http://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradioThe Short Fuse Radio Network presently includes THE ABYSS GAZES ALSO and THE THIN EDGE OF STARING with Wolfgang Carstens, as well as EMPTY BOAT with Rob Plath. SHORT FUSE RADIO is always looking for new shows to add to its line-up. If you (or someone you know) has a great idea for a new show, please email a short synopsis of your show idea and potential guest list to Wolfgang Carstens at carstenswolfgang@gmail.com.enCopyright Wolfgang Carstens (C/O Blogtalkradio)Sat, 15 Jun 2019 00:45:00 GMTSat, 03 Nov 2012 02:00:00 GMTWritingBlogTalkRadio Feed v2.0https://dasg7xwmldix6.cloudfront.net/hostpics/f0c4875f-8170-453c-9024-0848bf32a453_bannersketch.jpghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradioThe Short Fuse Radio Network presently includes THE ABYSS GAZES ALSO and THE THIN EDGE OF STARING with Wolfgang Carstens, as well as EMPTY BOAT with Rob Plath. SHORT FUSE RADIO is always looking for new shows to add to its line-up. If you (or someone you know) has a great idea for a new show, please email a short synopsis of your show idea and potential guest list to Wolfgang Carstens at carstenswolfgang@gmail.com.feeds@blogtalkradio.comBlogTalkRadio.comwriting,the abyss gazes also,wolfgang carstens,epic rites press,literature,craig scott,john yamrus,lawrence gladeview,pigeonbike press,poetrySHORT FUSE RADIOnoThe Short Fuse Radio Network presently includes THE ABYSS GAZES ALSO and THE THIN EDGE OF STARING with Wolfgang Carstens, as well as EMPTY BOAT with Rob Plath.episodichttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/11/03/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-zack-wilsonWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/11/03/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-zack-wilson/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/11/03/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-zack-wilsonSat, 03 Nov 2012 02:00:00 GMTThe Abyss Gazes Also with Zack WilsonZack Wilson is a writer from Yorkshire, in the North of England. His work has been featured in many different online and print journals, with two short collections, THE MIRROR and LESCAR also in circulation somewhere. Wilson's first full length collection, STUMBLES AND HALF SLIPS, was released by Epic Rites Press in 2012. “STUMBLES AND HALF SLIPS could be described by many flattering adjectives, however the writing in these twenty-four short pieces is exemplary in its negatives; its very lack of pretense, lack of mimicry. Words come alive, seemingly bypassing the thought process as if poured straight from life itself, expressed in un-sanitized language of common streets.”—Nadine Sellers “STUMBLES AND HALF SLIPS is a superb insight into the life of a man dwelling in a world occupied by fools. This book implausibly inhabits the grey area between social realism and downright awkwardness; as Ray Doyle, delivery driver, stands as the lone voice of sanity in a quaint English town, struggling to comprehend the maudlin muddle that consumes his mind the morning after a night spent slouched by the bar. Zack Wilson has written a brutally honest account about what it is like to be stuck in the doldrums.”—Richard Wink “Nothing but raw lives and beautifully minute particulars.”—Rob Plath “Zack Wilson is one of that most important, yet often most overlooked, breed of writers: a chronicler of the extraordinary hearts that beat out ordinary lives.”—Matthew David Scott More information about Zack Wilson at http://zackwilsonlonestriker.blogspot.ca/ 01:23:00SHORT FUSE RADIOnoZack Wilson,Wolfgang Carstens,Stumbles and Half Slips,Epic Rites Press,The Abyss Gazes AlsoZack Wilson is a writer from Yorkshire, in the North of England. His work has been featured in many different online and print journals, with two short collectihttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/10/17/the-thin-edge-of-staring-with-wolfgang-carstensWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/10/17/the-thin-edge-of-staring-with-wolfgang-carstens/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/10/17/the-thin-edge-of-staring-with-wolfgang-carstensWed, 17 Oct 2012 01:00:00 GMTTHE THIN EDGE OF STARING The reading series continues tonight as your host Wolfgang Carstens welcomes Rob Plath, RD Armstrong and Craig Scott to THE THIN EDGE OF STARING. In addition to eight chapbooks of poetry, Rob Plath is the author of DEATH IS DEAD, WE’RE NO BUTCHERS, THERE’S A FIST DUNKED IN BLOOD BEATING IN MY CHEST, and A BELLYFUL OF ANARCHY, all from Epic Rites Press. Craig Scott is an unimaginative pseudonym. Craig has been writing on and off for about 15 years. His first book, FORKED TONGUE, was released under his real name before he agreed to work under a pen name. His hardcover collection TALES FROM A FRENCH ENVELOPE, co-written with Catfish McDaris, can be purchased through Lulu.com, and his poetry chapbook GARAGE ON THE EDGE OF TOWN is available from Writing Knights Press. He edited an issue of the print magazine Mad Rush, also available through Lulu, as well as several e-chapbooks through Ten Pages Press. RD Armstrong, AKA Raindog began his most recent incarnation as a poet in the early 90s.  