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When Matt Bell recommended Chad Simpson’s chapbook PHANTOMS from Origami Zoo Press, I immediately hit “buy now” because Matt Bell is, well, Matt Bell. I had already read Chad Simpson’s excellent short shorts “Let X” in Esquire and “Glass” in Guernica Magazine and thus greatly anticipated PHANTOMS. I wasn’t disappointed. You can get my full gush on PHANTOMS here, and can buy your copy here. I’ll reiterate this much from my review: “A3″ ends this stunning collection and drives home the idea, the hope: There is no nothing; everything that was still remains, somehow; everything we imagine exists, somehow …

Here’s Chad, center-stage. — Ethel Rohan

Writing-wise, where are you now?

I’ve been working mostly on stories of various shapes and sizes for the past seven years.

Now that I’ve written that down, seven years seems like an awful long time. But short stories were my first love. They were what made me want to write in the first place.

I’ve cobbled together a chapbook of little stories, which is out now from Origami Zoo Press, and I’ve put together a book of mostly longer stories, which will hopefully find a publisher in the not-too-distant future.

I’ve also written what I think is a young adult novel, and I’m in the process of wrapping up what I’m betting will be my final round of revisions.

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