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!
