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Angel Colón from The Bronx now living in New Jersey is reading A Big Ol' Pile of Books March 10, 2014 - 1:43pm

Andrez, loved the Shotgun Honey piece. Fun stuff!

Em, is it wrong that I got a kick out of how evil your piece was?

Congrats, folks!

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TheScrivener from Seattle is reading short stories March 10, 2014 - 7:31pm

Sarah!  So excited to see you getting your work out there.  

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Dino Parenti from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands On March 10, 2014 - 8:02pm

Sarah rockin' it! Congrats!

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Wendy Hammer from Indiana is reading One Night in Sixes March 10, 2014 - 8:13pm

Sarah! Hooray for "Golden Avery." Awesome news and very cool placement! 

I'm very happy to say my story "Negatives" will be in Suspended in Dusk too. Glad to be in the TOC with you and other LR writers. 

 

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin March 11, 2014 - 2:23am

Dino, Sarah & Wendy, awesome work guys! Congrats :)

@gosh darn my life ~ ha! nothing wrong with that :)

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SRead from Colorado is reading Stories March 11, 2014 - 10:27am

Thanks, dears!

And I'm excited to be in there with you, Wendy! I love your stuff. :)

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt March 11, 2014 - 12:00pm

NICE, Sarah! Both great stories. I'll definitely have to grab a copy of that Black Static. 

Wendy, congrats! 

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Vonnegut Check from Baltimore March 11, 2014 - 5:35pm

Bear Traps is now at Revolt Daily http://revoltdaily.org/bear-traps-emily-slaney/

Rad, Em. What do have in mind for Suzy's and Chuck's class? Anything you're working on, or something you plan on starting before then?

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Angel Colón from The Bronx now living in New Jersey is reading A Big Ol' Pile of Books March 11, 2014 - 6:14pm

Got three acceptances that I can't talk about just yet, but I figure I say something before I explode. Unbelievably excited about them.

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin March 12, 2014 - 2:59am

Hey Ryan, thanks :)

Re Chuck & Suzy's class, Probably the novella, although I have a couple of other stories floating around. To be honest I'm not sure how it's going to work, are people going to work on the same opening chapter for the whole four weeks or bring a few to the game? My story "finishing touches" has potential to be expanded upon, so could work as an opening. There's an old War story called "Victims" that was always meant to be bigger but never got there. And the Sci-fi story "A burning girl" that I wrote for Teleport us. Or I might see if inspiration pulls anything new out of the bag, I got a little time to burn some ideas i guess :)

@Angel ~ Congrats on your secret successes!

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Dino Parenti from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands On March 13, 2014 - 10:42am

Got a new one called "Mojito" up at Revolt Daily right now. And I've got another coming out in the next few days on a different journal.

http://revoltdaily.org/mojito-dino-parenti/

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SRead from Colorado is reading Stories March 13, 2014 - 11:17am

Angel, nice! I hate that waiting period where you can't really say anything. Now we can suffer with you. 

Dino, that story is great. I did not see the end coming at all. I had to read it twice. Nicely done!

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Angel Colón from The Bronx now living in New Jersey is reading A Big Ol' Pile of Books March 13, 2014 - 11:39am

Nice job, Dino. Loved the way you tossed in the drink recipes.

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Mess_Jess from Sydney, Australia, living in Toronto, Canada is reading Perfect by Rachael Joyce March 13, 2014 - 5:35pm

Wow, so many acceptances lately! Congrats Em, Sarah, Dino, Wendy! (Gosh I hope I didn't leave anyone out). 

If anyone's thinking about applying for the Amtrak writer's residency program, I wrote a piece on the terms and conditions for Litreactor. There are some unusual conditions that applicants need to be aware of!

http://litreactor.com/columns/amtrak-residency-application-terms-and-conditions-proceed-with-caution

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EdVaughn from Louisville, Ky is reading a whole bunch of different stuff March 13, 2014 - 7:40pm

My brother, Matt, had a piece up at Bizarro Central a couple weeks ago for their flash fiction friday. It's called Built For Sin. Check it out.

http://bizarrocentral.com/2014/02/28/flash-fiction-friday-built-for-sin/

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Wendy Hammer from Indiana is reading One Night in Sixes March 14, 2014 - 7:09am

 

Dino--nice story! I really enjoyed it. Between the urn and the drinks I was hooked. The pay-off didn't let me down. 

