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A Semi-Chronicle of Phenomena and Hearsay Surrounding the Winter 2021 Issue of Vautrin

November 6, 2021• Editor's Picks

Guy walks up to you in the potato chip aisle.  Looks like he’s had a rough week.  He starts in that he was throwing bread to the ducks...

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Pelayo’s “Children of Chicago” Offers a Character-Driven Detective Story with a Horror Slant

April 18, 2021• Book Reviews, Editor's Picks

By J.B. Stevens / “Chicago is an October sort of city, even in spring.” — Nelson Algren Chicago is a town on the edge of the...

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Lucullus, the Bankers, and What to do with Time Itself

December 24, 2020• Editor's Picks, Essays

By Elgin Tolliver / That the study of ancient Greece and Rome is among my obsessions prompted a friend of mine to question the relevance of...

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Memoirs of a Midwesterner

December 13, 2020• Editor's Picks, Poetry

By Elgin Tolliver / I came to in a strange hotel, fresh off a tryst with Madame de Pompadour. King Louis didn’t like it, but the gods...

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The Vautrin Winter 2020 Issue Is Available Now (Order It Here)

November 30, 2020• Editor's Picks

A good short story grabs you with a compelling voice while going where you’ve never been.  In the Winter 2020 issue of Vautrin,...

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Notes on Nick Kolakowski’s Jake Halligan Novels

November 13, 2020• Book Reviews, Editor's Picks

By Elgin Tolliver / Who doesn’t want a sister like Jack Halligan’s sister Frankie in Nick Kolakowski’s novels about...

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Vautrin Summer 2020 Issue Available Now

July 9, 2020• Editor's Picks

Balzac had Le Voleur.  Chandler had The Black Mask.  You’ve got Vautrin. Highlights of the summer 2020 issue include: A...

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The Man from the Golden Age

June 11, 2020• Editor's Picks, Essays

It comes through when you talk to him.  It’s reflected in the cozy, retro feel of his shop at Northwest 23rd Street in Oklahoma...

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A Girl’s Guide to the Dark Arts

March 20, 2019• Editor's Picks, Fiction, Trending

Is it not written on the sandals of the prostitute—follow me? —Austin Osman Spare...

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