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10 Tips for Winning NaNoWriMo - A Guide to Getting Shit Done by Kristina Horner

10 Tips for Winning NaNoWriMo

Kristina Horner
Every November, this popular global writing challenge brings forth a season that writers everywhere simultaneously hold dear and dread. It is as much a time of creativity and perseverance as it is the worst fucking thing we do to ourselves each year…
Culture / Publishing
Shortwave Publishing - A History of Indie Publishing Part 3

The History of Indie Publishing, Part 3

David Niall Wilson
Up until now, we’ve been talking about the past. The only thing constant, of course, is change, so let’s talk about the current state of writing, and publishing. EBooks are fully established. Independent and self-publishing are an integral part of the book world…
Fiction / Short Stories
The Imperfection - A Short Story by Mae Murray

"The Imperfection"

Mae Murray
Mira was in a hospital gown looking at her phone. The girl with the bleach-blonde pixie cut had been tantalizing in her OKCupid photo, but when they met last week, she noticed the deep-pitted acne scars peppering her jawline and the glaring red spots on her cheeks and between her thick brows…
Fiction / Short Stories
Called Home - A Short Story by Tanya Pell

"Called Home"

Tanya Pell
El resented her father for calling her home. She stood in the backyard, arms folded across her faded t-shirt, staring out at the rows and rows of dry, brown cornstalks against an empty blue sky…
Culture / Publishing
Shortwave Publishing - A History of Indie Publishing Part 2

The History of Indie Publishing, Part 2

David Niall Wilson
Before the actual crash of the midlist, the Internet was truly coming into its own. Online communities popped up everywhere. Smaller websites were able to code, or borrow code, to create message boards for groups of like-minded fans and authors…
Fiction / Short Stories
The Witch's Aperture - A Short Story by Taylro Grothe

"The Witch's Aperture"

Taylor Grothe
The bike seat pressed against my thighs, the wooden housing of the camera banging against my deformed spine. I was grateful for the misty shroud over my face. Were the neighbors to see me, they would whisper…
Fiction / Short Stories
Backseat Driver - A Short Story by Rae Knowles

"Backseat Driver"

Rae Knowles
A bleeding sun rears its angry head over the hills surrounding your childhood holler. You smudge a bit of dirt into your hairline and hurl your suitcase into the open trunk of your mother’s silver van, Mark glaring at you between the headrests…
Fiction / Short Stories
What If It Were This - A Short Story about magic by Nicole Dieker

"What If It Were This"

Nicole Dieker
It was a wet-fingered October morning, the air like a formerly-celebrated guest who refused to notice the repeated glances at the calendar, when Annilee Morgan Fox first performed real magic…
Fiction / Short Stories
The Fort - A Short Story by Alan Lastufka

"The Fort"

Alan Lastufka
Teenage best friends Aaron and Tim have their own hideout in the woods. It’s an old, reclaimed cabin nicknamed the Fort. And it just grew a new door…
Fiction / Short Stories
FFUNS Johnny Compton

"FFUNS"

Johnny Compton
Holding the unlabeled black video cassette somehow reassured her of the legitimacy of its contents. With that reassurance came effervescent nausea, an ugly, unreal sensation befitting the place she was in and the sight that awaited her…
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