Nathan Holic

Author: nholic

  • Favorite Fiction Writers

    Was just reading through an interview on Duotrope’s Digest with the poet J Bradley, and saw that I was mentioned under his list of favorite fiction authors. That’s the sort of thing that really brings a smile to your face…unexpected, and a cool compliment. Thanks, Mr. Bradley!

  • Fight For Your Long Day, a comic adaptation

    I’ve been hard at work adapting Alex Kudera’s very funny/sad novel, Fight For Your Long Day, a satire of the employment structure for teachers in the university setting. It’s an important book, and one that just keeps building and building in support. My comic adaptations are generally short, just a chunk of a chapter at…

  • The Gift, a comic adaptation

    Check out my latest comic adaptation, over at LITnIMAGE. I worked with the mighty Ben Tanzer, a Chicago indie-lit god, on his short story “The Gift” (which was originally published at The2ndHand). Check it out at the link here, and let me know what you think. This is probably my favorite comic adaptation I’ve created…

  • 15 Views of Orlando – RELEASE PARTY!!!

    The above subject heading uses three total exclamation points, which–in the words of my old mentor Jeanne Leiby–is the lifetime total allowed to a writer. And man, I used them all at once. But the subject certainly calls for some exclamation points. If you didn’t know (i.e. you don’t ever talk to me, or you…

  • Best Iraq War Films

    Here we are at the end of the Iraq War, at the end of a long and winding and exhausting time period in American international politics. But listen: I’ve never made a political post on my blog before, and I’m not about to start now! Over the course of the last seven years or so,…

  • Death Match, Other Words

    Big weekend for me. I started off with the “Other Words” Conference in St. Augustine, where I sat on a panel that paid tribute to the late great Jeanne Leiby.While my panel discussion centered upon Jeanne’s “courage and talent” mandate in her old fiction workshops, you can also check out the tribute I wrote over…

  • New Comic Adaptation

    This past year, I’ve been privileged to work with a number of excellent small-press authors, crafting comic adaptations of their short stories (and excerpts of their novels). I’ve already posted links to my adaptation of a scene from Lavinia Ludlow’s Alt.Punk and Steve Himmer’s The Bee-Loud Glade. So here is my adaptation of J. Bradley’s…

  • The Jeanne Leiby Chapbook

    In a few weeks, I’ll post a link to my own tribute/ memorial to my former mentor Jeanne Leiby (which will run on the Burrow Press blog), but in the meantime, I want to share some news about the award that has been established in her honor. Details follow below, and were lifted from the…

  • CLUTTER!

    I’m excited to announce that my serialized graphic novel, “Clutter,” has officially gone live at Smalldoggies Magazine.  Click here to read the first installment…It’s a story told in the form of a home decor catalogue, and I’m eager to hear how I did. Make sure to leave comments on the site, and check back every…

  • Blonde Bombshells Beheaded

    Greetings, world! Quick update: I’ve got a new short story up at The Molotov Cocktail. It’s called “The True Anxiety of a Blonde Not-Quite-Bombshell Who is Beheaded in a Throwaway Scene of Demonwarp.” And man, is it ever perfect to get you in the mood for Halloween season! (Sort of…maybe?) It’s part of a series…