Eric Boyd

About Me

Started writing screenplays at age 14; sold a few and did alright. Started writing fiction while attending the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, IA, which I only lasted a semester at.

Had a sabbatical from 2010-2011 which resulted in my winning the PEN American Center's Prison Writing contest in 2012.

Began writing for Pork & Mead magazine, then edited a Lit section for the mag until it folded; I also helped edit Squawk Back. Recently guest-edited Dead Flowers: a poetry rag. Currently the Lit editor for Twisted South magazine.

I've been published in a number of journals, both online and in print, US and UK. My first collection of shorts, Whiskey Sour, came out through Chatham University last spring.

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Why do you write?

I don't have much choice but to write; aside from donating plasma*UPDATE* the plasma center closed, I have no other way to even attempt paying the bills. *UPDATE* I have a day-job, which I work at during the night.

Summing up my work:
Funny in a sad way.
This is not a confession, it is an exorcism.

Any favorite authors? Books?

John Fante, Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, Céline, Jt LeRoy, Hunter Thompson, Rusty Barnes, Frank Bill.