Guilty pleasures and lost causes make Black Clock 4 a risky affair. Fans of prog rock, tarot readings, b-movies, pseudo-science and other indulgences best left stuffed in the closet will recognize — whether they wish to avert their eyes or not — the highs and lows obsessively detailed in these works of fiction and non-fiction.
Singular, idiosyncratic and a little mysterious, Black Clock is one of America's leading literary journals.
Issue— #4
- Rachel ZuckerFloating Wick In Petrol
- Richard MeierFrom The Vaults
- Steve EricksonGuilty Pleasures And Lost Causes
- Michael VenturaA Strange Up-Flinging
- Rick MoodyProg Rock Confessional
- Jonathan LethemAn Orchestra Of Light That Was Electric
- Tom LutzHumiliation
- Glen David GoldThe Futile Charm Of The Bob-Oisie
- Sean HoweThe Friday Nights Of Terry Melcher
- Joanna ScottRemembering Andrea Dworkin
- Albert MobilioHot Pussy And The Cool Of The Innocent
- Geoffrey O'BrienA Memory Of Columbo
- Don DeLilloWoman In The Distance
- Geoff NicholsonThe Powell Divide
- Chris RobertsThe Cake
- Steve EricksonHurdy Gurdy Man
- Mady SchutzmanAn Enthusiasm (Grentheos, Possessed By A God)
- Jon Wagner and Tracy Biga MacLeanThe Vidiot
- Janet SternburgNarrative, After Buñuel
- Howard HamptonThis Corrosion
- Anthony MillerDamn It, I'm A Doctor
- Kenneth TuranKabloona
- Ron DrummondBroken Seashells
- Arion BergerHow Can I Tell You
- Grace KrilanovichThe Imaginary War
- Joy NicholsonReptile Pleasures
- Eric WeisbardThe Nine Billion Songs Of Pop
- David L. UlinA Made Man
- Robert PolitoShame
- Samantha DunnSudor
- Jon SavageJoe Meek And The Twelfth Of August 1966
- Howard A. RodmanWithout A Trace
- David ToopOn A Realization: Music
- Rachel ZuckerMonogamist
- Richard MeierLooking At The Law