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Barnes has written the novel ''Above the Ether'' (Arcade Publishing, June 2019, ). Booklist said of the novel, “Barnes’ spare and chilling prose flows from one horrific scene to another without, surprisingly, alienating his readers, perhaps because the heart of his narrative ultimately reveals an abiding faith in the power of human compassion. A first-rate apocalyptic page-turner.” ''Above the Ether'' was a top 200 Kindle download in 2020, reaching #193 on May 9, 2020.
He has also written the novel ''Something Pretty, Something Beautiful'' ( Outpost19 June 2013, ). Benjamin Whitmer wrote of the book, "Elegantly constructed and lovingly, tenderly, savagely written... the most harrowing portrait of American boys careening into manhood that I've ever read. And the truest."
Barnes has written the novel ''Shimmer'' (Unbridled Books, July 2009, ). A book about
The official Eric Barnes Website.
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Unbridled Books, publisher of Shimmer.
Outpost 19
The Daily News
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The Daily Memphian
Behind the Headlines on WKNO-TV
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Eric J Living people 1968 births Columbia University School of the Arts alumni Connecticut College alumni Writers from Memphis, Tennessee Writers from Tacoma, Washington 21st-century American novelists Novelists from Tennessee American male novelists American male short story writers 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Washington (state)
Eric Barnes (born February 28, 1968) is an American writer and publisher. He is the author of the novels ''Above the Ether'', from Arcade Publishing, ''The City Where We Once Lived'', from Arcade Publishing,
, Alaska. He grew up in Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma, Washington state, Washington. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis.
Shimmer
Shimmer may refer to:
* ''Shimmer'' (play), a 1988 play by John O'Keefe
* Shimmer (comics), a DC Comics super-villain
* ''Shimmer'' (novel), by Eric Barnes
* '' Shimmer Magazine'', or ''Shimmerzine'', a speculative fiction magazine
* "Shimmer" ...
, from Unbridled Books
Emily St. John Mandel (; born 1979) is a Canadian novelist and essayist. She has written six novels, including ''Station Eleven'' (2014) and ''The Glass Hotel'' (2020). ''Station Eleven'', which has been translated into 33 languages, has been ad ...
and Something Pretty, Something Beautiful, from Outpost19, as well as the author of numerous short stories, including stories published in ''The Literary Review
''The Literary Review'' is an American literary magazine founded in 1957. The biannual magazine is published internationally by Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey. In addition to the publication of short stories, poems, and ...
'', '' Prairie Schooner'', '' The Northwest Review'', '' Raritan'' and other publishers of short literary fiction.
Barnes' novel ''The City Where We Once Lived'' was a top 100 Kindle download from Amazon in the summer of 2020, peaking at #63 on August 10, 2020. His novel ''Above the Ether'' was a top 200 Kindle download that summer, reaching #193.
The novel ''The City Where We Once Lived'' has led to Barnes' work being cited as contributing to the national conversation on climate change.
Barnes' short story "Something Pretty, Something Beautiful" was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery Stories
''The Best American Mystery and Suspense'' is an annual anthology of North American mystery and thriller stories. Part of ''The Best American Series'' since 1997, it is published by Empire Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. Prior to 2021, its ti ...
2011, a series edited by Otto Penzler.
Barnes is the publisher and CEO of The Daily Memphian, an online news site in Memphis started in September 2018. Barnes is also the publisher of '' The Daily News'', as well as ''The West Tennessee News'', ''The Nashville Ledger'', ''The Knoxville Ledger'', and ''The Hamilton County Herald''.
Barnes is also the host of the weekly news program on local Public Television, WKNO. The show, ''Behind the Headlines'', covers local stories, including stories about politics, business and the public interest.
Barnes received his BA from Connecticut College and his MFA from Columbia University. He was formerly a porter and editor in Connecticut and New York City">Connecticut.html" ;"title="porter and editor in Connecticut">porter and editor in Connecticut and New York City and, before that, worked in Kenai, Alaska">Kenai
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Barnes has written the novel ''The City Where We Once Lived'' (Arcade Publishing, March 2018, ). Emily St. John Mandel said of the novel, "Barnes's new novel is a rare and truly original work: a hard-edged fable, tender and unflinching, in which a man's descent and renewal is mirrored by his city. An eerie, beautifully written, and profoundly humane book." ''The City Where We Once Lived'' was a top 100 Kindle download from Amazon in the summer of 2020, peaking at #63 on August 10, 2020.
Barnes has written the novel ''Above the Ether'' (Arcade Publishing, June 2019, ). Booklist said of the novel, “Barnes’ spare and chilling prose flows from one horrific scene to another without, surprisingly, alienating his readers, perhaps because the heart of his narrative ultimately reveals an abiding faith in the power of human compassion. A first-rate apocalyptic page-turner.” ''Above the Ether'' was a top 200 Kindle download in 2020, reaching #193 on May 9, 2020.
He has also written the novel ''Something Pretty, Something Beautiful'' ( Outpost19 June 2013, ). Benjamin Whitmer wrote of the book, "Elegantly constructed and lovingly, tenderly, savagely written... the most harrowing portrait of American boys careening into manhood that I've ever read. And the truest."
