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Happy 88th to Ridley Scott—I wrote for @southwestreview.bsky.social about his misunderstood and marrow-sick masterpiece of the End Times, THE COUNSELOR.
Not a noir thriller, or a cowboy noir, or a crime film at all; rather, THE COUNSELOR is Scott’s soap opera of the Grand Guignol.
Not a noir thriller, or a cowboy noir, or a crime film at all; rather, THE COUNSELOR is Scott’s soap opera of the Grand Guignol.
Bolito: Lost Worlds, Cautionary Stones, and The Counselor
By Travis Woods
southwestreview.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Happy 88th to Ridley Scott—I wrote for @southwestreview.bsky.social about his misunderstood and marrow-sick masterpiece of the End Times, THE COUNSELOR.
Not a noir thriller, or a cowboy noir, or a crime film at all; rather, THE COUNSELOR is Scott’s soap opera of the Grand Guignol.
Not a noir thriller, or a cowboy noir, or a crime film at all; rather, THE COUNSELOR is Scott’s soap opera of the Grand Guignol.
This Black Friday grab the gift that's gonna make all the haters jelly
Sign up for a 1 year (or more) subscription & you'll get a David Lynch tote (designed by Barry Gifford), a SwR back issue, & INVASION 88 (Argentine punk comp LP) to put under the tree 🎄
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Sign up for a 1 year (or more) subscription & you'll get a David Lynch tote (designed by Barry Gifford), a SwR back issue, & INVASION 88 (Argentine punk comp LP) to put under the tree 🎄
Purchase: southwestreview.com/subscribe/
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This Black Friday grab the gift that's gonna make all the haters jelly
Sign up for a 1 year (or more) subscription & you'll get a David Lynch tote (designed by Barry Gifford), a SwR back issue, & INVASION 88 (Argentine punk comp LP) to put under the tree 🎄
Purchase: southwestreview.com/subscribe/
Sign up for a 1 year (or more) subscription & you'll get a David Lynch tote (designed by Barry Gifford), a SwR back issue, & INVASION 88 (Argentine punk comp LP) to put under the tree 🎄
Purchase: southwestreview.com/subscribe/
“RELEASE THE HORSE situates itself squarely in the space between Appalachian folklore and gonzo cosmic horror.”
📌 ICYMI, Andy Davidson reviews Matthew Mitchell’s story collection, out now via @filthyloot.bsky.social
southwestreview.com/if-you-care-...
📌 ICYMI, Andy Davidson reviews Matthew Mitchell’s story collection, out now via @filthyloot.bsky.social
southwestreview.com/if-you-care-...
If You Care to Go, I Will Follow
By Andy Davidson
southwestreview.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“RELEASE THE HORSE situates itself squarely in the space between Appalachian folklore and gonzo cosmic horror.”
📌 ICYMI, Andy Davidson reviews Matthew Mitchell’s story collection, out now via @filthyloot.bsky.social
southwestreview.com/if-you-care-...
📌 ICYMI, Andy Davidson reviews Matthew Mitchell’s story collection, out now via @filthyloot.bsky.social
southwestreview.com/if-you-care-...
“Chelosky’s not going for shock value—the tenderness of the bruises is too visible.”
📌 ICYMI, Laura Albert reviews FEMALE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC by Danielle Chelosky out now via Far West Press
southwestreview.com/cracking-the...
📌 ICYMI, Laura Albert reviews FEMALE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC by Danielle Chelosky out now via Far West Press
southwestreview.com/cracking-the...
Cracking the Code of Female Loneliness | | Danielle Chelosky's Female Loneliness Epidemic
By Laura Albert
southwestreview.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“Chelosky’s not going for shock value—the tenderness of the bruises is too visible.”
📌 ICYMI, Laura Albert reviews FEMALE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC by Danielle Chelosky out now via Far West Press
southwestreview.com/cracking-the...
📌 ICYMI, Laura Albert reviews FEMALE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC by Danielle Chelosky out now via Far West Press
southwestreview.com/cracking-the...