He has 18 chapbooks, 9 books to his name and has been published in over 300 poetry magazines, anthologies, blogs and e-zines.  He also operates the Lummox Press which published the Lummox Journal for 11 years; the Little Red Book series (60 titles) and the new RESPECT series of perfect bound collections of poetry, begun in 2008. In November of 2012 RD launches a new magazine called simply LUMMOX (print). It will be a yearly anthology. Since 1994, Raindog has labored to serve the world of small press poetry and continues to do so to this day. Visit his website at www.lummoxpress.com     02:05:00SHORT FUSE RADIOnoWolfgang Cartens,The Thin Edge of Staring,Rob Plath,RD Armstrong,Craig ScottThe reading series continues tonight as your host Wolfgang Carstens welcomes Rob Plath, RD Armstrong and Craig Scott to THE THIN EDGE OF STARING. In additionhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/10/06/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-william-taylor-jrWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/10/06/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-william-taylor-jr/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/10/06/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-william-taylor-jrSat, 06 Oct 2012 02:00:00 GMTThe Abyss Gazes Also with William Taylor Jr. "William Taylor Jr.'s quest to grasp a sense of understanding within a chaotic world illustrates how essential poetry is today."—Brian Morrisey "William Taylor Jr. wonderfully weaves everyday happenings with fluid sounds and clear visions along with that little something extra that can be read and savored time and again."—Raymond Hammond "Taylor, it seems to me, has picked up west coast poetry where Bukowski fumbled it. He has moved beyond the tedium and banality of writers obsessed with image and the idea of cool, and has chosen instead to focus on the much harder task of digging for truths. His voice, I think, is one by which all others will need to be measured."—John Sweet “William Taylor Jr. is a clever, natural born story teller who loves to describe people and relationships, especially when things go to hell.”—George Anderson "William Taylor Jr.'s poems hang in the air like dust in the sun. Beauty and waste."—Mark Eitzel “This isn’t writing... this is breathing fire through a straw.”—John Yamrus William Taylor Jr lives and writes in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. He is the author of the poetry collections WORDS FOR SONGS NEVER WRITTEN (Centennial Press 2007) and THE HUNGER SEASON (Sunnyoutside, 2009). AN AGE OF MONSTERS, Taylor's first collection of short stories, was published by Epic Rites Press in 2011. Taylor has two poetry collections forthcoming: BLOOD OF A TOURIST from Sunnyoutside Press, and BROKEN WHEN WE GOT HERE from Epic Rites Press. More information is available at http://www.williamtaylorjr.net.       01:29:00SHORT FUSE RADIOnoWilliam Taylor Jr,Wolfgang Carstens,Epic Rites Press,Literature,The Abyss Gazes Also"William Taylor Jr.'s quest to grasp a sense of understanding within a chaotic world illustrates how essential poetry is today."—Brian Morrisey "William Taylohttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/09/29/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-lawrence-gladeviewWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/09/29/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-lawrence-gladeview/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/09/29/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-lawrence-gladeviewSat, 29 Sep 2012 02:00:00 GMTThe Abyss Gazes Also with Lawrence Gladeview “Lawrence Gladeview  is a natural story-teller with an astute eye, scathing wit, and a wicked sense of humor!” —Wolfgang Carstens “No pretense, no bullshit, just straight from the hip good stuff. Gladeview doesn’t try to impress. He doesn’t whack you over the head with his scholarship. He just lowers his shoulder and gets the job done and THAT, my friends, is impressive.”—John Yamrus “Gladeview writes accessible, engaging poetry on the darkness and the light of the everyday and everyman, dispensing shots of wit and more than a few lingering chasers of wisdom.” —Chris Yurkowski “Reading Lawrence Gladeview is akin to being in your favourite bar or cafe, listening to anecdotes from a witty, sagacious, compassionate, humorous, insightful friend, delivered in a mellow and melodious voice. My only nag is when the voice stops and I must leave." —Milner Place Lawrence Gladeview is a barroom raconteur, cocksure lover, and foul-mouthed poet from Boulder, Colarado. Gladeview's first full-length collection JUST IGNORE THE BEER STAINS was released by PigeonBike Press in 2011. It's available now on www.Amazon.com. Gladeview's newest chapbook LOWLIFES, FAST TIMES & OCCASIONALLY LOVE is available for advanced ordering from Erbacce Press here. "LOWLIFES, FAST TIMES & OCCASIONALLY LOVE is a book accessible by anyone at any time as whatever they need it to be. Gladeview knows how to tell a great story —he makes it look easy."