Jess--excellent article on the Amtrak thing. I watched the story with interest--and when the contract came out I have to say I hoped you'd write about it. Thanks! Good stuff, as always. 

I never really know when it's appropriate to say something. I've held off on at least one cool thing because I don't want to overstep an announcement of a ToC or whatever. I guess erring on the side of caution is best, but the waiting is so rough. Heh. 

That being said--I'm going to jump the gun because I'm so happy I've finally found a home for a story I've been trying to get out there for a long time now. It's called "Reminders" and it will be in the first issue of Crooked/Shift. The target is July. 

I workshopped the story in one of John Skipp's classes here at LR (thanks, guys!), got more feedback from another LR writer, revised, and resent. Finally, victory! 

 

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Angel Colón from The Bronx now living in New Jersey is reading A Big Ol' Pile of Books March 14, 2014 - 8:36am

Congrats, Wendy!

The waiting to announce is killing me. Got a full month before the first story goes live and then the other goes live in June (hopefully) the third one is next year!

Looks like I'll just have to keep writing and submitting while I wait :).

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Wendy Hammer from Indiana is reading One Night in Sixes March 14, 2014 - 10:02am

Thanks, Angel. Writing, subbing, and knowing others are feeling the same totally helps. Looking forward to seeing specifics when the new stories go live. Congrats! 

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melmurphy from Spokane is reading "Julian" by Gore Vidal March 14, 2014 - 9:44pm

Just had a short story go up on Subtopian. Much thanks to Trevor and Kirby, the two guys who run Subtopian are just super, super nice. None of that bad attitude I've encountered at other literary sites.

http://www.subtopian.com/?p=65915

Have another short story going live on another tiny online site but the person running that one hasn't rolled out the next issue yet. Will post it when it shows up.

:)

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Dino Parenti from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands On March 15, 2014 - 12:54am

Congrats, melmurphy and Angel!

Wendy, thanks for your comments. 

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Richard from St. Louis is reading various anthologies March 20, 2014 - 10:18pm

congrats all!

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sean of the dead from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed Ayres March 21, 2014 - 5:23am

A new (maybe familiar to some of you WAR vets) short story of mine has gone up over at Back Hair Advocate. It's a little bit Star Trek, a little bit Lost, and a little bit Seventh Heaven. You must be a little bit intrigued, right?

It's called "What Should Have Been The Voyage Home," and it can be found here.

 

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin March 21, 2014 - 5:35am

Congrats Sean!

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Dino Parenti from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands On March 21, 2014 - 11:06am

Awesome, Sean. And I may have to submit something there just based on the name.

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deheerbill from netherlands March 23, 2014 - 8:12am

I've just translated one of my short stories into English (Dutchlish) and placed it on my new website

It's called Swallowing

Feel very free to let me know what you think about it.

 

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Linda from Sweden is reading Fearful Symmetries March 23, 2014 - 1:50pm

Congrats everyone!

@Sean, great story. I only got as far as 'Captain Steadman gained momentum as he neared the two befuddled officers, then stopped on a dime, picked it up and put it in his pocket' before laughing the first time. I seriously question their choice of font size though.

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt March 25, 2014 - 5:31pm

I'm giving away two print copies of Pantheon Magazine's Aphrodite issue on Goodreads. Random drawing takes place April 8th. CLICK HERE for the page. 

In a week we have all new original fiction by Stacy Sinclair, Lee L. Krecklow, Sarah Read, Letitia Trent, Malia Lehrer, Ben Freeman, W.P. Johnson, and Sean Taylor. Reprints by Z.L Melton and Deborah Walker as well as print exclusive stories by Richard Thomas and Thomas Kearnes.

Poetry by Kristina Ten, Angela Ball, Holly Day, R.A. Allen, Jacob Haddon, and Jason Primm.

All in the Aphrodite issue, with cover art by Lena Yuk.

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Gordon Highland from Kansas City is reading Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore April 2, 2014 - 9:46am

Hey, y'all, The Booked. Anthology is free on Kindle for the next few days, and that edition contains a couple of bonus stories. I assume you've heard of it around here before (it was a Book Club selection), but if not, It's got a ridiculously killer roster of your favorite authors.