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dawg, I could not have asked for a more personally affecting review lmao bless @southwestreview.bsky.social and the incredible Andy fuckin Davidson
“Wondrously weird and utterly familiar and of a world that’s doomed.” 🕳️
RELEASE THE HORSE, Matthew Mitchell’s debut horror collection, is out now via @filthyloot.bsky.social
Only fitting to have our fave horror king Andy Davidson review the goodz 🖤
southwestreview.com/if-you-care-...
RELEASE THE HORSE, Matthew Mitchell’s debut horror collection, is out now via @filthyloot.bsky.social
Only fitting to have our fave horror king Andy Davidson review the goodz 🖤
southwestreview.com/if-you-care-...
If You Care to Go, I Will Follow
By Andy Davidson
southwestreview.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
dawg, I could not have asked for a more personally affecting review lmao bless @southwestreview.bsky.social and the incredible Andy fuckin Davidson
“Wondrously weird and utterly familiar and of a world that’s doomed.” 🕳️
RELEASE THE HORSE, Matthew Mitchell’s debut horror collection, is out now via @filthyloot.bsky.social
Only fitting to have our fave horror king Andy Davidson review the goodz 🖤
southwestreview.com/if-you-care-...
RELEASE THE HORSE, Matthew Mitchell’s debut horror collection, is out now via @filthyloot.bsky.social
Only fitting to have our fave horror king Andy Davidson review the goodz 🖤
southwestreview.com/if-you-care-...
If You Care to Go, I Will Follow
By Andy Davidson
southwestreview.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Wondrously weird and utterly familiar and of a world that’s doomed.” 🕳️
RELEASE THE HORSE, Matthew Mitchell’s debut horror collection, is out now via @filthyloot.bsky.social
Only fitting to have our fave horror king Andy Davidson review the goodz 🖤
southwestreview.com/if-you-care-...
RELEASE THE HORSE, Matthew Mitchell’s debut horror collection, is out now via @filthyloot.bsky.social
Only fitting to have our fave horror king Andy Davidson review the goodz 🖤
southwestreview.com/if-you-care-...
📣 New review today!
Laura Albert writes: “Chelosky’s book impresses with the sense that we are being asked to pay careful attention to what is beneath the text.”
FEMALE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC by Danielle Chelosky is out now via Far West Press ✨ southwestreview.com/cracking-the...
Laura Albert writes: “Chelosky’s book impresses with the sense that we are being asked to pay careful attention to what is beneath the text.”
FEMALE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC by Danielle Chelosky is out now via Far West Press ✨ southwestreview.com/cracking-the...
Cracking the Code of Female Loneliness | | Danielle Chelosky's Female Loneliness Epidemic
By Laura Albert
southwestreview.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📣 New review today!
Laura Albert writes: “Chelosky’s book impresses with the sense that we are being asked to pay careful attention to what is beneath the text.”
FEMALE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC by Danielle Chelosky is out now via Far West Press ✨ southwestreview.com/cracking-the...
Laura Albert writes: “Chelosky’s book impresses with the sense that we are being asked to pay careful attention to what is beneath the text.”
FEMALE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC by Danielle Chelosky is out now via Far West Press ✨ southwestreview.com/cracking-the...
“SEA, POISON is populated by funny moments of characters being well read and into literary history.”
📌 ICYMI, Kevin Sampsell reviews the new Caren Beilin novel, out now via New Directions
southwestreview.com/the-good-kin...
📌 ICYMI, Kevin Sampsell reviews the new Caren Beilin novel, out now via New Directions
southwestreview.com/the-good-kin...
The Good Kind of Bafflement | Caren Beilin’s Sea, Poison
By Kevin Sampsell
southwestreview.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“SEA, POISON is populated by funny moments of characters being well read and into literary history.”
📌 ICYMI, Kevin Sampsell reviews the new Caren Beilin novel, out now via New Directions
southwestreview.com/the-good-kin...
📌 ICYMI, Kevin Sampsell reviews the new Caren Beilin novel, out now via New Directions
southwestreview.com/the-good-kin...