Barnes has written the novel ''Shimmer'' (Unbridled Books, July 2009, ). A book about CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
Robbie Case, whose high tech company is built on a lie
A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving or misleading someone. The practice of communicating lies is called lying. A person who communicates a lie may be termed a liar. Lies can be inter ...
, ''Shimmer'' follows Robbie as he attempts to unwind the lie he has created. The fictional company, Core Communications, is a provider of high end networking services to mainframe
A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise ...
computer
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s. Along with his partner and cousin, Robbie has created an elaborate system that supposedly allows mainframe computers to communicate at impossibly fast speeds. However, the system does not work. It is actually built on a technical and financial Ponzi scheme
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that will fail if the company ever stops expanding.
Reviews of ''Shimmer'' have said, "Case's slow but accelerating downward spiral drives the narrative.... The corporate intrigue should hook anyone fascinated by the collapse of Wall Street and the crimes of Bernie Madoff." Another reviewer said, "I haven't been able to get the people in the book out of my head.... Beautifully written, quiet and intense, Shimmer
Shimmer may refer to:
* ''Shimmer'' (play), a 1988 play by John O'Keefe
* Shimmer (comics), a DC Comics super-villain
* ''Shimmer'' (novel), by Eric Barnes
* '' Shimmer Magazine'', or ''Shimmerzine'', a speculative fiction magazine
* "Shimmer" ...
was absolutely riveting." Another reviewer said of Shimmer
Shimmer may refer to:
* ''Shimmer'' (play), a 1988 play by John O'Keefe
* Shimmer (comics), a DC Comics super-villain
* ''Shimmer'' (novel), by Eric Barnes
* '' Shimmer Magazine'', or ''Shimmerzine'', a speculative fiction magazine
* "Shimmer" ...
, "The book moves at a breathtaking pace, but I was purposely slowing my reading to enjoy both the writing and the structure of the book. Shimmer
Shimmer may refer to:
* ''Shimmer'' (play), a 1988 play by John O'Keefe
* Shimmer (comics), a DC Comics super-villain
* ''Shimmer'' (novel), by Eric Barnes
* '' Shimmer Magazine'', or ''Shimmerzine'', a speculative fiction magazine
* "Shimmer" ...
is beautiful in the way that a collapsing building is; more beautiful, because throughout it you can cling to the hope that the building will somehow put itself back together."
Short stories
Barnes has published a number of short stories. They include: :*"Something Pretty, Something Beautiful,"Best American Mystery Stories
''The Best American Mystery and Suspense'' is an annual anthology of North American mystery and thriller stories. Part of ''The Best American Series'' since 1997, it is published by Empire Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. Prior to 2021, its ti ...
2011
:*"Something Pretty, Something Beautiful," Prairie Schooner
:*"All I Can See," Other Voices
:*"And We Would Drive," The Northwest Review
:*"Applewhite," The Literary Review
:*"The Arsons," The Louisville Review
:*"Auntie Gail and Uncle Dan," Press
:*"Captain Marvel," Pearl
:*"Friday Afternoon," Arkansas Review/Kansas Quarterly
:*"Dreams Where I Can Fly," Raritan
:*"Prima della fine," l'Internazionale (an Italian translation of "Dreams Where I Can Fly")
:*"The Huts," The Greensboro Review
''The Greensboro Review'', founded in 1966, is one of the nation's oldest literary magazines, based at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, North Carolina. It publishes fiction and poetry on a semi-annual basis. Work f ...
:*"Lull, Pattern and Pure," 34th Parallel
:*"Macramé Today," North Atlantic Review
:*"Perfection," The Literary Review
:*"Powdered Milk," Washington Square Review
''Washington Square Review'' (usually shortened to ''ON SQU'') is a nationally distributed literary magazine that publishes stories, poems, essays and reviews, many of which are later reprinted in annual anthologies. It is the graduate equivale ...
:*"Santa Claus Goes Hunting In the Off-Season," HobartPulp
:*"Slower," The Portland Review
:*"Someone Else Entirely," Quarterly West
:*"Stories About Them," Crazyhorse
:*"Swimming," The Portland Review
:*"Toward the Sky," Pacific Review
Newspapers and publishing
Barnes is the Publisher & CEO of The Daily Memphian, an online news site in Memphis, Tennessee. He is also Publisher & CEO of The Daily News (Memphis), which publishes news of business and politics in Memphis, as well as ''The Nashville Ledger, The Knoxville Ledger'' and ''The Hamilton County Herald.''. ''The Daily News'' also publishes a weekly edition, ''The West Tennessee News'', operates an extensivepublic records
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database on its Web
Web most often refers to:
* Spider web, a silken structure created by the animal
* World Wide Web or the Web, an Internet-based hypertext system
Web, WEB, or the Web may also refer to:
Computing
* WEB, a literate programming system created by ...
site, and operates Chandler Reports, a provider of real estate information.
References
External links
The official Eric Barnes Website.
Official site for the book.
Unbridled Books, publisher of Shimmer.
Outpost 19
The Daily News
Arcade Publishing
The Daily Memphian
Behind the Headlines on WKNO-TV
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Eric J Living people 1968 births Columbia University School of the Arts alumni Connecticut College alumni Writers from Memphis, Tennessee Writers from Tacoma, Washington 21st-century American novelists Novelists from Tennessee American male novelists American male short story writers 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Washington (state)