The Brothel: A Whoring Thread for Writers

Nice Matt. That was riddled with intrigue.

I ought to submit to them, as most everything I write seems to only make it as far as 400 characters anyhow.

Romance! Betrayal! Greed!

I actually really did like it. Nice job.

Thanks, guys. I really do appreciate your recognition. It fills me with all sorts of goodness. I've got another very, very short piece coming out with the same guys soon, but it's going to be in their annual print anthology. Pretty excited about seeing my words printed on paper.

That was a nice job man, I just submitted a few of my own. It is definitely easier said then done. A real challenge, and yours was very good. How are you getting it in the printed anthology?

Currently boosting my own website - www.jayslaytonjoslin.com - where I conduct interview with writers and musicians et al. Will put up my own creative writing on there soon. Currently had interviews with:

M.J Hyland - Booker Award Nominee
Gene Brewer - Author of the K-Pax Series
Zia McCabe - OF the rock band The Dandy Warhols
Brandon Tietz - Our Cultee, and author of the excellent book Out Of Touch.

My dream is just to have 100 suscribers via the email thing, and someone to send me there book to interview. If anyone is published or knows anyone let me know to sort it out. Have some more coming up soon.

Thanks, Jay. I read your interview with the Tietz the other day. It's good stuff. Some good Qs.

The SFD print anthology is pretty much a best-of from the year prior's weekly zine. I think, one story, and one poem from each issue is picked for it. But on top of that, the editor did an open call for submissions. The requirements were that 12 more poems and 12 more stories would be accepted to represent each month of the year. So one had to write a piece loosely based on a particular month.

My story, "One Crowded Hour", will be representing the month of June.

Let us know how you go with your submissions. Joseph, the editor always gets back to you within 24 hours, do you shouldn't have to wait long. Good luck.

I'm pretty new to this site. Just registered with the idea that if I wanted to join the writer's workshop I'd have an account. Read this thread and grew interested. By the way, 'hand-up-the-skirt kisses' was a nice touch. Writing a peice only 420 characters long sounded like a hell of a challenge so I submitted something about 5 minutes ago but I'm not sure they'll accept it because there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of swearing in the works I've read. In the rules it stated that R rated was there line in the sand, so to speak, I just hope the F word isn't going too far. Any thoughts?

Well, my story has a line in it "My fucking jaw". So, I think you'll be fine. Let us know how you go. And welcome.

I'm gonna be a secondhand whore now.

Thew new issue of Thunderdome is up and a few culties have stories up there: Amanda Gowin (elizamelon), Mckay Williams (miggitymcwilly), Edward J Rathke, Charles King (Atomos), Danielle Tobias (six) and the ever-popular, Richard Thomas.

Great issue, really. Kind of jealous I'm not up there with that bunch. A lot of great writing. Thunderdome is shaping up to be one kickass publication.

And while you're already over there, you can check out my story from issue zero, "Two Guys Walk Into a Bar". I just noticed how many reads that page has had, and I have to say, I'm fucking surprised. I broke 300, which is nice to know.

Wow. That's retarded. I read your story at least three times and didn't even notice that you wrote 'fucking'. I can't believe I'm that desensitized. My submisssion is about a stripper who's accused of stealing from a patron that ripped her off so she throws a tampon at him. I hope he runs it because I thought it was hillarious but I forget that sometimes other people don't share my sense of humor. And Thank You for welcoming me so graciously and for using this site to share good writing like yours. I like it here. I think I might stay.

'Two guys walk in to a bar' great writing. Honest and intimate. Poor drunken bastard. That very matter of fact, almost fly on the wall writing style reminds me of Hubert Selby Jr.'s Last Exit To Brooklyn. He just tells it, the whole thing, every ugly detail and then a funny thing happens. You love the characters anyway.

Thank you, Ms. Lizzie. Very Kind. And I'll take that comparisons. Yeah, I'll take it all the way to the bank. The wank bank.

No attention span? No problem.

Short, Fast, and Deadly's annual print anthology is available as both a paperback and a FREE pdf file.

The anthology, Deadlier Than Thou, features 110 of the best micro-fictions/poetry from 2010, along with 24 previously un-published odes to the 12 months of the year.