💥 New review today!
Read Kevin Sampsell on SEA, POISON by the "incendiary and very funny writer" Caren Beilin, out now via New Directions
southwestreview.com/the-good-kin...
Read Kevin Sampsell on SEA, POISON by the "incendiary and very funny writer" Caren Beilin, out now via New Directions
southwestreview.com/the-good-kin...
The Good Kind of Bafflement | Caren Beilin’s Sea, Poison
By Kevin Sampsell
southwestreview.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
💥 New review today!
Read Kevin Sampsell on SEA, POISON by the "incendiary and very funny writer" Caren Beilin, out now via New Directions
southwestreview.com/the-good-kin...
Read Kevin Sampsell on SEA, POISON by the "incendiary and very funny writer" Caren Beilin, out now via New Directions
southwestreview.com/the-good-kin...
🎙️ We're back with the second episode of our new podcast KNOWN ASSOCIATES, hosted by Elizabeth Nelson
In this ep, Elizabeth talks with @dbtph.bsky.social from @drivebytruckers.bsky.social about the past, present, & future of all things DBT & PH 💥
southwestreview.com/known-associ...
In this ep, Elizabeth talks with @dbtph.bsky.social from @drivebytruckers.bsky.social about the past, present, & future of all things DBT & PH 💥
southwestreview.com/known-associ...
Known Associates | Episode 2: Patterson Hood
By Elizabeth Nelson
southwestreview.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🎙️ We're back with the second episode of our new podcast KNOWN ASSOCIATES, hosted by Elizabeth Nelson
In this ep, Elizabeth talks with @dbtph.bsky.social from @drivebytruckers.bsky.social about the past, present, & future of all things DBT & PH 💥
southwestreview.com/known-associ...
In this ep, Elizabeth talks with @dbtph.bsky.social from @drivebytruckers.bsky.social about the past, present, & future of all things DBT & PH 💥
southwestreview.com/known-associ...
⏰ Clock's ticking bbs!
Our Submittable page opens 01 DEC
Do. Not. Snooze.
Our Submittable page opens 01 DEC
Do. Not. Snooze.
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
⏰ Clock's ticking bbs!
Our Submittable page opens 01 DEC
Do. Not. Snooze.
Our Submittable page opens 01 DEC
Do. Not. Snooze.
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New piece from me @southwestreview.bsky.social on Brenda Lozano’s MOTHERS, trans. by Heather Cleary. Loved this novel, particularly the way it explores how “Fear and love are not separate things; on the contrary, they’re like two fires. One doubles the other.”
Fear and Love Are like Two Fires | Brenda Lozano’s Mothers
By Cory Oldweiler
southwestreview.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New piece from me @southwestreview.bsky.social on Brenda Lozano’s MOTHERS, trans. by Heather Cleary. Loved this novel, particularly the way it explores how “Fear and love are not separate things; on the contrary, they’re like two fires. One doubles the other.”
💥 New review today!
“A thriller with a social consciousness,” MOTHERS by Brenda Lozano (tr. Heather Cleary is out now via @catapultbooks.bsky.social
Read @coryoldweiler.bsky.social’s take below...
southwestreview.com/fear-and-lov...
“A thriller with a social consciousness,” MOTHERS by Brenda Lozano (tr. Heather Cleary is out now via @catapultbooks.bsky.social
Read @coryoldweiler.bsky.social’s take below...
southwestreview.com/fear-and-lov...
Fear and Love Are like Two Fires | Brenda Lozano’s Mothers
By Cory Oldweiler
southwestreview.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
💥 New review today!
“A thriller with a social consciousness,” MOTHERS by Brenda Lozano (tr. Heather Cleary is out now via @catapultbooks.bsky.social
Read @coryoldweiler.bsky.social’s take below...
southwestreview.com/fear-and-lov...
“A thriller with a social consciousness,” MOTHERS by Brenda Lozano (tr. Heather Cleary is out now via @catapultbooks.bsky.social
Read @coryoldweiler.bsky.social’s take below...
southwestreview.com/fear-and-lov...
