Vermin on the Mount

VERMIN #17

Last weekend the Vermin faithful gathered for a very special Father's Day Vermin on the Mount. Did I say Father's Day? I meant...

How special was it? Standing room-only special...

So special in fact that several members of the Legion of Vermin were in the house. Here's Stephan Clark and David Fromm discussing the disputed deadness of Tony Soprano.

Fiction writer and high school teacher Myriam Gurba kicked things off with a reading from her fantastic new collection and novella Dahlia Season from Future Tense/Manic D.

Michele Matheson followed up with an excerpt from her outstanding novel Saving Angelfish from Tin House Books. Michele gets the Vermin Medal of Courage for reading in front of her parents. Here she is, sans patriarch and matriarch, basking in the green glow of the mothership that landed in Gin Ling Way at 8:46 Sunday evening.

No, aliens didn't take Michele away; they dropped off a surprise guest...

San Francisco writer Steven Elliot dropped by to deliver a short but stunning piece about not-so-dear-old dad.

Which brings us to the woman of the hour, Pia Ehrhardt, whose debut short story collection, Famous Fathers, we celebrated with cake and booze and cheer. Here she is reading from the title story.

Hobart editor Aaron Burch (not this Aaron Burch) urges you to check back soon for details about the next Vermin on the Mount. Happy Trails!

WHO'S YOUR DADDY?

Sunday June 17 is Father's Day, but for author Pia Ehrhardt it's the West Coast release of Famous Fathers, Pia's spiffy new collection of scandalous short stories of sex, lies and crawfish in New Orleans. Vermin faithful know that book release is code for free cake, so come hungry (and thirsty).

Also appearing in the House of Blood Room at the Mountain Bar is Michele Matheson, who will be reading from her ethereally beautiful novel about an L.A. junkie Saving Angelfish from Tin House Books. Michele is also an actress and was recently profiled by Tom Christie in the L.A. Weekly.

Rounding out this trio of emerging voices is Myriam Gurba, whose new book Dahlia Season contains one novella, several short stories, and a whole bunch of trannies. 

Adulterers, junkies and transexuals. That's how we celebrate Father's Day at Vermin on the Mount. See you at 8pm and be sure to stick around for the free cake!