Is there gravity in The Helium Age? Or do we all just float away? Hell, we don’t know. But from the surf guitars of “Angels in the Snow” to the manic six-strings of “Carnival by the Sea” to the pensive piano and Wurlitzer of “F. Scott and Everything He Wrote,” Arms of Kismet bounces through story-songs that feel about...

Ready to write some fiction? That’s fantastic. Bon voyage, intrepid scribe. I hope you pass The Great Gatsby on the highway and leave it wheezing in your rearview. Before you get too far, though, ask yourself: why am I doing this? There are some compelling reasons to write fiction. And there are some crummy ones. If you’re planning to summon the...

When author Richard Fulco submitted the manuscript for his debut novel, There Is No End to This Slope, to Wampus in 2012, we identified with its contrarian point of view. His protagonist? Not a hero. His story? Not a formula. His goal as a writer? Telling the truth with style. Slope was a stubborn shot over the...

The internet is a blizzard of unfiltered content. How can an artist or author build an audience in the face of it? You hear it every day: the internet helps you reach more people than ever. And it makes sense. The affordable, powerful tools available to artists and authors now eclipse the ones available...