Fred Venturini – “Pound of Flesh”
Craig Clevenger – “The Confession of Adelai Shade”
Cameron Pierce – “California Oregon”
Paul Tremblay – “Scenes From the City of Garbage and the City of Clay”
Caleb J Ross – “The Removal Kind”
Seth Harwood – “To The Bone”
Craig Wallwork – “Think Tank”
Mark Rapacz – “Manger Dog”
Todd W Brown – “Faces on the Milk Carton”
Joshua Alan Doetsch – “The Mulligan”
Axel Taiari – “Your Savior”
Nikki Guerlain – “Children of the Wetlands”
Matthew C Funk – “Real, Live Ghosts”
Nik Korpon – “Straight Down the Line”
Richard Thomas – “Surrender”
Amanda Gowin – “Short Tendon”
Bob Pastorella – “Take My Breath Away”
Kevin Lynn Helmick – “Noir’s City”
Gordon Highland – “Bokeh”
Sean P Ferguson – “Two Dollar Beer Nights”
David James Keaton – “Dragon By the Dumpster”
Christopher J. Dwyer – “Coralee”
Anthony David Jacques – “Tropicalia”
Chris Deal – “Where the Water Met the Sky”
Michael Paul Gonzalez – “One Shot (Only God Knows)”
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Robb Olson – “Edgewater Red Eye” (Kindle only)
Pela Via – “The Donna Motels” (Kindle only)

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Richard from St. Louis is reading various anthologies April 2, 2014 - 2:04pm

nobody has posted this yet? NEW PANTHEON. my story is in here, "Rapture" and lots of other LR authors as well. looks SO GOOD. buy it now. seriously. APHRODITE ISSUE!

http://www.amazon.com/Pantheon-Magazine-Aphrodite-April-Volume/dp/149441...

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Andrez Bergen from Melbourne, Australia + Tokyo, Japan is reading 'The Spirit' by Will Eisner April 2, 2014 - 2:34pm

Ta, SRead & Angel — Angel, I noticed you're coming up on Shotgun Honey too; congrats!

I have a wee bit more news this week.

Novel #4 is set to be published through Phil Jourdan's Perfect Edge Books on 25th July, and we now have the final wraparound cover art.

More info here.

And I'm rebooting my first novel Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat, which was a Book of the Month at the old Chuck Palahniuk's The Cult forum.

This time I've decided to tackle it head-on as a graphic novel, for which I'm doing the artwork as well, and rejigging the story/dialoge plus inserting some plot extras.

To fund this (printing of a half-colour, full gloss 130+ page tome is pricey!) I've decided to test the waters of the Kickstarter enigma, running a campaign till the end of May — if you're curious at all, just click the word "kickstarter" (above), and any/all support or spreading word would be very much appreciated.

Here is some sample art and info:

 

 

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Angel Colón from The Bronx now living in New Jersey is reading A Big Ol' Pile of Books April 2, 2014 - 3:52pm

@Gordan - Thanks for the reminder on The Booked. Scooped that up ASAP on my Kindle (it's free today!).

@Andrez, thank you! I believe my Shotgun Honey piece is due out 4/21. Tomorrow I'll be here whoring out the piece I've got coming out in issue 5.1 of The Molotov Cocktail. Super psyched about that one. Wrote it after Clevenger's class (it really did change my writing for good).

@Richard That cover for Pantheon is frigging amazing. Looking forward to checking it out.

 

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Brandon from KCMO is reading Made to Break April 2, 2014 - 6:18pm

Got a new review for Good Sex, Great Prayers from DigBoston that was pretty fantastic. Check it out HERE.

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Angel Colón from The Bronx now living in New Jersey is reading A Big Ol' Pile of Books April 2, 2014 - 6:29pm

@Brandon Nice! Book is on my 'to read' pile. Folks need to stop producing all this awesome.

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leah_beth from New Jersey - now in Charleston, SC is reading five different books at once. April 2, 2014 - 6:57pm

Hey you guys!! First, congrats to ALL who've posted here. The news I'm seeing is amazing. Particularly for my good friend Richard who I saw got some incredible news today. :D :D :D 

Also, I've got my own little news to share. First, my story, Remember, from WAR II last year just went live at Abyss & Apex today. It was one of my favorite things I wrote for that contest, so I was thrilled when they picked it up. It lives here and I'd love for you to check it out (it's FREE!): http://www.abyssapexzine.com/2014/03/remember/

And I made a decision to try out indie publishing for some other shorts. The first one is up now, and it's super-inexpensive, and if you enjoy the free tale and want to check out In the Land of the Blind, I'd be honored. So honored. It's here: http://www.amazon.com/In-Land-Blind-Leah-Rhyne-ebook/dp/B00JF4YVWK/

So that's me. Keep up all the aweosme work you guys!! xo! 

