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About Me

Hobson's Choice is an irreverant literary magazine that doesn't pull it's punches. It demands your attention and will shower you with kisses once it has gained your attention. It's post-nihilistic. It's fun. It loves people from all walks of life and respects everyone for who they are inside, but will poke fun at anyone it chooses.
Our take on life is that it's not always great, it's not always shitty, it's usually somewhere between except when it's not. Everything is meaningful: every choice, action and thought. Keep it real, lie your ass off, drink, be honest, cry, have fun. Be human. Enjoy life.
Really though, Hobson's Choice is a contemporary 'zine. Common themes are Neo-Noir, Punk (and Post-Punk), Hard-boiled fiction, the beauty of the world, urban decay and freedom. Take your pick.
The Staff? Hobson's Choice is run by Daniel Dominowski, a jazz-bar attending twenty-something who moonlights as a undergraduate, and his alter-ego Jonah Hawthorne. He eats meat, likes punk-rock, hates nazi bastards and enjoys noir fiction. Jonah is a little more crass and probably a little more educated. He claims to have an MFA in Creative Writing, but won't admit to what school it came from. Daniel antagonizes Jonah by exhorting experimental prose in favor of mainstream work. They manage to balance it before publication, though.Fiction submissions for Issue 5 should be sent to [email protected] Submission Guidelines!

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Hobson's Choice can be acquired by contacting any of the folks in our top-9. For you Europeans, desastre distro (Portugal) and steve's distro (Ireland). US Customers contact By Freaks For Freaks (Illinois), Henhouse Distro (Alabama) or PXS (Florida). The Papercut Zine Library also has all issues. If you're an Augusta native, you can sometimes find it at the Limelite Cafe, along with the carousing editor. Also, for residents of Baltimore, Atomic Books has it on their shelves.

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Punk Rockers

Drunks, smokers, pill-poppers, etc.

Pale Indie Kids

People with beards

People who are literate

People who skank at shows.

People who skateboard.

People who revolve.

People that don't give a fuck.

People who are sick of it all

Insomniacs.

Glorious Transvestites

and Robots. Especially robots.

My Blog

Oh hey

Things have been pretty hectic around here lately. My desktop has decided that it will not permit me to do any word processing. Once that kink is worked out, it should be a fairly quick production p...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:59:00 GMT

Updates and Shiz

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Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:21:00 GMT

Science and Human Spirit

I would say it’s probably safe to say that Science and Technology are important.  But where does the line get crossed as far as dehumanizing us?  I’m not even talking about God o...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:24:00 GMT

fish soup!

Garifuna fish soup:4cups chicken/vegetable stock2cups Coconut Milk2 Eggs1lb fish fillets (I’m using Tilapia) - cut into 2" chunks, or whatever.Spice with Chili powder, cumin, coriander, minced g...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:24:00 GMT

lonely bandito

Windswept hair over leather and denim, rough hands on the throttlesplendid speed speed speed in the wide open sea of dirt,under the canopy of Apollo, provided by the corporations of yesterdayamalgamat...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:01:00 GMT

Cause that’s how we roll

Your Linguistic Profile:60% General American English15% Dixie15% Yankee5% Upper Midwestern0% MidwesternWhat Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:12:00 GMT

yo chillins: reviews!

From Punk Or Nothing!: "A collection of poems and short fiction takes a look at life, politics and god knows what else. I must admit that some of this went a bit over my head and you may need to re-re...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:49:00 GMT

seeking submissions for issue 5

That's right. I'm seeking fiction, non-fiction, essays, experimental prose, and maybe a little bit of poetry. Issue 5 should be out in the May/June time frame.Fiction submissions should be 200-1500 wo...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:10:00 GMT

Cinematic Delights

There is a trend in the entertainment business that's been picking up speed since the mid-90's, and it is that there is no need to create something entirely new when you can reuse an idea that already...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:31:00 GMT

hum-dee-doo

1. What are you?I am the realization of many years of thought. 2. What am I?Probably about the same as me, but not able to see as well in the dark. 3. What is going on between me and you?Interac...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:24:00 GMT