Coleman Foote, Left Behind, Love Song of a Femme Fatale on Scholarship, Maria Pinto, Mission Concept, Peter H.Z. Hsu, Picnic, Ryan Bradford, Sarah Bridgins, Summer Water, The Cake, Torture Game, When I Die Someone Just Fuck My Body PleaseJoseph P. O'Brien

Before we set our sights completely on 2018, let’s look at the pieces from 2017 that attracted the most eyeballs to our site…

10. “When I Die Someone Just Fuck My Body Please,” Ian Kappos’ punker-than-hell poem from our Summer 2017 issue.

9. “Picnic”, A. E. Weisgerber’s potent & evocative flash fiction which served as the opening piece of our killer & cinematic Spring 2017 issue.

8. “Drought,” Kim Coleman Foote’s eerily surreal & fable-like flash prose which kicked off our Fall 2017 issue.

7. “Summer Water,” one of two witty & intoxicating poems by Sarah Bridgins in our Summer 2017 issue.

6. “Mission Concept,” Pete H.Z. Hsu’s trippy & unearthly (and Best of the Net-nominated) flash fiction that launched our Summer 2017 issue.

5. “Caulking the Wagon,” Devin Kelly’s poetic meditation on suffering & classic computer games, from our Summer 2017 issue.

4. “Love Song of a Femme Fatale on Scholarship,” Maria Pinto’s frisky & infatuating flash fiction from our Winter 2017 issue.

3. “Torture Game”, Ryan Bradford’s fiendish short fiction about a dark night at the drive-in, from our Spring 2017 issue.

2. “Left Behind,” Kaj Tanaka’s brief yet profoundly haunting flash fiction, and the grand finale of our Summer 2017 issue.

1. “The Cake,” Jonathan Wlodarski’s deliciously disturbing (and Pushcart Prize-nominated) short fiction from our Winter 2017 issue.

“Summer Water” – Poetry by Sarah Bridgins

July 28, 2017Excerpts, Flappertising, Flappricana, PoetryFLAPPERHOUSE #14, Sarah Bridgins, Summer 2017 (#14), Summer WaterJoseph P. O'Brien

Woman with a Glass of Wine – Lovis Corinth, 1908

“Summer Water” is one of two witty & intoxicating poems by Sarah Bridgins in our Summer 2017 issue.

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I’M NOT AN ALCOHOLIC,
but I lie to my psychiatrist
when he asks
how much I drink.

I come from a long line of women
who luxuriate in pain
adorn themselves in velvet trauma,
spend their days
in coffin-dark rooms
using wine and longing
to summon dead loved ones.

All I want to do
is play chess
with a set made from dead mice,
read books about women
who were murdered
by strangers,
take boiling hot baths
in dirty tubs.

In a crowded bar,
I spill whiskey on my leg
and rub it in.

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FLAPPERHOUSE Reading #15, In Pictures

June 1, 2017Flappertising, FlappricanaAesop, Alibi Jones, Bud Smith, Cooper Wilhelm, Ilana Masad, Jane Ormerod, Readings, Sarah BridginsJoseph P. O'Brien

A resounding chorus of thank-yous to everyone who helped make Reading #15 such an epic evening: Bud, Sarah, Jane, Aesop, Cooper, and Ilana for performing your flappy lits; Alibi for your seductive singing and scintillating photography; Pacific Standard for your always-gracious hospitality; and all you gorgeous people who came & graced us with your presence. Let’s do this again on June 28…

photos by Alibi Jones

Bud Smith reads his short story “Gling Gling Gling”

Sarah Bridgins reads her poem “I am Rita Hayworth and You Are Orson Welles”

Jane Ormerod performs her poem “Kiss With Recorder and Killer”

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FLAPPERHOUSE Reading #15

May 26, 2017Flappertising, FlappricanaAesop, Alibi Jones, Bud Smith, Cooper Wilhelm, Ilana Masad, Jane Ormerod, Readings, Sarah BridginsJoseph P. O'Brien

Succumb to our seductive siren song as we host our 15th Reading on Wednesday night, May 31, 7-9 PM at the always-hospitable Pacific Standard, 82 Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn.

starring
SARAH BRIDGINS
ALIBI JONES
ILANA MASAD
JANE ORMEROD
BUD SMITH
COOPER WILHELM
&
the late AESOP

Free admission!

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