I’d like to close my residency by saying a big thank you to Steve Himmer and Necessary Fiction. It was an honor to be a part of a magazine that consistently does such fine work. I look forward to seeing what Gina Fragello has in store for us in November.

For those who enjoyed School Bus, I offer the following list of work that I feel is in conversation with the novella. Enjoy! And Thanks Again!

The Trilogy by Beckett
Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Cosmicomics, Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Pricksongs and Descants by Robert Coover
Blow Up and Other Stories by Julio Cortazar
The Obscene Bird of Night by Jose Donoso
The Tunnel by Russell Edson
Unlucky Lucky Days by Daniel Grandbois
On the Winding Stair by Joanna Howard
Realm of the Dead by Uchida Hyakken
The Metamorphosis by Kafka
Today I Wrote Nothing by Danil Kharms
The Barnum Museum, In the Penny Arcade, Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser
After the Quake, The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness by Kenzaburo Oe
Metamorphoses by Ovid
The Book of Disquiet_ by Fernando Pessoa
The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz
The Cradle Book by Craig Morgan Teicher
I Carry a Hammer in My Pocket for Occasions Such as These by Anthony Tognazzini