IN MEMPHIS...

MORE "FORT KNOX" MUSIC. STORY WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW!

"FORT KNOX " MUSIC - DANCING IN THE PARLOR WITH GRAM...

NEW STORY..."FORT KNOX." BROUGHT TO YOU VERY SOON! ABOUT MY GRAM. AND OUR TROOPS! SUPPORT YOUR SOLDIERS!

THESE HANDJOB LIES ARE JUST TOO COLD...

A PART OF "FORT KNOX." COMING SOON.

EVERYONE POOPS

You poop and I poop. We all have something in common!!! Joy!

Read this book...better than this clip!



Love you!

ON MY BEATS HEADPHONES

Love this track. Sort of old...still gets me.

LET'S BE FRIENDLY!

Let's be friends! Find me on Facebook...here...www.facebook.com/michaelgravesauthor

I look forward to meeting you!

XO

NEW POEM - WIFFLE

WIFFLE


Sid
arrived home,
three
shirt buttons
already
free.
Sweat
lit up
his chin
and
drowsy
eyelids.

Sid
stumbled
over
William, the cat,
cursed,
slammed
the screen door.
“Watch it,
hey!”
I hollered.

Sid
asked for
a
wiffle.
“Huh?”
I asked.
“You know,”
he said.
“A buzz cut.
Shit’s drivin’
me crazy.
cut it
all off.”
I said,
“Meet me
in the front yard.”

Sid
groused,
real, real
pissy.
Neatening
his
neck line,
I watched
brown
globes of fuzz
float down
to the grass.

Sid
slugged
on a
brew
and relived
his
grocery
mart
tales.
“Lady said she wanted
the brown mustard,
but the brown mustard
that’s got seeds in it.
Lady left her carriage.
Total
bitch
fit.”

Sid
is
a barrel
packed with
sighs.
I told him,
“At least
Friday
is only
four days
away.”

JAM

Why not cut up the kitchen floor on a Wednesday???

READING

Tuesday, October 25 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Location:
Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA

More Info:
Join us as we celebrate the releases of two debuts from local authors. Michael Schiavone has had his short work published in magazines such as Glimmer Train and Narrative as well as the Robert Olen Butler Prize Anthology. His debut novel, Call Me When You Land tells the story of a mother divided from her son by the death of his absent father.

Michael Graves' fiction has appeared in numerous journals, including Lodestar Quarterly and Velvet Mafia, and he has been nominated for a Pushcart and the Million Writers Award. In his first collection of short stories, Dirty One, he tells strange tales of adolescence in a dying town.

RSVP:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152963461462859

Hope to see lots of friends there!!!!!!

PAL

Check out my pal, Tom Cardamone's collection of short stories, PUMPKIN TEETH. Some of my favorite pieces are included!"Let Tom Cardamone lead you into his wicked universe of changelings and mysterious creatures, where a boy transforms into lightning and illuminates his emerging sexuality. Where a man accidentally receives a package meant for his neighbor, a situation complicated by the fact that he lives next door to a Sphinx. A nurse finds herself working in a retirement home for vampires, while in the future a man questions his decision to live life as a manatee. Featuring tales of quiet suburban anomie, to superhero tropes, to intense erotic horror, Pumpkin Teeth spans the range from Palahniuk insanity to Bradburyesque tenderness. Warning, once you are bitten by Pumpkin Teeth, it will not let you go."Order now from...www.giovannisroom.com!

YAWN

Giddy to be working, but should be sleeping. Cuddles?

PARADE

I can't wait for the PARADE. ;)

AWESOMENESS

A very awesome review of my collection, DIRTY ONE. Giant, giant thank you's to Mr. Richard Labonte. You're the best!

"...this slim collection, brand(s) Graves as a next-generation master of prose that is at once remorseless and refreshing."

Go here for the full review! http://outlookcolumbus.com/2011/09/bookmark-september-19-2011/

ONE OF MY FAVORITES!

J

Here are some of my favorite J words.

JUNCTURE.

JAZZY.

JUNK.

JIZZ.

JUMPER.

JACK-O-LANTERN.

JOLLY.

JAILBIRD.

JASPER.

JUXTAPOSING.

COOLNESS

Very cool, kind words about my book, DIRTY ONE, from Mr. Amos Lassen. THANK YOU!!!!!

"I have a very strong feeling that DIRTY ONE is going to be an important and widely read book this year. Michael Graves gives us something that he can be very proud of."


The full review...http://reviewsbyamoslassen.com/?p=7497

OVERDUE!

Must return library books today! But they are overdue! Hate feeling like a criminal.

SWEETNESS

Sweet thoughts from Mr. Eric Nguyen at his blog, You Fight Like Anne Rice! MANY THANKS!


“Graves explores that line between childhood and adulthood, pinpoints the way we linger there without even noticing it… Graves characters are outrageous drug fueled, sex crazed, self-centered teenagers. Whereas everyone in the eighties (or writing of the eighties) focused on dirty realism or America's golden age of padded shoulders, Graves's world is refreshingly queer and odd and fun.”

DANCE...LIKE IT'S A PARADE!

YAY!

PRAISE BUDDHA

A great book by a great writer!






The Third Buddha

Author Jameson Currier expands his richly detailed storytelling to an international level, weaving together the intertwining stories of the search for a missing journalist in the Bamiyan region of Afghanistan with a young man’s search for his older brother in Manhattan in the aftermath of 9-11 into a sweeping, multi-cultural novel of what it means to be a gay citizen of the world.

"A riveting tale of suspense, hardship and the human spirit to overcome all odds, making it a perfect choice for a reader who appreciates such efforts. Five stars out of five.”
—Bob Lind, Echo Magazine