About Dean Monti

Dean Monti started writing at age two, but nothing really legible until age five. Since then his work has appeared in several literary journals including Prairie Light Review, ELF: The Eclectic Literary Forum, and Ellipsis. His critically-acclaimed novel, The Sweep of the Second Hand, was published by Academy Chicago Publishers and reprinted in paperback by Penguin Putnam Berkley Signature. He is the author of several full-length and one-act plays and has had works staged in Chicago and Norfolk, Va. He has also taught creative writing at Columbia College and College of DuPage. He is currently working on new novels and short stories and recently completed an MFA in Creative Writing at Queens University. He lives in a suburb of Chicago.

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Dean Monti

Can’t anyone just give us a straight answer? He rambles, doctor. It’s dementia, isn’t it? I see no signs… Here we go. I see no signs of… Here we go… ‘no one can say for sure.’ I see no apparent signs of… It gets on our nerves, doctor. …no apparent signs of… He just rambles, doctor. Meaningless. On and on. Too much light in my eyes. Snatch the Ray-Bans off the … [Read more...]

Heebling’s Journals

Dean Monti

The recent, unexpected passing of Charles Heebling and the subsequent discovery of his “third-floor journals” are finally shedding light on an intriguing and relatively unknown area of scientific research. The facts about Heebling’s death, at 38, have been accurate, though sparse: an unfortunate collision with a speeding milk truck, Heebling, on foot, just a few blocks from … [Read more...]

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Heebling’s Journals

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