Dan Crawley

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Author of Straight Down the Road (Ad Hoc Fiction), The Wind, It Swirls (Cowboy Jamboree), and Blur (Cowboy Jamboree, 2023). stories appear in very nice places.
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Episode #37 - Melissa Llanes Brownlee: Selected Flash Fiction

Hawaiian author Melissa Llanes Brownlee explains life on the islands as only an indigenous person who was born and raised there can. In her fiction, H...

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Exactly 3 months until the pub day for my new short story collection, The Disappeared!

If you’re interested in pre-ordering or learning more about it, you can right here: https://tinyurl.com/5yrff4pv

The Disappeared by Andrew Porter: 9780593534304 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A collection of stories that trace the threads of loss and displacement running through all our lives, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Theory of Light and Matter “What a beautiful...

PenguinRandomhouse.com

Amazing opportunity for #lowincome #writers that I just spotted - get a FREE critique of your writing from The Literary Consultancy UK via the wonderful Arvon Foundation.

- Novels (first 15k words), short stories, flash, poetry, scripts, picture books

- Apply by 6pm on Mon 16 Jan

https://www.arvon.org/writers-hub/tlc-free-reads/

#TLCfreereads #WritingCommunity #critique #assessment #writing #feedback

TLC Free Reads

The TLC Free Reads Scheme offers low-income writers the opportunity to get free professional feedback on their writing via The Literary Consultancy, the UK's leading editorial consultancy.

Arvon

52 STORIES at the #communitycabin at #mileendwall

#Free Community Writing Group

⏰ Mondays 1230 to 130 pm.

Stories, prompts & exercises to inspire creative writing in a warm and friendly space.

https://www.mileendwall.org.uk/plan-a-visit/contact-us

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'A Loblolly Boy’s Lot' historical flash fiction by Christine Collinson

I’m emptying a piss-pot again. As I lift it over the rail, a sudden shift unsettles my feet and I nearly spill it back on myself. The sea is angry. Churning and tumbling like it wants to turn us over. This, I’m prepared for. So many days on deck have steadied my legs and hardened my stomach. It took some getting used to, though, I’ll say.

Read more: https://www.ellipsiszine.com/a-loblolly-boys-lot-by-christine-collinson/

#Flashfiction #Litmag #Fiction #Historical

A Loblolly Boy’s Lot by Christine Collinson | Ellipsis Zine

I’m emptying a piss-pot again. As I lift it over the rail, a sudden shift unsettles my feet and I nearly spill it back on myself. The sea is angry. Churning and tumbling like it wants to turn us over.…

Ellipsis Zine | Literary Magazine

There’s often talk about screenplays and optioning for the screen. I enjoyed hearing from the filmmakers who successfully adapted these books… maybe needed a bit more about those that have not done as well?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/01/03/some-books-are-impossible-turn-into-movies-why-let-that-stop-you/

Some books are impossible to turn into movies. Why let that stop you?

‘White Noise’ is the latest chapter in a long story of directors willing to grapple with books that defy adaptation. Successes are few -- but worth it, they say.

The Washington Post
A cool opportunity for you poets here! 👍
Issue Nine - Melissa Llanes Brownlee — Empty House Press

Empty House Press

O, hi. This is me and my dog, Radu.

And this is a recent publication about rings, inheritance, Paul Celan, Ingeborg Bachmann, and mothers. 🖤

https://socratesonthebeach.com/alina-stefanescu

Alina Stefanescu Unmailed Letters, Three Rings, the Inheritance, and Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann — Socrates on the Beach

Alina Stefanescu’s “Unmailed Letters, Three Rings, the Inheritance, and Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann” vibrantly pairs two renown literary figures with the achingly personal to forge a complex and ghostly understanding between history and metaphor.

Socrates on the Beach