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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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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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Award Eligible Publications in 2022
These are the stories I have published or edited that can be consider for this year’s award nominations Thank you to everyone who has read, reviewed, and/or supported my writing this year. It’s been a weird one but rewarding. Short Story – “A River In the Desert” Electric Spec Volume 17, Issue 2, May 31, Read more
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Interview with Elizabeth Guilt, Author of Interdisciplinary in THE DANCING PLAGUE
“When a British university works out how to create a quantum link with the past, Malcolm Hendry is confident he’s the right man to conduct the world’s first ‘history field work’ in 16thC Strasbourg. Professor Hendry knows only he can make the project a success – and he will, despite the day-to-day irritations of students, Read more
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Utter Speculation Author Profile: Susan Tulio
Susan Tulio is a founding member of Writers Block and her story “History Lessons” was featured in the first collection of Utter Speculation, The Lost Colony of Roanoke. She also contributed the reader favorite “The Secret” in Jersey Devil. Susan enjoys writing romances because they usually end with a Happily Ever After. She got hooked Read more
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Interview with Author River Eno
River is one of the authors I’ve worked with on The Lost Colony of Roanoke and The Jersey Devil. She is a founding member of our writing collective, Writers Block and a fascinating person. Her contribution to Jersey Devil, “The Unspoiled Harmonious Wilderness” is a unique and beautiful take on the origins of our most Read more
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How to own being an author, no matter what stage you are at.
Once upon a time I told a guy I was dating that I wanted to be an author. At the time I was in journalism school and I had already completed three novels, and while I knew I had a ways to go and didn’t dare to presume myself already an author, I knew it Read more
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Featured Author: Lucas Mangum
It’s been years since Lucas Mangum’s metal band would share a show with my punk band at the smoky local dive bar. When I recently reconnected with Lucas and found out he was an author now, I wasn’t even remotely surprised. Especially when I saw he wrote horror. And I immediately got his info to Read more
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Every writer sings a sad sad song
You know what sucks? Rejection. You know what else sucks? Rejection never actually stops sucking. And the third suck? You never stop getting rejected in one way or another. This is true in life, but it is particularly true in artistic endeavors. I got two rejections last week. And they both sucked. They weren’t my Read more




