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  • Mini Horror Stories for Literary People

    Ghosts? Been there, done that. Someone writing their own marginalia in a book you lent them? Petrifying!

    Oct 31 - R.L. Maizes & Ali Solomon
    Humor

    Artist Awards You’ll Never Win

    Anyone can apply, as long as you live in this very specific regional area

    May 2 - Jeff Bender
    Humor Hand Holding Rubber Stamp that says Rejected

    A Taunting of Blank Pages and Other Collective Nouns for Your Writing Life

    Your dictionary’s missing these essential terms

    Apr 1 - Sarah Garfinkel & Katie Burgess
    Humor

    Rejection Letters from an Editor Who Is Going Through Some Stuff

    Dear writer, we regret to inform you...

    Mar 14 - Katie Burgess
    Humor

    An MFA Poet Analyzes Love Poems by Dating Show Contestants

    Love might not make poets of us all, but it sure inspired these reality TV stars to try

    Feb 14 - Ellie Gold Laabs
    Humor Compilation of screenshots from Bachelor in Paradise, The Bachelor, and Love is Blind

    Is the Book You’re Reading Literary or Genre Fiction? A 100% Definitive Guide

    Are you contemplating the meaning of life or just swooning for a hot werewolf?

    Feb 7 - Sarah Garfinkel & Katie Burgess
    Humor

    Wordle and I Are Breaking Up

    We’ve had a lot of fun together, but I’m seeing Spelling Bee and Sudoku now

    Nov 28 - Gail Mackenzie-Smith
    Humor

    Honest Blurbs of Classic Books

    We're dishing out our uncensored and unvarnished thoughts

    Aug 30 - Jo Lou
    Humor

    If Classic Writers Wrote the 2024 Election Summer

    The messy battle toward the presidency makes more sense as a work of fiction

    Aug 23 - Vivienne Germain
    Humor

    A Facebook Announcement From Your Author Friend Who Has Some News

    I’m no longer just humbled. I’m over the moon

    Jun 14 - Jeff Bender
    Humor

    From the Book Waiting to Be Read on Your Bedside Table

    Slide between my pages and get to know me better

    Feb 23 - Sue D. Gelber
    Humor A stack of books on a bedside table near a lamp.

    Lies Writers Tell Themselves Before 10 A.M. Bingo

    It just needs a few tweaks

    Jan 16 - Susan Perabo & R.L. Maizes
    Humor Crumpled paper
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