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Ben Freeman from Charlottesville, Virginia is reading everything I can April 3, 2014 - 5:17am

I'm also in that issue of Pantheon. Lotta good stuff from a lot of LR folks. 

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Angel Colón from The Bronx now living in New Jersey is reading A Big Ol' Pile of Books April 3, 2014 - 5:18am

Folks, super hyped to finally whore out one of my new pieces, "Whatever Floats", in the latest issue of The Molotov Cocktail!

Been knocking on their door for a little while, but the cover makes it worth it.

Enjoy!

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Richard from St. Louis is reading various anthologies April 3, 2014 - 11:24am

thanks, guys. congrats, so exciting to see you all out there hustling! and publishing!

yeah, hope to have a big announcement soon, maybe two, but haven't signed anything yet, still in negotiations. but looking good on all fronts. looks like Disintegration is going to have a home soon. plus a few other titles. :-)

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Wendy Hammer from Indiana is reading One Night in Sixes April 5, 2014 - 12:33pm

This thread always make me happy. 

Leah--loved that story. Beautiful.

Angel--Badass. Lots of fun. 

When a get a free moment I'm going to dive into The Booked, Aphrodite, and all...

 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig April 5, 2014 - 2:42pm

So much stuff I've been looking forward to is out! Awesome shit guys. And Leah - I am so glad I popped in here because I meant to go get your amazon story yesterday and forgot!

 

Anyway, I have a little somethin' to whore. It's made rounds on Facebook but I always like my babies to get as much love as possible - I wrote another "Does This Sex Column Make My Ass Look Fat" where I take magazine sex advice and kill it with fire (my wit is the fire).

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TheScrivener from Seattle is reading short stories April 5, 2014 - 7:26pm

That advice is terrible and should be murdered.  You did it.  Nice work. Loved the visuals too.  In particular the old laundry apparatus. 

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Wendy Hammer from Indiana is reading One Night in Sixes April 5, 2014 - 8:16pm

Renee, 

That was hilarious. Glad you posted a link to it. 

So dry...so sexy. 

HA!

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Andrez Bergen from Melbourne, Australia + Tokyo, Japan is reading 'The Spirit' by Will Eisner April 6, 2014 - 10:56am

Renee, Leah, Richard, Angel — excellent stuff, mates!

And that cover of Molotov Cocktail just made my morning (it's 2:55am right now here in Tokyo!).

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig April 7, 2014 - 10:48am

Ha, thanks guys. The photos were a new addition to the column, I think it definitely added something. It's my new goal to make "going to Whole Foods" a euphamism for oral sex.

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Dino Parenti from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands On April 7, 2014 - 10:48am

I have a review up at Pantheon Magazine for the upcoming anthology The New Black, edited by our own Richard Thomas. You'll recognize many of the names, some of whom stalk this very site. It's a killer set of twenty, and perfect as a slightly belated mother's day gift--if your mother is Nurse Ratched or Annie Wilkes, that is. 

http://pantheonmag.com/book-review-the-new-black-edited-by-richard-thomas/

 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig April 7, 2014 - 10:49am

Nice!

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Matt A. April 7, 2014 - 12:59pm

"Hell to Pay" was accepted in James Ward Kirk's Demon Possession Anthology. Thanks to Repo, SRead, Angel Colon, and JRiley, among others, for their valuable feedback in the workshop.

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Matt A. April 7, 2014 - 1:00pm

Great review Dino...the book is added to my wishlist now.

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Angel Colón from The Bronx now living in New Jersey is reading A Big Ol' Pile of Books April 7, 2014 - 1:11pm

Nice, Doug! Congrats!

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Richard from St. Louis is reading various anthologies April 7, 2014 - 2:56pm

thanks, dino. a fantastic review. really appreciate it.

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Angel Colón from The Bronx now living in New Jersey is reading A Big Ol' Pile of Books April 7, 2014 - 3:34pm

Just finished the review, Dino, thaks for validating my preorder. Gonna tear into that one.