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34 ORCHARD ISSUE 9 IS HERE!
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The twenty-one artists in 34 Orchard Issue 9 examine all aspects of waiting: its ups and downs, its held-breath nature, its power. A dead girl languishes instead of going towards the light and a predator banks on his next meal. One mother is driven to pursue a reunion with her daughter, another’s moment for revenge finally arrives, and generations of sons resist—yet compulsively anticipate—the inevitable. A frozen town dreads its death knell. An angry specter prays for her misery to have company, while spirits trapped in the brick and mortar of a bridge wait for nothing more than the next passer-by.
Sooner or later, the waiting’s over, but when we finally get what we want, was it everything we’d imagined? At the end of it, was it really worth it—or did it turn out to be the beginning of yet another long wait for something else? Find out and get your copy at this link today!
Once again, the ToC:
Cover Art: When the Light Dies – Keith Molden
D-Day – Norie Suzuki
Revenge – Dan B. Fierce
Lake Effect – Jason P. Burnham
There – L.T. Ward
First Day Jitters – Donna J.W. Munro
Humans Suppress and History Reveals – Sonali Roy
The Man in the Gray Suit – Fariel Shafee
You Have Summoned a Demon – Ray Daley
Search Underway for Missing Submarine Bringing Tourists to Titanic – John Jeffire
Stillbirth – Jaclyn Eccesso
Suyuntu – Christine Lajewski
Skyline – Jennifer Fanning
Hot on the Trail – Josh Schlossberg
The Seduction – Elizabeth Falcon
Halloween Notes from Bloody Mary of the Philippines– Caroline Hung
The Ghosts at Yazá Bridge – Andrea Ferrari Kristeller
Family Heirloom – Christopher Emmerson-Pace
Last Stop – Brenna Monaghan Behel
Eleven Ways the World Could End – Jack Powers
Unidentified Climbing Object – Angelique Fawns
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Posted in 34 Orchard, horror short stories, Horror Stories, Short Stories
Tags: 34 Orchard Spring 2024 issue, Andrea Ferrari Kristeller, Angelique Fawns, Brenna Monaghan Behel, Caroline Hung, Christine Lajewski, Christopher Emmerson-Pace, Dan B. Fierce, dark fiction, dark literary fiction, dark poetry, Donna J.W. Munro, Elizabeth Falcon, Fariel Shafee, international horror magazines, Jack Powers, Jaclyn Eccesso, Jason P. Burnham, Jennifer Fanning, John Jeffire, Josh Schlossberg, Keith Molden, L.T. Ward, literary magazine that publishes dark pieces, Norie Suzuki, Ray Daley, Sonali Roy
IT’S RELEASE DAY!! 34 ORCHARD ISSUE 8 is here!
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It’s release day for 34 Orchard Issue 8! You can head here to get the PDF: https://34orchard.com/issue-8/
(Issues are free, but donations are appreciated).
A clown questions his actions during the Hartford Circus Fire, a woman spends hours calling for the missing, and a man’s unsettled conflict with his brother rents his world in two. A dog mommy may fail at making the ultimate choice and an uncertain slaughterhouse worker may end up without one. In Issue 8, twenty-four artists ponder the dangers in unanswered questions, and the effects on us when things are left unresolved. Once again, our Table of Contents: Read the rest of this entry →
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Posted in 34 Orchard, horror short stories, Horror Stories, Short Stories
Tags: 34 ORCHARD Autumn 2023 issue, Anj Baker, Autumn 2023 issue, Bethany Bruno, Cormack Baldwin, dark fiction, dark literary fiction, dark poetry, Deborah L. Davitt, Harrison Demchick, Jackson Kuhl, Joshua Rex, Julie Sevens, Kathleen Smith, L.E. Daniels, Leen Raats, Liam Hogan, Lynne Barrett, Lynne Schmidt, Megan Wildhood, Melanie Simutis, Nancy Byrne Iannucci, Patrick Malka, Robert Mayette, Sam Rebelein, Sarah Cannavo, Susan R. Morritt, Trisha J. Woodridge, Wailana Kalama
If you missed the “Candlewood’s Creepy Tales” I-95 interview… listen here
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If you missed the Halloween drive-time Ethan & Lou Show interview on the creepy tales of Candlewood Lake, you can listen to it here…lasts about ten minutes!
