Pond 24 - 2016
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Submissions are open
Calling All Writers! is a new site I’ve created to, you guessed it, help writers. My goal is to make it one of the go to internet sites for Calls for Submissions, Contests, and Lit Job openings. It’s free to search, and for lit publications and organizations, free to post. Check it out and lend a hand by asking your favorite litmags to post there (hint, hint, nudge, nudge).
And speaking of thanks, I continue to receive positive feedback regarding StC. So thank you, writers and readers alike, for helping me make SPANK the CARP a great place for literature on the web. Thanks and Enjoy! - Ken |
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P O E M Introspective, woe-is-me poetry is so common. Therefore joyful poetry, like ‘Country Road’ by BZ Niditch, which is evocative without being sappy is such a welcome thing.
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S H O R T S T O R Y I’m not a big fan of murder mysteries, but ‘Suegro’ by Daniela Chamorro really pulled me along and better yet, did a great job of subtly implying a great backstory.
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P O E M For older religious folks, times are changing and many long for the “olden days”. Ed Ahern’s ‘God’s New Clothes’ perfectly captures this feeling in a way that, unlike much religious poetry, isn’t preachy.
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AUTHOR PROFILE - Ken Poyner When I think of all Ken Poyner’s work I’ve had the pleasure to review, and the exchanges we’ve had, two words come to mind: out there. Creative, funny, deep, skillful out there. And best of all, he’s a nice guy whose talent is home grown, outside the writer’s mill as it were. Here’s his profile.
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S H O R T S T O R Y Einstein and W.C. Fields are two of my heroes. The main character in the hilarious ‘Pizza Delivery’ by Joseph Pascale, like my heroes, is a simple honest man who just wants the world to leave him alone.
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Friends of the Carp
American Life in Poetry The Art of Elizabeth Darrow National Steinbeck Center Barking Moose Press  
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AUTHOR'S ROW
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Peter Dabbene
You've got spam! And so does everyone else. But what happens when you reply to those spam e-mails?
Peter Dabbene poses as his alter ego, Dieter P. Bieny—a man who gives spammers just enough hope to keep them coming back for more abuse. |
Fred McGavran
The Butterfly Collector has more Fred McGavran stories like those in Spank the Carp.
“The humor is understated and often wicked.” William Pratt, Miami University, World Literature Today. |
Jacqueline Jules
“Jules’ gift is in finding the small moments — green paisley pajamas, carrot cake, the giggle of a nine-year-old boy — and gracefully elevating them to tell the story of a life. If half of all marriages end in widowhood, Stronger Than Cleopatra is a manual for how to go on.”
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Jeanne Julian
The changing seasons provide a framework for these poems that explore the loss and rebirth in the natural world and in the spirit. "These poems challenge and resonate; the reader will be haunted by them." - David E. Poston, author of Slow of Study
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Ken Poyner
Forty-two surreal, irreal, subreal fictions of master bird races, nine foot tall women, chickens and their cell phones, the collection and consumption of oxygen, a surrogate lover for a mermaid.
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Brett Stuckel
Guided by Shadows: A Westward Walk on Spain's Camino de Santiago. Discover the absurdity of Europe’s most famous pilgrim path (a Kindle eShort, ~15,000 words, also available for Nook and Kobo).
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Carol Roan
When Last on the Mountain: The View from Writers over 50 offers nonfiction, fiction, and poetry that range from the heart-wrenching to the hilarious. Who better to bear witness to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune than writers over 50?
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Carol Roan
Speak Up: The Public Speaking Primer is an inspirational guide through the thickets of stage fright, in all its forms, to the freedom of speaking up. The journey begins with a breathing exercise and wends its way through practical advice about the use of space and energy.
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William Quincy Belle
Fate can be kind. Fate can be cruel. However, every once in a while, fate can be funny. This is the lust love story of how one man met the most unusual of women in the most unusual of circumstances.
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