Broken Gopher Ink are a team of playwrights whose quirky and vicious “comedies” have been produced in theatres throughout the US and the UK. Starting in the 1980s, Broken Gopher Ink began a series of off-Broadway shows, which later became known for their nihilistic comedy and anti-theatre sensibility. Claiming that all they wanted to be were “the Sex Pistols of … Read More
“Be Mysterious: Writers in Masks” Features Dorothee Lang
My Mask My mask is invisible. I wear it almost every day, usually without thinking of it. It is: English. I started to learn English in school, in the fifth grade, as most German pupils do. About the same time, my father bought a computer. He didn’t use it much, and so I adopted it. That was long … Read More
“Be Mysterious: Writers in Masks” features Lua Fowles
A couple years ago I went Venice to attend the carnival! It was magical- walking through the narrow streets of Venice, surrendered by masks and the instant feeling of liberty took me over. Being a writer means wearing lots of mask; I am the girl who is blind with love, the villain who wants revenge, the mother who lost her … Read More
“Be Mysterious: Writers in Masks” features Jeremy D. Brooks
(Mostly True) Facts About Jeremy D Brooks By Jeremy D Brooks Jeremy is a Las Vegas-based husband, father, full-time employee in an industry that will remain nameless, and, to the thesis of this article, a writer. Jeremy uses his middle initial on the internet in an effort to differentiate himself from the people with that name who have … Read More
“Be Mysterious: Writers in Masks” features….GASP!
EGADS, I have run out of authors! Say it ain’t so. If you are interested in being featured here, drop me a line. Here are the guidelines. Please! Save us! Your creative masks and blurbs have really made my day. 🙂
“Be Mysterious: Writers in Masks” features Matt Betts
So, not the traditional sort of mask here. I’ve been growing a beard – for no reason really. It started out as shear laziness – not wanting to shave over the winter holidays and just went from there. Sometime in the new year I hit that point where I actually had to start doing maintenance on it: trimming it … Read More
“Be Mysterious: Writers in Masks” features Amie Boudreau
I love Masks, and mostly African Masks. I became fascinated with African art and culture in college when my chorale did a piece called O Sifuni Mungu and I fell in love with the sounds of African music. While living in New Orleans I fell in love with the art I found in the open market stalls … Read More
“Be Mysterious: Writers In Masks” Features Kaolin Fire
Kaolin Fire wears many masks, day in, day out. Few of them are physical, but many are real–and some that aren’t particularly tangible are far the more powerful for that. Hopefully this mask is one of the further-removed from reality, but it’s one of his favorites. He finds it’s very imposing in-person. Outside of his primary occupation of software development … Read More
“Be Mysterious: Writers In Masks” Features Steven Pirie
Steven Pirie lives in a post box in Liverpool, England. He gets a lot of mail, but pushes it back out when no one’s looking. His first love is writing humorous fantasy—his novel Digging up Donald, published by Immanion Press in hardback in 2004, and again by Immanion in paperback in 2007, was critically acclaimed. This has encouraged Steven … Read More
“Be Mysterious: Writers In Masks” Features Kurt Newton
Masks by Kurt Newton When Mercedes first came up with her mad cross-promotional scheme to showcase writers and artists wearing masks, I admit I thought it was a bit silly, a variation on the child’s game of dress-up. But as the weeks unfolded, and Mercedes’ blog presented people in gas masks, clown masks, masquerade masks, even a World War II … Read More