The original “7 Creepy Tales of Candlewood Lake,” in case you’d like to read those, are here:
http://nehw.blogspot.com/2016/08/legends-of-candlewood-lake-guest-blog.html
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It’s always Tiki Time…
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…when you’re a Gen-Xer! When I was in Florida, fellow writer and I Elaine Pascale got together at TT’s Tiki Bar down in Punta Gorda and had some serious fun with icy tropical cocktails and a few of the anthologies in which we share a Table of Contents.
If you haven’t already, join the party and get your copy of the Generation X-ed anthology full of short shocking trips down memory lane by Elaine, me, and a formidable f-ton of horror-slinging Gen-X writers edited by Rebecca Rowland today—AND you can even get it in good old-fashioned hardcover if you wish!
What the hell’s that pretty blue think I’m drinking? It’s called an Under the Sea Colada. Elaine had herself a Tiki Tai (that’s like a mai-tai. YUM!)
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34 ORCHARD taking submissions for the Autumn 2023 issue!
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34 Orchard is now considering work for our Autumn 2023 issue! We will only be open from July 1 – 15, 2023, so if you’re planning on submitting, please keep in mind that anything after July 15, 2023, will be deleted unread (and yes, we adjust for all worldwide time zones. So that’s after July 15 at 11:59pm wherever you are).
Please refer to our guidelines for information on how to submit. Check that out here at https://34orchard.com/guidelines/, and we look forward to reading your work!
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34 ORCHARD ISSUE 7 HAS BURST ONTO THE SCENE!
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IT’S RELEASE DAY!! I’m thrilled to announce that 34 Orchard ISSUE 7 is here! Heralding the coming of spring and the concept of the fresh start, Issue 7 has another winner from Nigeria’s Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí (Issue 1’s “Christmas Chicken,” about which we STILL get mail!) and a few other 34O alums, as well as work by others familiar and brand-new.
Plunging into the visceral rip tides of lost love, medieval history, personal agency, folklore, witchcraft, grief, motherhood, and so much more—and rendered in everything from magical realism to soft science fiction, horror, and literary—there’s something for every taste!
Get your free copy here: https://34orchard.com/issue-7/
Once again, our ToC:
Cover Art: Optic Nerve – Page Sonnet Sullivan
An Old Romantic – Mark Towse
Little Monster – Elin Olausson
The Doe – Brandon McQuade
Wildfire – Alexandra Provins
The Flute – Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí
The Perimeter of Others – Marie-Andrée Auclair
Simulacrum Vehemens – Remo Macartney
Twenty Birthdays with You – Karen Cline-Tardiff
Penelope Learns to Weave a Double Helix – Shelly Jones
The Squealing – McLeod Logue
Where’s Lucy? – W.T. Paterson
The Procedure – Jeff Adams
poisoned earth – Corey Niles
There Is No Tomorrow – David H. West
The Triple G – Gregory Jeffers
I Once Worked There – Christian Hanz Lozada
The Last Day – Elaine Pascale
The Choice – Jenna Moquin
With the Turbulent Flow … – Angi Shearstone
The Shrine of Saint Amandus – Rex Burrows
How to Make a Vase – Kieran Thompson
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Tags: 34 Orchard Spring 2023 Issue, Alexandra Provins, Angi Shearstone, Brandon McQuade, Christian Hanz Lozada, Corey Niles, dark fiction, dark literary fiction, dark poetry, David H. West, Elaine Pascale, Elin Olausson, Ernest O. Ògúnyemí, Gregory Jeffers, Jeff Adams, Jenna Moquin, Karen Cline-Tardiff, Kieran Thompson, Marie-Andrée Auclair, Mark Towse, McLeod Logue, Page Sonnet Sullivan, Remo Macartney, Rex Burrows, Shelly Jones, Spring 2023 issue, W.T. Paterson
We’re still making decisions — and announcing our SPRING 2023 Cover!
