IWW Members Published and in Print

Lots of things this week, from little-bitty stories to a big pack of poetry, some longer stories, and good news about a novel. We're a varied lot on IWW!


Rasana Atreya

My first fiction yahoo ever - in Pen Pricks.

BTW, fellow IWW-er Wayne Scheer is on there too (loved that, Wayne!)


Barry Basden

"Callings," a 55-worder critted on the nonfiction list, was published as microfiction in the April issue of PenPricks.

I'll take my little victories where I find them. Thanks to all who helped.


Norbert Brown

I tried my hand at the 55-word story this month too - and the result is "Merlin's Fire" at Pen Pricks. (Scroll down.)

These little stories are surprisingly fun to read - like bits of literary candy.


Alice Folkart

My poem "Sutter at the Edge of the World"is up at Here and Now/7Beats a Second. You'll have to scroll almost all the way to the end of this issue to see it and the very kind comment of the editor.


Maria Grace

Hi!

My little 55-word nonfiction flash "Instructions on Death" is up and running in the April edition of Pen Pricks.


Kathy Highcove

My article on a NASA representative's presentation of the latest Endeavor space mission adventures to a group of local school children is up at the North Valley Community News. (Scroll down.)


Mel Jacob

Two more reviews up in April Gumshoe Review: Mary Jane Maffini's The
Cluttered Corpse and Sarah D'Almeida's A Death in Gascony (using Dumas'
four musketeers). Fun, light reads.

Gayle managed to get both in even tho' she only got Death last night. Her
energy and efficiency boggles the mind.


Carter Jefferson

Mel's Yahoo on her reviews for Gumshoe reminded me that I have one up there, too--about a book called Moonlight Downs. And like Mel, I'm mightily impressed with Gayle Surette's work as editor.

This is, I might add, not quite unpaid work--reviewers choose the book they'll review from a long list Gayle keeps available, and when the review is done the book belongs to them. Some are hardbacks, some ARCs, and some paper.

Knocking off to read a mystery once in a while I find a great relief--mostly I'm reading and sometimes reviewing non-fiction works that are not entirely infotainment.

Gayle usually needs new reviewers, so if you're interested, go here to find her list of what's available for review.

My review is here.


Adam Lowe

I don't think I yahoo'd this when I found out, but my short story "Singer?" (critiqued on FICTION) received a great review from The Fix:

"'Singer' by Adam Lowe starts off with the intriguing premise of a character that is half-human woman, half-Singer sewing machine. Called Marlene by her creator, a young orphan named Gris who ends up going off to fight in World War I, this character embarks on a strange annual journey with her pet, a neutered hyena who had the eyes of a child, whom she calls the Marquis.
Marlene dons a skirt and mask for these journeys, hiding her nature, but when she returns home, she has many suitors who come to her precisely because of that nature, paying to be stitched by her needle.

"Years pass like this, until Marl‚ne visits a carnival, and a mechanical fortune teller gives her reason to believe Gris will be returning to her. She prepares and waits, building new companions in the interim, and finally sets off to find her lost love with the Marquis, an oboe, and a rifle.

"'Singer' is exactly the sort of story for which one suspects Polluto is aiming. Lyrically written, its haunting images maintain a precarious balance between the grotesque and the exquisite, with a strong neo-Victorian Gothic flavor. A beautiful nightmare, Singer is entirely too short, and yet exactly the right length for the story it tells."


Jayne Pupek


Two reviews of my book Forms of Intercession (Mayapple Press, 2008), appear online. The first is by LouAnn Shepard Muhm at Her Circle. The second is by Miichael Wells at Stickpoet Superhero (blog).

A Note: If anyone here is interested in reviewing my poetry book, I have a few copies left. Just email me.

I never thought I'd make anyone's HOTLIST, but I am pleased to announce that Tomato Girl (forthcoming from Algonquin Books, 2008) was listed on Overbooked's Hotlist for New and Notable Fiction for 2008. It's a long list, but I'm just glad to be there.

My poem "Alaska" appears online in the new issue of Tattoo Highway. Submission guidelines are available online.

My poem "Starving Artists" appears in the new issue of the international poetry journal (print), Mimesis. Editorial tastes lean "slightly towards the less represented and the more experimental, but in the end we are open to any style. It's the quality that matters." While this is a print journal, guidelines are available online.

My poem "Tomboy" appears in the soon to be released anthology Just Like A Girl: A Manifesta, available from GirlChild Press.


Wayne Scheer

We at IWW seem to be particularly fond of the 55-worder. I also have one up in the new online issue of Pen Pricks--"Another Advantage of Technology."

Another story of mine is up at Bent Pin Quarterly. "The Adventures of Bluey Swanson," a flash memoir. Thanks to all who critiqued this one.

And I just received two acceptances in rapid succession, so I thought I'd make the announcement just as promptly.

Ken*Again will reprint "The American Dream," fictionalized autobiography, in their summer issue. The editor responds within a week, usually with a personalized note. He had rejected a couple of my stories, so I'm glad he liked this one. He seems to publish more poetry than fiction.

Muzzle Flash, which publishes what the editor calls, "pulp and degenerative fiction," accepted a flash, "In the Dark," and put it up on his site immediately. If you have something slimy that other editors avoid, you might try MF. Some of the stories on his site make you want to bathe after reading them, including mine, but there's something to be said for catharsis.

Thanks to all.


Rebeca Schiller

I don't know if this counts, but one of the photographs I took of bamboo accompanied an article that appeared in the Shelter Island Reporter.


Gene Schmidt

I'm not sure if this counts as a Yahoo or what.

Back in 2001 I published a very short (64 words) story in Story Bytes, which I think is now defunct. Today I was randomly searching the web (and I was *not* googling my name or anything dumb like that), when I came across my story, under my name, in Soon, an Australian online magazine from 2006. I've never heard of this magazine and I don't know how they got hold of the story, and they certainly never contacted me, but hey, I'm glad to see it ciculating 'down under', especially since they even added an illustration. SB included a note allowing repubs as long as credit was given.(Scroll to the bottom of the page.)


Joanna M. Weston

A belated yahoo--I've been away: four poems up at Ken*Again (click on 'poetry' and then my name).

It's good to be back!

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