Christopher’s book review of Travel Notes from author Stanley Crawford, appears in The Brooklyn Rail.
“Originally published in 1967, TRAVEL NOTES is a hallucinogenic dream journey thru the incomparable mind that subsequently brought us Log of the S.S. the Mrs. Unguentine, then dropped off the grid to become a garlic farmer in New Mexico.” –Calamari Press website
Here is the opening of the review:
Christopher’s book review of Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet, an anthology edited by Clifford Garstang, appears in The Collagist.
Here is the opening of the review:
Christopher’s book review of DEEP ELLUM from author Brandon Hobson appears in Southern Literary Review.
Here is the opening of the review of Brandon Hobson’s DEEP ELLUM:
Christopher’s story “Astronauts” appears in Steel Toe Review’s Issue #19 released May 14, 2014. The story is available to read online in full.
Christopher’s book review of Made to Break from author D. Foy, appears in American Book Review.
From the review: “Readers will wish they could grapple D. Foy in a game of Truth or Dare to hear about all of his inspirations and influences. Because that’s what the meat of this story is: a Truth or Dare game gone bad, in a remote cabin, in really bad weather with trees falling over.”
Christopher’s story “Richard’s Lincoln” appears in Word Riot’s January 2014 issue.
The story was available to read online in full, but as of February 2018, it seems that Word Riot’s website is down.
Christopher’s story “The Interview” appears in Revolution House Magazine, the December 2013 issue, volume 3.2. The magazine issue is available to read online in full.
This story originally appeared in Poydras Review Issue 1, released Spring 2012. Read it here…
Some kind words about Christopher’s short story from a reviewer of Cleaver Magazine’s latest issue: “The issue’s best short stories come from Kat Carlson and Christopher X. Shade and fit squarely into literary fiction rubric… Shade’s “In Very Little Time on the Nile” is a lyrical meditation on storytelling and people watching as Howard, a man on a tourist cruise to Aswan, imagines the life an attractive fellow passenger has been leading alongside his over the course of their intersecting vacations. Shade cleverly uses the woman’s scarf as a trigger for Howard’s fantasies, and it becomes a recurring detail, a thread that tightens the story’s scope.”
Christopher’s story “In Very Little Time On The Nile” appeared in Cleaver Magazine Issue #2, June 2013.
See the full review at The Review Review here: “New Online Mag Cuts Sharply Through the Din“
Christopher’s story “In Very Little Time On The Nile” appears in Cleaver Magazine Issue #2, June 2013.
Christopher X. Shade