Projects
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Cry Baby Bridge Cover Reveal
Our fifth anniversary celebration of the Collection of Utter Speculation kicked off Friday, September 1, but today it really gets going with the cover reveal of our Fifth Collection, Cry Baby Bridge. Read more
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Natalie Zellat Dyen: Fifteen Second Feature # 4
I marched for reproductive rights in the late 60s, and it’s disgusting that I have to do it all over again. Read more
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Helen Chapman/Anne Arrandale – Fifteen Second Feature #3
People tried to discourage me, saying I’d be 43 when I graduated college. I told them I’ll be 43 in three years anyway. I Read more
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Dori Lumpkin – Fifteen Second Feature # 2
At any given point in time, I’m working on at least 10 different projects. They’re usually short fiction, so I need a bunch of them to keep my mind occupied. Read more
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Ef Deal – Fifteen Second Feature #1
I am thrilled to have received the first 15 second feature reply from my dear friend and talented writer, Ef Deal. I should note I had the unique privilege of workshopping and beta reading two of Ef’s novels and, as she mentions, she has contributed to three Speculation Publication stories. I can attest to Ef’s Read more
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Interview with Suburban Life Magazine for 2023 Super Women
Hey look, it’s me! I had a chat with William Donahue about where speculation pub is going, where it has been and whether my co-editors River and Susan are so short or I am so tall. Check out the full article at Suburban Life Magazine Read more
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A Great Start to Summer
Beach Shorts is a different kind of anthology than what we’ve done in the past, but it still has the spec pub soul resonating in it’s summer vibe. It’s absolutely perfect to bring along on your Memorial Day weekend, whether it’s poolside, beach front, camping, cook out or just chilling at home. It’s fun, easy… Read more
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Cry Baby Bridge is open for submissions
It’s been five whole years since we released our very first collection of utter speculation. Since then everything has changed, not in the least being that our little workshop of friends has turned into an indie publisher, and our collections of utter speculation are now filled with stories by amazing authors from all over the Read more
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Cry Cry Baby, a special book for our fifth collection of utter speculation
We’ve expanded out from the collections of utter speculation since then, but we always return home to speculate utterly, and this year marks our fifth year doing so, so we’ve gone back over our collections and discussed some of our favorite things about each one, and decided on a topic that really gives our authors… Read more
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Work in Progress, Spec Pub’s Story Crafting Workbook is here
When you start out as a workshop called “Writers Block” you come up with a lot of methods for getting a story on the page. River Eno, Susan Tulio and I have struggled our way through four collections of utter speculation, starting with Roanoke where we had no idea what we were doing. Read more
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