Ramshackle Review Concludes Publication

When I closed Ramshackle Review to submissions in June I hoped other obligations might allow reopening this fall. Unfortunately, that’s not feasible, and won’t be anytime soon. Difficult decision, one I've put off, but it’s time to shut RR down.

One of my goals was to give RR at least four issues. I’d hoped to publish many more. But I’m also happy with and proud of Issues 1-4. They’ll remain available for online viewing. Many thanks to all who’ve supported and contributed. It’s been an an honor to share your work.

Ramshackle Review 4/June

The Moor
Cover photo by Karen de la Bald

RR4/June 2011 is live, here. In this issue:

Fiction by Jen Knox, Nicolette Wong, Jack Swenson, xTx, Danny Goodman, and Robert Wexelblatt.

Poetry by Meredith Weiers, Bill Yarrow, Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, Lucinda Beeman, Al Ortolani, Tony Brewer, Byron Matthews, Jennifer Wineke, Jessica Bell, Laura Grafham, David Tomaloff, Rachel Mangini, Barry Spacks, Brad P. Olson, John Tustin, Ally Malinenko, Sara Basrai, Jennifer Blair, Amanda Laughtland, Darryl Price, Andrea Spofford, Susan Keiser, Emily Severance, Heather Abner, Tina Barry, Howie Good, Randi Beck, and Heath Corlew.

Black and white photography by Karen de la Bald, Laurent Miaille, Stefan Randholm, Annie Atkins, Kirsten Thormann, Helene Fjell, Quervel Sébastien, Beatrice Belguiral, Marco Masciovecchio, Ana Moreno, Shlomi Kramer, Alessio Di Menna, Penny Hardie, and Netra Nei.

Also in this issue: Memoir by Maureen Eppstein, and Sheldon Lee Compton reviews Rusty Barnes’ book Redneck Poems.

As always, thanks very much to all who have contributed. It’s an honor to share your work in RR.

Ramshackle Review 3

Ramshackle Review 3/March 2011 is live at: http://ramshacklereview.blogspot.com.

RR3 is a strong poetry issue, with work by Norbert Krapf, Sam Rasnake, Heather Abner, Caitlin Roper, Bill Yarrow, Darryl Price, Nicole Koroch, Michelle Elvy, Lori A. May, M.P. Powers, Shannon Peil, Rene Foran, Betsy Sharp, Amy Schreibman Walter, Steve Subrizi, Regina Green, Jim Davis, Sara Fitzpatrick Comito, Robert Klein Engler, J.P. Reese, Amorak Huey, Robert McDonald, A.J. Huffman, Susan Tepper, and John Tustin.

Featured are four new poems by and an interview with Howie Good. Thanks, Howie!

RR3 also includes:

Fiction by Darryl Price, Barry Basden, Claire Massey, Justis Mills, Sheldon Lee Compton, Stephen Hastings-King.

Nonfiction by Jane Hammons, Marcus Speh, Matthew Zanoni Müller, Nicole Monaghan, Allison McCabe.

Art: photography by Jennifer Hodgson, Peter Tieryas Liu and Angela Xu; digital painting by Ian McQue; oil painting by Evgeni Gordiets; and etching by James Skvarch.

Thanks very much to all. It's an honor to share your work in RR.

Read, enjoy, share!

rr2

Ramshackle Review 2 is live at: http://ramshacklereview.blogspot.com.

Included in this issue: Poetry by Bill Yarrow, Lisa Zaran, Howie Good, Matthew Stranach, Robert Malbin, and Justin Hyde.

Photography by Nicolas Vigier and Thomas Wheeler.

Fiction by Melanie Yarbrough, Dallas Woodburn, Parker Tettleton, Len Kuntz, Meg Pokrass, Isabell Serafin, James Robison, Tim Etchells, and M. John Harrison.

Nonfiction by Mark Etchells, Shannon Cavanaugh, Denise Emanuel Clemen, and Tim Etchells.

Art by Sergey Skachov, Alexandra Manukyan, Sarolta Ban.

RR2 features selections from Christian Bell's Thinly Sliced Raw Fish, Kio Stark's Municipal Archive, and nine stories by Stephen Hastings-King.

Big thanks to all who've contributed. Special thanks to M. John Harrison, Barbara Campbell, Tim Etchells, Meg Pokrass, Christian Bell, Kio Stark, and Stephen Hastings-King.

Enjoy, share!

Zine-Scene.com Interview

Zine-Scene.com highlights Ramshackle Review and interviews me in the debut of their new feature Start-Up Corner. My thanks to editor Richard Mocarski.

rr = metal, etc

Checking in with Ramshackle Review: Fictionaut's Nicolle Elizabeth is clearly onto something. Ramsabbath? Blackshackle? Dude we're so metal.

Also, Ramshackle has a new Fictionaut group. If you're an fnauter, consider joining the fray.

More Fictionaut: My flash Check Engine, first published in Word Riot.

Pamela Wilson

Pamela Wilson, Antechamber of Regret
Oil on Canvas, 42" x 21"

Read Feathered Hopes and Intriguing Dreams: Paintings By Pamela Wilson in Ramshackle Review 1.

Ramshackle Review 1

Ramshackle Review's first issue is up. Thanks to all our contributors for allowing us to share your work, and for making this a great collection. Special thanks to Sheldon Lee Compton for Intruder, and the introduction to Pancake and his work; to Pamela Wilson, for the new artwork and her generosity at a busy time; and to Phil McCray, whose memoir Ulysses In Ithaca closes the issue.

Submissions for Issue 2 are now open.

Updates

Ramshackle Review's first issue is taking shape. Included: Jessica Hollander, Stephanie Austin, Howie Good, Sam Rasnake, Pamela Wilson, Susan Tepper, Felino A. Soriano, Bill Yarrow, Robert Malbin, Karen Keating, Ernest Williamson III, Julie Innis, R. S. Bohn, Phil McCray, James Gurney, Michelle Reale, William Doreski, L. Ward Abel, Sheldon Lee Compton, and others. Friend Ramshackle on Facebook, and stay tuned.

Building: A new website for Finger Lakes printmaker and metalworker Paul Dudley Bishop. If you like the look and need something similar, art & photography friendly etc, email your requirements for a quote.

Cutting: Firewood. Catching up on: AMC's Rubicon. Re-reading: John Crowley's Endless Things.