Simon Strantzas recently tapped me to continue the “Writing Process Blog Tour” chain that’s currently trending online. He’s a sufficiently awesome and accomplished author to render me flattered that I was even on his radar. And since I update this site with a woeful infrequency, I accepted his homework assignment. What are you working on? […]
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“Beside Me Singing in the Wilderness,” my story of a very old woman returning to her Appalachian, um, roots is now available on Crowded’s website. This is my second piece to be published by Crowded. They’re great folks. You can read the story here for free.
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My story “Onanon” has a wonderful home in the new edition of Shadows & Tall Trees. This is one of my favorite sources of dark fiction, and editor Mike Kelly has received too many accolades for S&TT for me to list here. So far the new issue (now a yearly anthology) seems to be doing […]
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Having started a new job and better career path back in December, this whole writing thing has fallen by the wayside in recent months. Is it too late for a New Year’s resolution? Even though it wasn’t mentioned here at the time, my excitement about the publication of Shock Totem‘s latest issue was just as huge […]
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As I posted earlier this year, I won the March and May editions of Shock Totem‘s bimonthly flash fiction contest. As these folks do every year, the first-place stories from each of the year’s five contests were then given to a neutral judge, who chooses the year’s overall winner. That story then gets published in the […]
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Diabolic Productions has released the third volume of their Diabolic Tales anthologies. This one features my story “Have a Blessed Day,” about a woman who has an insatiable hunger with an underlying motive. The book is available on Kindle and Nook, as well as a nice old-fashioned trade paperback.
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Dreams can come true. I’m thrilled to announce that Cemetery Dance Magazine will be publishing my story “The Inconsolable” in a future issue. Every author has a Holy Grail, and for me CD was an easy one to set my hopes on–this publication has been around for over 20 years and has earned its elite status and […]
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As the title of this post implies so subtly, I’ve had two stories accepted this week! Shadows & Tall Trees will publish my story “Onanon” in issue #6, due May 2014. This is one of my absolute favorite literary journals, and it’s a giddy honor to be a part of it. Editor Michael Kelly just might […]
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Crowded Magazine has accepted my story “Beside Me Singing in the Wilderness” for their third issue, due around the end of the year. These folks are a pleasure to work with, as my “The Anything Cloak” appeared in their debut issue. “Beside Me” is another of my favorites. I love this little Appalachian tale and look […]
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My story “Everything, All at Once, Forever” is now live at Read Short Fiction! It costs nothing but a click. Enjoy.
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Michael Wehunt 