Potomac Review announces a flash fiction themed contest: “Brackish.” Fresh water and salt water like Chesapeake Bay Oil and vinegar Chocolate ice cream and fried onions Bugs Bunny meets Freddy Krueger The concept behind our theme, Brackish, is to take…
Potomac Review Issue 52 has arrived. Stop by the office or MCBooks for your copy. Also, you can easily order it online. Watch for details of the Spring launch party, which will feature local writers from both Issue 52 and…
Potomac Review announces a flash fiction themed contest: “Brackish.” Fresh water and salt water like Chesapeake Bay Oil and vinegar Chocolate ice cream and fried onions Bugs Bunny meets Freddy Krueger The concept behind our theme, Brackish, is to take…
Iridum Sound, publisher of odd fiction magazines, blogs about telling stories using both words and illustrations. Right from the start, The Again wanted to do something that added as much value as possible to short stories and boosted our readership.…
Potomac Review Issue 52 has arrived. Stop by the office or MCBooks for your copy. Also, you can easily order it online. Watch for details of the Spring launch party, which will feature local writers from both Issue 52 and…
Volunteer Tim tries to attend a literary event. Last Thursday I hopped down to St. Mary's College of Maryland to hear nature writer David Gessner read from his work. Gessner has eight published books, most recently The Tarball Chronicles about…
Volunteer Andrea interviews playwright Tazewell Thompson, author of Mary T. and Lizzy K., currently at Arena Stage. Andrea: How did you decide what to focus on in Mary T. and Lizzy K., your play about the friendship between a famous…
Guest blogger and Potomac Review Issue 52 contributor, Melanie Bishop, offers writing advice in three parts, first about rituals. Part I: Rituals (today’s post) Part II: Methodology and Camaraderie Part III: Writing Away from Home: Retreats and Residencies A former…
Volunteer Nathan attends an evening with Karen Russell at Politics & Prose. Karen Russell is in the zone. On February 12th, her most recent collection of short stories Vampires in the Lemon Grove hit the shelves, and the new stories…
Volunteer Nathan attends an evening with Karen Russell at Politics & Prose. Karen Russell is in the zone. On February 12th, her most recent collection of short stories Vampires in the Lemon Grove hit the shelves, and the new stories…