⏰ It's that time of year!
ONLY your BEST. NO holds barred. NO excuses! 🥊
ONLY your BEST. NO holds barred. NO excuses! 🥊
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
⏰ It's that time of year!
ONLY your BEST. NO holds barred. NO excuses! 🥊
ONLY your BEST. NO holds barred. NO excuses! 🥊
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Fantastic novel that I wrote about and contextualized in terms of DSP’s career. My @southwestreview.bsky.social piece from this past summer is here:
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Fantastic novel that I wrote about and contextualized in terms of DSP’s career. My @southwestreview.bsky.social piece from this past summer is here:
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Yes!!!
Happy mf HALLOWEEN!!!! 🎃
To finish our month-long fright-fest, read HE MADE ME by @charleneelsby.bsky.social 💥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
To finish our month-long fright-fest, read HE MADE ME by @charleneelsby.bsky.social 💥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
He Made Me
By Charlene Elsby
southwestreview.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Yes!!!
Happy mf HALLOWEEN!!!! 🎃
To finish our month-long fright-fest, read HE MADE ME by @charleneelsby.bsky.social 💥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
To finish our month-long fright-fest, read HE MADE ME by @charleneelsby.bsky.social 💥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
He Made Me
By Charlene Elsby
southwestreview.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Happy mf HALLOWEEN!!!! 🎃
To finish our month-long fright-fest, read HE MADE ME by @charleneelsby.bsky.social 💥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
To finish our month-long fright-fest, read HE MADE ME by @charleneelsby.bsky.social 💥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
Happy Halloween eve y'all. To pregame the big night, we got you covered 🔥
Read THE PIT by Maximiliano Barrientos translated by @willvanderhyden.bsky.social 🕳️
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Read THE PIT by Maximiliano Barrientos translated by @willvanderhyden.bsky.social 🕳️
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
The Pit
By Maximiliano Barrientos (Translated by Will Vanderhyden)
southwestreview.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Happy Halloween eve y'all. To pregame the big night, we got you covered 🔥
Read THE PIT by Maximiliano Barrientos translated by @willvanderhyden.bsky.social 🕳️
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
Read THE PIT by Maximiliano Barrientos translated by @willvanderhyden.bsky.social 🕳️
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
Our own Hannah Smith combed through the cobwebs & plucked this poem from 1967 by Vincent Barrett Price 🕸️
Read her take on THE CYCLOPS' GARDEN in the latest (& certified spookiest) DISPATCH FROM THE ARCHIVE 💥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
Read her take on THE CYCLOPS' GARDEN in the latest (& certified spookiest) DISPATCH FROM THE ARCHIVE 💥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
Dispatch from the Archive: Vincent Barrett Price, 1967
By Hannah Smith
southwestreview.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Our own Hannah Smith combed through the cobwebs & plucked this poem from 1967 by Vincent Barrett Price 🕸️
Read her take on THE CYCLOPS' GARDEN in the latest (& certified spookiest) DISPATCH FROM THE ARCHIVE 💥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
Read her take on THE CYCLOPS' GARDEN in the latest (& certified spookiest) DISPATCH FROM THE ARCHIVE 💥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
New from our horror issue:
On the reissue of her cult classic THE ORANGE EATS CREEPS, out now via @twodollarradio.bsky.social, Grace Krilanovich talks w/ Mike Corrao 💥
🎨 @nicolerifkin.bsky.social
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
On the reissue of her cult classic THE ORANGE EATS CREEPS, out now via @twodollarradio.bsky.social, Grace Krilanovich talks w/ Mike Corrao 💥
🎨 @nicolerifkin.bsky.social
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
The Spectacle Of | An Interview with Grace Krilanovich
By Mike Corrao
southwestreview.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
New from our horror issue:
