New Fiction Blog Location!
on May 4, 2009 in fiction ken brosky short stories literature fiction magazines free fiction literary magazines Greetings. The blog has been moved slightly to adjust to the MyCommunityNow locations. Click here to find the new Fiction Blog! I'll also try to post on this spot as well, just to make sure people stay in touch. Cheers....(read more)...

"The Poetess Writes Unanswered Letters" by Carrie Messenger
on May 2, 2009 in fiction ken brosky literary journals short stories literary fiction the poetess writes unanswered letters carrie messenger redivider writers authors I've been reading a lot from Redivider, a literary journal housed at Emerson College (and I have every intention of submitting a short story to it sometime in the near future). It's a really impressive journal, very entertaining with some gre...

Fiction: "AM/PM" by Amelia Gray
on Apr 28, 2009 in fiction ken brosky literary journals short stories literature stories free fiction Amelia Gray AM/PM This is a short-short story by Amelia Gray found in the newest issue of American Short Fiction. ASF is a great magazine for those of you who enjoy a broad range of fiction, and welcome a pretty decent amount of experimentation, the type of stuff you...

"This is the Way We Belong" by Jesse Dunlap (Whiskey Island Magazine)
on Apr 26, 2009 in ken brosky literary journals short stories fiction magazines free short stories jesse dunlap Whiskey island magazine This one's a short-short but it's a good one, from Whiskey Island Magazine out of Cleveland State University. Click here to read "This is the Way We Belong" by Jesse Dunlap. Whiskey Island has a few poems and short stories available...

Fiction: "Intrusion" by Eric McKinley
on Apr 23, 2009 in short stories fiction magazines literary fiction free fiction intrustion literary weave free short stories eric mckinley Here's a good short story by Eric McKinley available online for FREE! Isn't that fantastic? In fact, on his official Web site , he even has LINKS to his short stories so interested visitors can read them! Eric used to be a lawyer, and now he&...

Featured Author: Kevin Brockmeier
on Apr 20, 2009 in fiction short stories author short story collections the brief history of the dead the view from the seventh layer Kevin Brockmeier writer Random House I happened upon Kevin Brockmeier at a local Barnes and Noble, where I promptly digested his entire new short story collection, The View From the Seventh Layer (Vintage Contemporaries) . It was an absolutely fantastic book, well worth reading. And so...

Uncomfortable Plot Summaries
on Apr 16, 2009 in fiction ken brosky fiction magazines plots Die Hard 300 plot summaries movies Movie summaries I know some people don't like reading, especially when there's a good (or bad) movie to watch instead. I accept this. I also know that a lot of people who DO enjoy reading like to go out and watch movies, too. But let's face it: who has t...

Featured Writer: Amanda Stern
on Apr 14, 2009 in fiction fiction magazines author non-fiction graphic poetry the long haul rejection letters links to friends amanda stern Sometimes a Web site really stands out, and it helps when you're a writer to entertain people who visit the site (I haven't mastered this yet, primarily because I'm downright lazy). But Amanda Stern has PLENTY of stuff worth checking out...

Fiction: "At Four Thousand Feet and Rising"
on Apr 11, 2009 in fiction literary fiction free fiction online literary journals our stories at four thousand fee and rising free stories renee simms I've been tearing through a number of literary journals to see if I can find my favorites online to share with you, but so far I've had little to no luck. Everything, it seems, requires a subscription to the print journals, which is a shame b...

Your Toilet Paper is Shrinking
on Apr 7, 2009 in recession products towels peanut butter toilet paper Businesses have been hit hard during this quasi-depression. People are scared and they're not buying as much, which is one of the big reasons why things are still bad (of course, you can hardly blame them!). Market law dictates that when people b...