Author Archives: Marie-Helene Bertino

HELLO TO ALL THE BEINGS IN THE UNIVERSE It’s such an honor to be here. Thank you to Books are Magic for hosting me and Tracy. I’m so excited to share this story with you, it’s taken me a while … Continue reading →

Hello! I am looking for three writers/actors to table read a short story in progress as part of my revision process. Paid. No experience necessary. Not a public event and discretion with the text would be expected. Character Breakdown below, characters … Continue reading →

Electric Literature has published my CRAFT ESSAY on the surreal and on humor today, alongside a compendium reading and watching list. I’ve spent years thinking about the uncanny, as deep and real as childhood, and I’m still learning. The Disrupting Realism … Continue reading →

10 Kinds of Rain –Inspired by Ireland Much of writing is noticing what you’re noticing, making the strange familiar, and the familiar strange. Sometimes we can trick ourselves into seeing familiar things in new ways. This prompt is handy when trying to … Continue reading →

“Add more broth until it tastes bewitching.” I wanted to try being someone who sipped broth luxuriously from a mug. When I confided this desire to my friend, the hilarious writer Amelia Kahaney, I was delighted to find that she is something of a … Continue reading →

Loved ones, When you publish a book, you think, What’s the worst that can happen? Even my overactive mind couldn’t have guessed: Pandemic! Due to the threat of Coronavirus, my events for Parakeet (publication June 2nd) have been canceled or postponed. It’s … Continue reading →

by Marie-Helene Bertino originally published: Indiana Review (2009) & Safe as Houses (2012) To listen to the author read the story: PART ONE:   To listen to the author read the story: PART TWO:   I am like everyone else: … Continue reading →

Dearest Internet, Parakeet (June 2020) is now available for pre-order and has a cover that serves so much avian-Hitchcockian-Criterion-Collection realness that the author is so happy she sings, tries on dresses: This fierce bird makes her even happier than listing “no upcoming public events” … Continue reading →

Friends, the folks at FSG will be publishing my next two novels, PARAKEET (Spring 2020) and BEAUTYLAND (Winter 2022). I am so excited to share these stories about strong, odd women with you. This amazing early Christmas present was made possible … Continue reading →

On Father’s Day, we adopted a 4 pound papillon flirt. Marcello Fox has black whiskers on one side, white on the other, and is between 3 and 5 years old (film icons never say). #adoptdontshop No matter what is http://www.midwayfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Midway-Fire-District-5-Yr-Plan-2017-through-2021.pdf viagra without … Continue reading →