I posted an entry about local writer Ryan Boudinot. Check it out!

Quoted: Ryan Boudinot began the evening by pointing by pointing out a cartoon representation of himself that someone at “The Stranger” had drawn to accompany a short piece he’d written for this week’s issue. Laughing at the image in the article, he held up a separate book with Kim Jong-Il’s famous visage smiling on the cover, noting the startling likeness. “What an unfortunate representation,” was all I could think. He really looks nothing like the dictator. At least he can laugh at himself and his fledgling fame.

This is my favorite story out of Ryan Boudinot's new book, "The Littlest Hitler."

Lucky you! You can read it for free...

Quoted: "We're thinking about it," Katherine said, avoiding eye contact with me. If she had looked at me while saying it, the statement would have meant one thing. When you say, "We're thinking about it" and smile and look into each other's eyes, it means you intend to reproduce. When you look straight ahead and avoid eye contact with your lover it means the topic is a point of contention. I wanted to have a kid, she didn't, that was our story, and sure I blamed the abortion for it. We'd even resisted getting officially married, ostensibly in protest that gay people couldn't get married, but mostly because the ceremony and psychological transformations involved really freaked us out. As Katherine put it, she didn't want to toss a whole meat-and-cheese tray off the bow of a boat just because someone brought the wrong nail-polish remover.

Ryan Boudinot wrote this review for Nerve.com nearly a year ago. Charles Burnes is a local comic book writer telling the story of the "Black Hole." Sexually active northwest teenagers become mutants and escape into the wilderness to be with each other romantically and further explore their mutations.

Sounds like an interesting concept.

Seattle Times review by Michael Upchurch of Ryan Boudinot's new book.

Quoted: Seattle writer Ryan Boudinot tries a variety of shock tactics in his debut collection of stories, "The Littlest Hitler" (Counterpoint, 215 pp., $22). The results are provocative, if uneven. Indeed, the book could almost serve as a textbook to illustrate what works and what doesn't work when you're out to outrage.