My story "One Crowded Hour" was selected to represent the month of June.

Check it out. Please.

"Stillness" in Shivers VI with King and Straub:
http://www.cemeterydance.com/sh/chizmar15.html

"Victimized" in Murky Depths #15:
http://murkydepths.com/

Just read the new Thundadome issue - great work all y'all

Hey matthew.odonnell, cheers for bringing that site to my attention. There's some good stuff on there. (Your piece is great, well done for getting in the anthology too) I'm really getting into microfiction. I spent several hours the other night looking through those.

I can testify to the editor being both friendly and fast, I submitted some stuff to him two days ago and this morning he told me he's going to use one in issue 70 which should drop sometime in April I believe. Maybe this time next year I'll be in an anthology too. (for the record this will be my very first publication, it may only be 85 words but I'm still chuffed to bits)

-Martin

Great stuff, Martin! Congrats on your first credit, mate. Look forward to reading your piece come April.

I recently read at The Velvet Lounge in Washington D.C. "Carl" is from my upcoming collection/novel-in-stories, entitled, Vanity. You can stream it or download in MP3 format here at The Velvet Podcast: http://www.welcometothevelvet.com/podcast/2011/02/the-velvet-live-%e2%80...

Hey Brandon that was a pretty funny story. Thats the second one from the collection I've read / heard now, looking good.

We've gone from 920 to 982 fans in the past week at my Fan Page! When it hits 1000, that lucky person, and the person that invited them in, will both get signed copies of [i]Shivers VI[/i] with my story "Stillness" and great work by Stephen King, Peter Straub and many others. So if you haven't joined yet, my friends and fellow authors, now is the time!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Richard-Thomas/151325158233682

Just got word I'll have a story in The Velvet Anthology along with Clevenger, Stephen Graham Jones, and a swell of other awesome authors.

Pretty stoked.

Check out the other readers at The Velvet Podcast, too (as soon as the site goes up again). More than just Tietz in there.

oh for sure, an all-star cast of Velvet authors, i'll be in there too - some other great names for sure

Congrats guys.

Wanted to pimp my brand-spankin-new web site on here. Total redesign, with a shitload of content to keep you entertained for weeks. And of course all my available short stories and such, too. Dig it in my sig line. Thanks!

i've got an interview i did with JSJ up at his blog:

http://jayslaytonjoslin.com/2011/02/14/richard-thomas-transubstantiate-a...

After a few tries Short, Deadly and Fast have accepted a story of mine! Coming out in issue 72, very excited. Even though its such a small amount, my first publication.

I'm thinking I'm going to keep writing short stories, focus less on my novel. Feel they will give me more experience and credit.

Good stuff, mate. Short, Fast, and Deadly is a ripping little magazine. Well, I dig it anyway.

Got my copy of their anthology, Deadlier Than Thou, in the mail a few days ago. Very exciting. It's my first print publication and it's so damn cool seeing your words printed on paper.

Must be good to see, hoping on mine one day! Started writing more short fiction, I think it probably makes better practise.

Just got my first Pushcart Prize nomination for my story "Terrapin Station" which was published in Pear Noir! #5. That was a story that I did workshop here.

thanks caleb, i thought it was pretty good, but you know, constantly thinking i sucked

Yay! All-star cast. I'm in too, guys. This anthology is going to be killer. Not only will there be new stories from both SGJ and Clevenger, but some other pretty awesome names too, including world-renowned author, Richard Thomas. Very much excited to have a story in the same place as all of the above. You too, Brandon and Caleb.

I feel lovely.

Myself, and a few other culties/velveteers (Frank, Chuck, Amanda, Chris Deal, Bob Pastorella (formerly Vandamage here)) have been published in the latest themed issue of Thunderdome, along with a cultie-favourite Stephen Graham Jones. It's a great issue, so click on that little yellow Thunderdome and check it out. SGJ's story is stupidly good and I feel slightly embarrassed by my second-rate story, but, still, very, very proud to be next to the man.

