Original Short Fiction: Anodyne, Ever After
Sean MurphyThanks, once again, to the great team at Exterminating Angel for allowing me in another issue with another group of great writers; it remains a pleasure and honor (only more…
Arkana’s Contributor Spotlight: Sean Murphy
(Personal note: Big thanks to the folks at Arkana for publishing my short story, provocatively entitled “Red State Sewer Side.” It’s definitely a commentary of sorts on some of the…
1455’S SUMMER LIT FEST, IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA MAGAZINE
THINGS TO DO FEATURES WINCHESTER’S 1455 SUMMER LITERARY FESTIVAL GOES VIRTUAL Despite the pandemic dampening in-person plans for the festival’s second year, the team has moved all workshops, speakers and…
1455’s Summer Lit Fest in Washington City Paper
Special gratitude to Kayla Randall, Arts Editor for Washington City Paper, for this feature on 1455. We discuss the back story, future plans, and, of course, the upcoming Lit Fest (register today;…
Original Poem: Peregrination
Excited to see the latest issue of the great Exterminating Angel Press. I'm also happy to be included with so many other excellent writers. Check out my poem, "Peregrination," (written…
Original Poem: Notes from Underground
Butch Warren One enters writing contests the same way one plays the lottery: with hope but no real expectation. I was, therefore, surprised and delighted to be awarded 2nd Prize…
THE ORIGIN AND ANATOMY OF A STORY
Write what you know: at once the best and worst counsel offered to the aspiring fiction writer. It is insufficient, if not too smug and certain, too limiting, and possibly…
April 15, 1985: THE FIGHT (35 Years Later)
IT PROBABLY SAYS SOMETHING about evolution that younger generations see the future as expansive, malleable and positive while the older generations eventually—and inexorably—see the past as safer, simpler and more…
PATHÉTIQUE
You can remember what it was like: seeing the world through another set of eyes—that evening, halfway through high school, watching the snow fall outside your window. Lights out and that music…
Never Say Die! Celebrating Ozzy on His Birthday
Happy 70th birthday to Ozzy Osbourne, the self-proclaimed Prince of Darkness. If you'd guessed, circa 1974, or 1984 (or 1994, etc.), that any of us would be celebrating John Michael…