“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.” ~Mark Twain   We’re running a special Micro Fiction Contest in honor of Mother’s Day. To enter write a micro story in the comments of this post (100 words or less) based on the quote...

Cynthia Ellingsen is a sparkling new voice in contemporary women’s fiction. Warm, charming, and hilarious, she’s quick to laugh and immediately disarms you with her kind smile and quick wit. I had the pleasure of meeting Cynthia at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest where she spoke on the...

Today’s blog post is by Melissa Reddish. Her story, “Lost“, appears in Issue 5. Best of luck placing your work elsewhere.  It’s the quintessential rejection letter that every writer has received.  It’s so famous that Barrelhouse has even created a t-shirt immortalizing...

Today’s blog post comes from The Quotable contributer, Joel Kopplin. Look for Mr. Kopplin’s short-story, “Houseguest” in the upcoming Place Issue, to be published in April.   Writing Through Noise –              I often find it both intimidating and irritating...

Congratulations to Armelandliz, the winner of our quarterly drawing.  Armelandliz has won a print copy of our Spring 2012 Issue: Place.   Congratulations also to our March Writing Prompt Contest Winner!  Kris Oh the places you’d go if you hadn’t your job Or your corn on the cob or...

Today’s blog post comes from The Quotable contributer, Rayne Debski. Look for Ms. Debski’s short-story, “In the Country” in the upcoming Place Issue, to be published in April.         We’re leaving the house in Utah where my family vacations every...

Today’s post comes from The Quotable contributer, Gretchen Knox. Look for Gretchen’s short story, “Make it Right” in Issue 5, Place to be published in April. With just 3,373 words Shirley Jackson wrote one of the best known stories of the twentieth century. I...

The following blog post is by The Quotable contributor, John Costello. John’s story, Giants, will appear in our upcoming Issue, Place. Some years ago, I made a critical comment to my mother. I thought I was justified in whatever I said about her, now lost to my memory. My mother made...

 Congratulations to Armelandliz, our February Writing Prompt Contest Winner!   She wore red when she went out at night less for seduction than for safety as she’d heard somewhere sometimes that red cars were less likely to get into fender-benders. It seems for that for her it...