—Wolfgang Carstens More information is available at www.lawrencegladeview.com. 01:24:00SHORT FUSE RADIOnoLawrence Gladeview,Wollfgang Carstens,The Abyss Gazes Also,Poetry,Literature“Lawrence Gladeview  is a natural story-teller with an astute eye, scathing wit, and a wicked sense of humor!” —Wolfgang Carstens “No pretense, no bullshit, jhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/09/22/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-r-l-raymondWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/09/22/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-r-l-raymond/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/09/22/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-r-l-raymondSat, 22 Sep 2012 02:00:00 GMTThe Abyss Gazes Also with R L Raymond “R L Raymond writes poems like novels—if novels were lives that could be smashed against a wall in anger and pieced back together in the morning.”—Wolfgang Carstens “Raymond rattles his lines off in short staccato bursts, like someone walking into a bar and emptying a clip from a Thompson gun into the décor—and a few chumps.”—Chris Yurkoski "The beauty of the poems lies in the scattered, often shotgun detail."—George Anderson “Pushed to the brink, with nothing seemingly left to lose, these poems lay it all down on the line with originality, perception and depth.”—John Yamrus R L Raymond is a writer from Ontario, Canada. By blurring the line between poetry and short fiction, he produces narratives that can engage anyone. Published in dozens of literature and underground journals around the world, with two collections under his belt, Raymond just wants to break down the walls and tell his stories.   Raymond's books include SONOFABITCH POEMS (PigeonBike, 2011), WEAKDAYS (Corrupt Press, 2012) and his second full-length poetry collection, HALF MYTHS & QUARTER LEGENDS, is forthcoming  from Epic Rites Press. R L Raymond's newest book, WEAKDAYS, is available at www.corruptpress.net.  SONOFABITCH POEMS is available at www.amazon.com.  Order your advanced copy of HALF MYTHS & QUARTER LEGENDS from www.epicrites.org.   More information about R L Raymond is available at www.rlraymond.ca. 01:12:00SHORT FUSE RADIOnoR L Raymond,PigeonBike Press,Wolfgang Carstens,The Abyss Gazes Also,Weakdays“R L Raymond writes poems like novels—if novels were lives that could be smashed against a wall in anger and pieced back together in the morning.”—Wolfgang Carhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/09/15/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-john-yamrusWritinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/09/15/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-john-yamrus/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/shortfuseradio/2012/09/15/the-abyss-gazes-also-with-john-yamrusSat, 15 Sep 2012 01:00:00 GMTThe Abyss Gazes Also with John Yamrus “The poetry of John Yamrus demands more attention. There is real blood in this man’s work.”—Todd Moore “John Yamrus, to me, is the Jim Henson of poetry. Combining a wry sense of humor, acuity of vision, and directness of language, his most recent collection of short poems, They Never Told Me This Would Happen, is a reader’s delight. Yamrus pulls the strings, inhabits the body, projects the voice of his own combination of Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird: playful, gripy, and slyly optimistic. From the nontraditional love song “she” to the playful tease of “Q” to the life lesson of “the,” Yamrus’ voice leads us through conventionally un-poetic terrain. They Never Told Me This Would Happen should be a primary text for every writer who thinks they know poetry.”—Annmarie Lockhart John Yamrus has been a fixture on the poetry scene since 1970. He’s published nineteen volumes of poetry, two novels, and his poetry is widely published in magazines around the world. His poems have been taught at both the high school and the college level and selections of his work have been translated into several languages, including Spanish, Swedish, Italian, French, Japanese and Romanian. His work has been described by the great Milner Place as “... a blade made from smooth honest steel, with the sharpest of edges.” More information is available at www.johnyamrus.com. They Never Told Me This Would Happen by John Yamrus is available at www.amazon.com 01:01:00SHORT FUSE RADIOnoJohn Yamrus,Wolfgang Carstens,Epic Rites Press,The Abyss Gazes Also,They Never Told Me This Would Happen“The poetry of John Yamrus demands more attention. There is real blood in this man’s work.”—Todd Moore “John Yamrus, to me, is the Jim Henson of poetry. Combi