My book review of The Ones That Got Away by Stephen Graham Jones is now live up at The Nervous Breakdown. Such a great collection. Nominated for a Bram Stoker award too, on the final ballot.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2011/03/sgj_totga/

We've heard of these Black Friday bargains before...$300 laptops and $70 iPods. We see them in an ad or on the news and head out to Best Buy or Circuit City at 4:30 in the morning cold with the rest of the desperate suckers. Some deals, however, the normal people can't know about. The $50 bricks of weed and 80% price cut on AK-47s (limit 2). Asian prostitute doorbuster sales. Every bottom-feeding piece of shit knows you go to Kelly's for the best Black Friday deals.

"Black Friday" from my upcoming collection has been published by Red Fez: http://redfez.net/redfez/SubPage1.php?page=SubStory&ID=233

I read it, good stuff man. Really looking forward to Vanity.

My review of Sarah Court by Craig Davidson is now live up at The Nervous Breakdown. One of my favorite books of 2010. So good.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2011/03/sarahcourt_davidson/

I've gone and started a FAN PAGE for my writing, so, please, click through and "like" it, and read a few of the stories archived. And, if you're feeling super-nice, share one of the stories with your friends, or the link to the fan page. That'd put me in your debt.

Got a peice accepted for Thunderdome, going up on April the 2nd (Day after my birthday, just sayin'). So that should be pretty cool. Trying to do longer fiction now rather than just short 200 word flash fiction.

Still running my website, looking for subscribers that aren't my immediate family.

My review of YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE ANYONE I KNOW, the touching, courageous, heartbreaking memoir by Heather Sellers is now live at The Nervous Breakdown. It's the story of a woman who has face blindness. She can't remember anyone's face. Heather came down to Murray State where I'm getting my MFA to speak, and she was so funny, a great teacher, smart, beautiful, just a really giving person. I had no idea she had all of this going on. Really endearing, her story.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2011/03/ydllaik_hsellers/

Haven't seen anything about this on The Cult today, so I'll remind you on his behalf that Caleb J Ross's first novel, STRANGER WILL is out today in paperback, hardback, and Kindle via Otherworld Publications. Someone should probably create a thread for this... Oh, and he's embarking on a blog tour (with over 60 stops) to promote it.

I don't know how many people here are on my Facebook but i have a new story live at Pulp Metal Magazine...

http://pulpmetalmagazine.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/ruby-tuesday-by-stephe...

I'm proud of it and it's even been rewritten once but that's the original story. Bye!

Okay y'all Shivers VI is now up on Amazon. AND it's only $13.60, that's almost as cheap as I PAY for these copies, great deal.

http://www.amazon.com/Shivers-6-Stephen-King/dp/1587672243/ref=sr_1_1?ie...

This was a great story. Fuck I want to get into Pulp Metal. It's a cool little journal. And it has a rad name. I just can't quite put my finger on what it is they're after, so I haven't sent them anything yet.

The guy seems cool. I'd just send whatever noir stuff you have. Or violent stuff. The name is my favorite part.

Yeah, I totally like places that have cool names, because then when you write it into your bio it looks badass. Plus, places that have really cool names just seem to be the kind of places that have really cool stories, too.

Thieves Jargon is another really cool one. Hard to get into though.

Yeah, I figured they lean towards the more offensively violent type stuff. And anything that plays with form a bit, too. I think I've got a story I could send them. But it's out at a place that doesn't like simultaneous subs at the moment. So, I'll wait to hear back from them and if they reject it I might just have to send it Pulp Metal's way. It's a second person noir with plenty of exploding nose cartilage and heads through brick walls and stuff.

My review of Normally Special by xTx is now live at The Nervous Breakdown.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2011/03/normallyspecial_xtx/

This is the debut collection from Tiny Hardcore Press and Roxane Gay. INTENSE stuff. How intense? Well, I lead off the review with this quote:

“It is difficult to masturbate about your father, but not impossible, as it turns out.”

Damn that's a talented bunch of miscreants. Just out of curiosity, how many of you are in the workshop or have been?

Matt
Richard
Voodoo
Valmont (I think)
Me

Not sure about a couple of others. I'll let them chime in.

Not to sound asinine or be facetious, but is it/ was it worth it? Did you learn anything?
*And after this I am done pirating this thread with my own queries.*