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We haven’t made our final selections for the Spring 2023 issue of 34 Orchard yet–we’re finishing those up in the next few weeks. HOWEVER, I’M THRILLED TO SHOWCASE OUR COVER, featuring Optic Nerve by Page Sullivan. We’re only three months away from release!
I wanted to take a moment, also, to thank all of our supporters–writers who send in work, those who donate, our reading volunteers, those who have jumped in to save my ass whenever I’ve needed it, and our incredibly loyal readers. When I founded this publication back in 2019, I was going to be happy if I just had a little magazine that ten of my friends read. Never would I have dreamt that so many people would read and enjoy it. It has completely blown past all of my expectations, and we plan to continue to deliver quality experiences for many issues to come.
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Join me for Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday Bash Online next Thursday, January 19!
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So thrilled to announce it’s almost time to grab your amontillado and join me and a host of other Poe-enamored writers as we read “The Raven” and “The Bells” in celebration of Poe’s birthday Thursday, January 19, at 7 pm on Zoom!
The event is free. If you’d like the Zoom link, PM me, email me, text me or however you get in touch with me, and I’ll get it right to you. You can also reach out to me through my contact page.
Co-sponsored by the Untitled Open Mic at Lowell Poetry Wheel and hosted by writer Meg Smith, we’ll each be reading Read the rest of this entry →
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Tags: Bettysioux Taylor, Charles Coe, Daemon Manx, Derek Austin Johnson, Diana Saenz, Douglas Bishop, Edgar Allan Poe Birthday Events 2023, Eric Stanway, George Wallace, Gloria Mindock, Jackie Oldham, Janet Egan, Jim Dunn, Juan Perez, Lowell Poetry Wheel, Matt Kraunelis, Meg Smith, Nancy Jasper, Pale Blue Eye, Rafael Alvare, Terrie Leigh Relf, The Bells, The Raven, Tone Balone, Trisha J. Wooldridge, Victor Infante, virtual readings
New story and essay, novel excerpt AVAILABLE NOW in FREE SIRENS CALL EZINE ISSUE 60!
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BIG NEWS!! I’m ecstatic to announce that Sirens Call eZine Issue #60—FREE to download—not only contains my story, “What the Ocean Knows,” but, because they honored me with being featured author, also contains an essay, “Whispers Beneath the Lines: Dark Fiction’s Power to Heal” and a longer excerpt from my novel, Bad Apple! This giant issue also features Read the rest of this entry →
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Tags: ” “The Murmuring”, Bad Apple by Kristi Petersen Schoonover, Derek Austin Johnson, episode 8 of Cabinet of Curiosities, essays about dark fiction, free horror fiction, free novel samples, ghost stories set by the sea, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, horror anthology TV series, horror series on Netflix, horror short films, Horror Stories, literary essays, Naching T. Kassa, Nina D'Arcangela, Robert Mayette, short stories set on Cape Cod, Sirens Call eZine, Strong Women Strange Worlds, virtual reading series
Welcome, 2023! 34 ORCHARD’s submissions window is open through January 15!
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34 Orchard is now considering work for our Spring 2023 issue! We will only be open from January 1 – 15, 2023, so if you’re planning on submitting, please keep in mind that anything after January 15, 2023, will be deleted unread (and yes, we adjust for all worldwide time zones. So that’s after January 15 at 11:59pm wherever you are).
Please refer to our guidelines for information on how to submit. Check that out here at https://34orchard.com/guidelines/, and we look forward to reading your work!
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