July lit mag brag!
What a month it's been.
Welcome to our weekend conversation!
My dear friends, we have arrived at the end of another month. And what a month it’s been!
I was traveling in France for most of July. It was delicious and beautiful.
I made some delightful new friends.
But of course, life has its little ups and downs. For our return trip, as most of you know, we got snared in the cybersecurity tech snafu that crashed computer systems all over the world. Our flight home was canceled. We were soon in limbo with no information. We waited in line for four hours one day, then returned to the airport first thing the next morning to wait in line for another five hours.
We finally got booked on a new flight, three days later than our planned departure. An additional flight delay nearly caused us to miss our connection in Washington, D.C. We ran through Dulles Airport at two am and, thank heavens, finally made it home.
Without our luggage.
Last I heard our suitcases are still in London. Maybe we will get them back…hopefully?…one day??
But all this is neither here nor there. Or rather it’s there, not here. Or it’s something, somewhere. Possibly nothing nowhere.
Point is, I am chomping at the bit to get back to my writing desk and back on track delivering you all the regular Lit Mag News offerings. The news roundup will arrive this week, as will information on all the interviews and info sessions planned for August. I will also be sharing info about the Lit Mag Reading Club for the upcoming year. We had to move things around for July and August, so if you’re in the Club please enjoy the little break and get ready for the new season of lit mag reading come fall.
And now it’s time. One way or another, rolling or running, skipping or sliding, laughing, weeping, half-broken or half-fixed, with all our clothes or naked stark raving etc., we have arrived. This is it. The end of another month.
If you’re a longtime reader of Lit Mag News, then you know what that means. If you’re brand new—welcome!
The last weekend of each month is dedicated to you. Your hard work, your persistence, your passion, your love of craft, your beautiful words and your endless efforts to get those words out into the world.
Tell us: Where did your work appear this month?
How did you find the journal?
How long was your piece in circulation?
Did you revise as you submitted or did you submit it in its original form?
Are you pleased with the final product?
Don’t be shy, bring it on! Share your good news and share the links so we can read!
Step right up. Come on out.
It is time, one and all, to brag your lit mag!
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This month my short story The Queue was published in Stand magazine. It's a dystopian tale set in a future where all employment revolves around a talent show. I didn't revise it after acceptance and the magazine will be around for 3 months
“Best Microfiction 2024” was published this month. It was a joy to hold my copy and see one of my stories in there. In editor Grant Faulkner’s introductory essay, “The Art of Microfiction,” he likens tiny stories to a “firefly’s light” illuminating darkness. Love that!