On the reissue of her cult classic THE ORANGE EATS CREEPS, out now via @twodollarradio.bsky.social, Grace Krilanovich talks w/ Mike Corrao 💥
🎨 @nicolerifkin.bsky.social
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
On the reissue of her cult classic THE ORANGE EATS CREEPS, out now via @twodollarradio.bsky.social, Grace Krilanovich talks w/ Mike Corrao 💥
🎨 @nicolerifkin.bsky.social
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
Big Uniform heads at SwR HQ so we're stoked to host them for a spooky edish of THE GUEST LIST 🎶
Read their convo w/ Jimmy Cajoleas & grip their latest LP AMERICAN STANDARD now via @sacredbones.bsky.social 🔥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
Read their convo w/ Jimmy Cajoleas & grip their latest LP AMERICAN STANDARD now via @sacredbones.bsky.social 🔥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
The Guest List | Uniform
By Jimmy Cajoleas
southwestreview.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Big Uniform heads at SwR HQ so we're stoked to host them for a spooky edish of THE GUEST LIST 🎶
Read their convo w/ Jimmy Cajoleas & grip their latest LP AMERICAN STANDARD now via @sacredbones.bsky.social 🔥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
Read their convo w/ Jimmy Cajoleas & grip their latest LP AMERICAN STANDARD now via @sacredbones.bsky.social 🔥
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
“I think of my own overlapping compatriots who are women, and I want to call them all and start a band.”
📌 ICYMI, The Paranoid Style on Linda Rondstadt+ a new single from her upcoming album KNOWN ASSOCIATES
southwestreview.com/track-premie...
📌 ICYMI, The Paranoid Style on Linda Rondstadt+ a new single from her upcoming album KNOWN ASSOCIATES
southwestreview.com/track-premie...
Track Premiere | The Paranoid Style’s “It’s a Dog’s Breakfast”
By Elizabeth Nelson
southwestreview.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“I think of my own overlapping compatriots who are women, and I want to call them all and start a band.”
📌 ICYMI, The Paranoid Style on Linda Rondstadt+ a new single from her upcoming album KNOWN ASSOCIATES
southwestreview.com/track-premie...
📌 ICYMI, The Paranoid Style on Linda Rondstadt+ a new single from her upcoming album KNOWN ASSOCIATES
southwestreview.com/track-premie...
New freshie from the horror issue by Joe Koch 💎
Read the THE RETIREMENT HOME FOR PSYCHIC DETECTIVES 🔍
🎨 @lumierebelge.bsky.social
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Read the THE RETIREMENT HOME FOR PSYCHIC DETECTIVES 🔍
🎨 @lumierebelge.bsky.social
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The Retirement Home for Psychic Detectives
By Joe Koch
southwestreview.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New freshie from the horror issue by Joe Koch 💎
Read the THE RETIREMENT HOME FOR PSYCHIC DETECTIVES 🔍
🎨 @lumierebelge.bsky.social
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
Read the THE RETIREMENT HOME FOR PSYCHIC DETECTIVES 🔍
🎨 @lumierebelge.bsky.social
southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
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A Republic of Consciousness Prize spotlight on bold fiction and independent publishing – Rodrigo Fresán and Mark Haber talk to Lori Feathers at Hay Festival Forum Dallas.
📸: Kyle Montgomery
📸: Kyle Montgomery
October 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A Republic of Consciousness Prize spotlight on bold fiction and independent publishing – Rodrigo Fresán and Mark Haber talk to Lori Feathers at Hay Festival Forum Dallas.
📸: Kyle Montgomery
📸: Kyle Montgomery
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Big Paranoid Style news! New single "It's A Dog's Breakfast (for LR)" is available now! Plus new LP 'Known Associates' is available as a Bandcamp preorder! Check out the new tune, a tribute to my hero Linda Ronstadt, with an accompanying essay at Southwest Review! southwestreview.com/track-premie...
October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Big Paranoid Style news! New single "It's A Dog's Breakfast (for LR)" is available now! Plus new LP 'Known Associates' is available as a Bandcamp preorder! Check out the new tune, a tribute to my hero Linda Ronstadt, with an accompanying essay at Southwest Review! southwestreview.com/track-premie...