I’ve posted an excerpt from my chapbook Bygone on the ol’ website. Have a quick read: https://tompappalardo.com/leaving/
sciencefiction #speculativefiction #scifi #chapbook #amwriting #indieauthor #bookdesign
I’ve posted an excerpt from my chapbook Bygone on the ol’ website. Have a quick read: https://tompappalardo.com/leaving/
sciencefiction #speculativefiction #scifi #chapbook #amwriting #indieauthor #bookdesign
On the latest episode of the Meat For Tea podcast, you can hear me fumble through a reading from a 2013 MFT event (at around 15:00).
The text version of “The Cash Register Tolls For Thee” is here.
I’ve added a short essay called “Estate” to the site.
If you lived in eastern Massachusetts in the mid ’80s AND watched a lot of UHF television AND you like Satan, you MIGHT enjoy this design — available on shirts, mugs, buttons, etc.
One of my favorite things about Dumb Internet Times is how easy it is to create a really stupid product that will appeal to almost no one. I made these so I could order one for myself. Maybe? You? Want? One? Too? j/k you don’t.
v66 #v666 #satan #boston #easternmass #massachusetts #masshole
I’ve posted the short story “Gigantic” on my newly revamped website.
RIYL: Fat dogs; Northampton
One thing I wasn’t expecting to find in my inbox this morning is a new review from Publishers Weekly — for a book I sent them three years ago. Ah well, compliments have no expiration date. https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780998327815
I’ve always preferred the paper-book experience over e-books. Some of my stuff is only available on paper. I released these two limited edition chapbooks pre-pandemic, thinking they’d be cool OBJECTS to sell directly to people at book fairs and other events and then there were no more fairs and events. BYGONE and MIND THE GAP are fun short books and you might enjoy reading them. Available here.
I’ve restocked my Etsy store with a bunch of stuff that has been unavailable for a little while. Perhaps you might want an item or a thing.
Hey it’s National Coffee Day
tompappalardo.com/coffee/
Pappalardo’s playful illustrated novel (after One More Cup of Coffee) tells a bizarre and frenetic story of pyromaniac demons dressed as firemen and a group of avenging heroes. Maggie, a waitress, asks for a ride home from work when her car won’t start, and she’s obliged by two characters named Cowboy and Spaceman. After she arrives home, the demons (ominously depicted in drawings with captions such as “WE’RE HERE TO BURN AND KILL”) set fire to her trailer park. Cowboy and Spaceman rescue Maggie, drawing her into a fundamental fight of good against evil. Continue Reading REVIEWS: Broken Lines