Quick reminder to DMV area writers that we're looking for submissions at Night Ginkgo Press! If accepted you receive payment and a print anthology! Not much better out there. Details below
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manageable #awp25 book haul. excited to dig into these lit journals, along with a collaboratively written novel by Katie Jean Shinkle and Jessica Alexander @astrophilpress.bsky.social, and collections by @nickreesgardner.bsky.social and @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social
Headed to LA!
So pumped to bring this project into the world! There’s always room for another indie press.
This review of Hey You Assholes by is so thoughtful and impassioned that my wife asked me if I had written it under a pseudonym. No, I told her. @nickreesgardner.bsky.social is the realest dude around.
independentbookreview.com/2025/03/04/s...
“I can kick it at a dive bar & crack jokes with a group of roofers or bitch about a bad tipper with a fellow bartender.”
📌 ICYMI Gene Kwak talked w/ @nickreesgardner.bsky.social about his new collection DELINQUENTS & OTHER ESCAPE ATTEMPTS southwestreview.com/a-drug-story...
So cool!
This awesome group is reading & reviewing small press books this year to raise the visibility of great, often overlooked presses & authors. Follow them all! go.bsky.app/E6oomtn
#100smallpress
Today we're featuring 10 short stories—all freely available to read online—including work from @electriclit.bsky.social, @thesunmagazine.bsky.social, @wwborders.bsky.social, @bostonreview.bsky.social, and more.
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You didn’t hear it from me.
Finished this this morning. The final story is a helluva closer. Congrats, @nickreesgardner.bsky.social!
Thanks so much!
My final interview of rhe year is live. It’s been a wild 4 months since Delinquents hit the shelves!
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Haha I skipped over your intro to read the story this morning and didn’t even see the shout out. Thanks! Love the Westin story and you’ll definitely love Deagler’s novel! One of my favorite reads this year.
Besides Delinquents And Other Escape Attempts?
I’m still thinking of Jim Roberts’ debut, Of Fathers And Gods.
And Téa Franco’s collection: You Could Be That Kind of Girl, from Word West kicks ass too.
Tradition. But that’s not what I came to tell you about.
Going to open up submissions for Short Story, Long in December. Have a longer (~3k-8k words) story you think I'd like. Get it ready to send my way!
ashortstorylong.substack.com
Is “Two Dollar Radiohead” a thing?
Nov. 16 story: “Lifers, Locals, Hangers-on” by Nick Rees Gardner
The title story is probably the attention-grabber, but I preferred this one (although this is dumb, no need to compare or “vs.” them). Really great story, great fun Saturday morning read.
Fuck yeah! Thanks.
recent faves:
literally JUST read “Lifers, Locals, Hangers-on” in @nickreesgardner.bsky.social’s DELINQUENTS, and it’s great
in new BASS, really loved Daniel Mason’s “A Case Study” and Lori Ostlund’s “Just Another Family”
Happy 3 months to Delinquents And Other Escape Attempts!
You can still get your copy here:
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Yes!
Because tedious tasks are my therapy right now: are you a short fiction writer (flash or short stories only, please) publishing in litmags or aspiring to? I'd like to make a starter pack of short story and flash people! Comment here and please share for visibility #writingcommunity
Been making jokes about beets all dinner long and I’m pretty sure they’re the lowest hanging fruit of all root vegetables.
Alright. I’m here now too.
