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Short Fiction Break News!

January 6, 2016 by Jeff Elkins Leave a Comment

SFBNews

There is a lot going on in the lives of the Short Fiction Break Regular Contributors. Here are a few things we think you might be interested in checking out:

Felix Cover Final_Website_thumbRegular Contributor, the fantastically fabulous Bishop Garrison has a new novella out. Go and grab a copy of Felix, Upon His Bench now by clicking here. It will stir your soul.

The talented Frances Howard-Snyder, SFB Regular Contributor and winner of last year’s Becoming Writer contest, has a story in the December issue of the Cirque Journal. The story is called “Rocket Science.” Click here to check it out.

A Big Bowl of Tuesday Morning Serial – Beginning in March, on Tuesday mornings Short Fiction Break will begin running a serial novel several of our Regular Contributors have been working on together. It’s called The Time Traveler’s Scheme. Stay tuned!

AILES BROTHERS CATFURNADOSFB’s Master of Horror Derek Ailes and his writing partner in terror Mark Cusco Ailes have a new book available on kindle: Catfurnado: Oh Meow No!, Zombies & Psychotic Women. Go grab a copy now!

Our Australian Regular Contributor, Victoria Norton has been busy at work in her neck of the woods. With friend and fellow writer Helen Marshall, Vic has created a support group for writers called The Writers Collective. Victoria’s poem Love Letters is soon to be published in an anthology entitled 100 Love Letters. The book will be published on rice-paper and have handcrafted lettering to reflect the texture and balance of tastes embodied in the collection.

We are proud to announce that Regular Contributor the amazing Christine Jacobson was recently one of 7 finalists for a master fiction class taught by Mary Gaitskill. While she wasn’t one of the 4 ultimately selected, there were over 100 applicants, reviewed and selected based on a submitted writing sample. Great job Christine!

The Becoming Writer Anniversary Writing Contest – The submissions are rolling in and there is three times as many this year. Our judges are hard at work scoring all the stories. We will publish all 175+ submissions on Monday of next week.

And finally, Regular Contributor Jeff Elkins is looking for beta readers for his second novel Mencken and the Monsters. It is a tale of an ambitious reporter seeking to uncover organized crime in Baltimore. Rather than find corruption, he stumbles across homeless superheroes who protect the streets day and night. If you are interested in joining Jeff’s team, email him at jffelkins@gmail.com.

And now it is shameless plug time! Want to tell the community what is going on with your writing? We’d love to hear about it. Let us know in the comments below.

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About Jeff Elkins

Jeff is a writer living in Baltimore with his wife and five kids. He is the author of four books, including Mencken and the Monsters. He regularly blogs at Vagrant Misunderstandings.

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