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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
Announcing the ToC for 34 ORCHARD ISSUE 7, SPRING 2023 – Coming April 25!
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I’m thrilled to announce the Table of Contents for 34 Orchard Issue 7, Spring 2023! 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.
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Tags: Alexandra Provins, Angi Shearstone, Brandon McQuade, Christian Hanz Lozada, Corey Niles, dark 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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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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34 ORCHARD taking submissions now through July 15!
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34 Orchard’s Autumn 2022 submissions window is now open! We will only be open from July 1 – 15, 2022, so if you’re planning on submitting, please keep in mind that anything after July 15, 2022, 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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Looking for an audio scare? My short “February Thaw” is on the DON’T FALL ASLEEP podcast!
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I’m thrilled to announce that my short story, “February Thaw”—which was published earlier this year in Dark Moon Books’ Horror Library Volume 7—is now available on Blood Bound Books’ Don’t Fall Asleep podcast!
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Tags: Arctic legends, audiobooks, Blood Bound Books, creepy stories, dark fiction, Dark Moon Books, Don’t Fall Asleep podcast, Eric J. Guignard, Horror Library series, Horror Library Volume 7, horror story anthologies, ice road truckers, mythology, scary audiobooks, Scary Stories, Short Stories, Spencer Dillehay, stories about snow monsters, stories like what gets published in 34 ORCHARD, Yellowknife
Happy July–34 ORCHARD is open for submissions!
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The cover of 34 Orchard’s Spring, 2021 Issue. COVER ART: “Please Pray,” by Jen Connic.
34 Orchard is now open for submissions from July 1 — July 31, 2021, for our Fall Issue, to be published November 10, 2021.
Please check out our guidelines here. If you’d like to look at prior issues, our Spring issue is posted here.
We look forward to reading your work!
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Happy July–34 ORCHARD is open for submissions!
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The cover of the Spring, 2020 issue of 34 ORCHARD. Cover art: “Lost and Found,” by Brandon Kawashima.
34 Orchard is now open for submissions from July 1 — July 31, 2020, for our Fall Issue, to be published November 10, 2020.
Please check out our guidelines here. If you’d like to look at prior issues, our Spring issue is posted here.
We look forward to reading your work!
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Like creepypastas? Listen to John Wayne Comunale’s “Trenchman”
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Enjoy Creepypasta? Check out this intense reading of “Trenchman,” by John Wayne Comunale, in 34 Orchard‘s Spring 2020 issue! The story is scary on its own, but John’s intensity gives it that extra edge. You can watch it on YouTube here:
Like what you’ve heard? Get your free copy here: https://34orchard.com/issues/
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