Gary Phillips

Gary Phillips's short stories have appeared, most recently, in Los Angeles Noir (Akashic) and in Full House (G.P. Putnam's Sons). He is a member of PEN and past national board member of the Mystery Writers of America.

Currently

  • Sunrise, Sunset

    November 24, 2008

    In this last episode we mostly wrap things up, but leave a few strange matters for earthly or cosmic interpretation.

  • All Fall Down

    November 11, 2008

    Breakfast turns violent, more is revealed, and while a decent president gets elected, there's no rest for Congresswoman Kang.

  • Brimstone and Bowlers

    October 27, 2008

    The soldier and the rich guy await their fates in the afterlife, while Cynthia Kang's brother gets in way over his head.

  • Murmurs of the Heart

    October 14, 2008

    The malefactors and the manipulators of machination start to fess up.

  • Bailout, Shmailout

    September 29, 2008

    Congresswoman Kang re-emerges on Capitol Hill in time to put her two cents in on the economic crisis. Paulson takes a knee, and Lacy Mills goes off the rez--way off.

  • The Land of Nod

    September 15, 2008

    This Week: Various players get ready for the Big Sleep.

  • Our Man Countryman

    September 3, 2008

    This Week: Ex-black ops agent Dieter Countryman comes to terms with a life misspent as the very dogs of chaos he helped unleash come back to bite him.

  • Sex and Violence

    August 25, 2008

    This Week: Things get all twisty as Kang makes some moves her own damn self, and her slacker brother contemplates the Big Wave.

  • Death and Dying

    August 18, 2008

    This Week: Congresswoman Kang hangs out in the loo, wide stance and all.

  • The Bruja

    August 11, 2008

    This Week: Dieter Countryman would like to do some enhanced interrogating, while Congresswoman Kang drops in to get in the groove with a witchy woman.

  • Shooters

    August 4, 2008

    This Week: It's all bang, bang, bang, baby!

  • Among the Missing

    July 28, 2008

    This Week: Congresswoman Kang takes a powder, her chief of staff Chet Kimbrough is on the mend and two plotting lovers get vamped on.

  • Daydreaming and I'm Thinking of You

    July 21, 2008

    This Week: Congresswoman Kang takes a cruise, gets some strategic advice from Ho Chi Minh and finds that this is but a pause before the big showdown.

  • Bad Ju Ju

    July 14, 2008

    This Week: Congresswoman Kang is ill at ease as she contemplates the fate of her chief of staff and prepares to go to the source of part of her woes: secretive, manipulative billionaire Mace Gilmore.

  • The Prisoner

    July 7, 2008

    This Week: Chet Kimbrough, Congresswoman's Kang's chief of staff, is bound and gagged, and it isn't because he belongs to an S&M club. There is no safe word for him.

  • Hullabaloo

    June 29, 2008

    This Week: As the Supreme Court rules pistols are trustworthy and convenient, Kang knows her AWOL chief of staff isn't at the beach.

  • Mind Games

    June 22, 2008

    This Week: Kang sips a martini and contemplates just what it is that billionaires do in their spare time.

  • Revelations

    June 15, 2008

    This Week: Congresswoman Kang has a revealing chat in the park, while Chet Kimbrough goes missing... again.

  • Pressure Points

    June 8, 2008

    This Week: Chief of staff Chet Kimbrough and Congresswoman Kang consider how to make people do what you want--in the name of the people, of course.

  • The Big Tease

    June 2, 2008

    This Week: Everybody wants something, while Congresswoman Kang learns just what it takes to play in the adult sandbox .

  • Tiny Soap Bubbles

    May 25, 2008

    This Week: Kang and Valdez explore each other's bodies and minds, and somebody gets a gun slapped upside their head.

  • Wheels Within Wheels

    May 19, 2008

    This week in Citizen Kang, a gun is brandished, feelings get hurt, clandestine meetings are suggested, and the watcher is watched.

  • Memory Lane

    May 12, 2008

    This week's episode: Mysterious billionaire Mace Gilmore looks back and finds the future wanting.

  • Pillow Talk

    May 4, 2008

    This week's episode: Cyrus Kang and Conrad Waller find driving in LA can be hazardous, Congresswoman Kang and a LAPD detective get down.

  • Bumpy Ride

    April 28, 2008

    This week's episode: Congresswoman Kang's brother learns more than he wants to know about how deep in the Big Muddy he is.

  • Ceremonies of the Strange

    April 21, 2008

    In this week's episode of our political novella, Congresswoman Kang finds the trail to the truth is more crooked than straight.

  • Strangers in the Night

    April 13, 2008

    This week's episode: Kang tries the indirect route to the truth and finds some things are just tough to swallow.

  • Seems Like Old Times

    April 7, 2008

    This week's episode: Dieter Countryman reminisces about the good ol' days of selling the first Gulf War; Connie Waller gets his freak on in Vegas.

  • Girl Talk

    March 27, 2008

    This week's episode of Citizen Kang: The Congresswoman and a lobbyist get down with some cuisine and chat about evildoers, while the game's afoot in other quarters.

  • Things That Go Bump in the Night

    March 23, 2008

    This week's episode of Citizen Kang: Congresswoman Kang has some lascivious ideas about a certain cop, her shot-at chief of staff returns to town and all manner of deviltry is about to jump off.

  • Daydreaming and I'm Thinking of You

    March 13, 2008

    This week's episode of Citizen Kang: The Congresswoman's chief of staff gets shot at and Kang lets her mind wander into dangerous territory.

  • The Bad Guys Bust a Move

    March 6, 2008

    Our Story: Chet Kimbrough, Congresswoman Kang's Chief of Staff, does some investigating on his own and puts in motion events that will endanger him and hint at larger doings.

  • X, X, Baby...

    March 1, 2008

    Our Story: Congresswoman Kang pays a visit on her aging slacker brother, and learns more than she'd care to know.

  • Sex and the Single Congresswoman

    February 22, 2008

    Previous episode: Sex, politics and innuendo bubbles between Kang and the cop, and the Congresswoman decides to do some investigating her own damn self.

  • Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho

    February 14, 2008

    Our Story: As the probe into the supposed suicide of her political mentor unfolds, Kang is grilled by an intriguing homicide cop, and suddenly new troubles develop.

  • Get on the Good Foot

    February 7, 2008

    Cynthia Kang is backstage in this episode, but rest assured, the heat is still on.

  • Machinations

    January 31, 2008

    The night after the funeral of her friend and mentor, Congresswoman Kang learns that all is not what it seems..

  • Fairy Tales

    January 24, 2008

    At her mentor's funeral, Cynthia Kang revisits ghosts of the past, receives a cryptic message, and watches the detectives watching her.

  • Suicide Is Painless

    January 17, 2008

    Episode 2: Kang's political mentor--and reputed former lover--is found with a bullet in his brain. As the media is poised to pounce, she readies her talking points with a growing sense of dread.

2007

  • About Citizen Kang

    December 27, 2007

    Political fact marries political fiction in Citizen Kang, an online serialized novel that unfolds in weekly installments on The Nation.com throughout Campaign 08.

  • Wide Stance

    December 27, 2007

    Meet California Congresswoman Cynthia Kang, a woman of considerable political ambition, and some secrets. Episode 1 of an ongoing online political mystery.

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