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View fullsize Exciting news: Flash FICTION manuscript submissions open April 1 What we’re looking for: • Manuscripts should total no more than 5500 words. • Fiction only at this time • Absurdist. Realistic. Gritty. Lyrical. Stories that
View fullsize Interviewed by Ed Komenda Link to purchase in the bio EK: In terms of words-to-meaning, Who Will Find My Body packs a lot of punch with poems that tend to be very short and raw, yet sharp in how you use language to deliver an image. There’s a
View fullsize Good news: Madison Ellingworth's chapbook—SEVEN STORIES—is now available for preorder and will ship 3/25. Order a copy through the link in our bio Cover photo by @archivedemesoeufs “In this collection of seven stories, all unde
View fullsize Shoutout to Tacoma photographer @visual_conversations for the cover photo. Only a few copies of this chapbook left! “In Ed Komenda’s debut chapbook collection, an unnamed man vows to become the King of Quitters—the best quitter th
View fullsize Shoutout to @orcawatch for the brilliant cover photo. Still available—link in bio! "Jason M. Thornberry’s chapbook takes on unsavory landlords, dental extractions, benevolent crows, cigar-chomping developers, and a poet who brings
View fullsize Interviewed by Ed Komenda EK: I first heard about you through Stimulant. My buddy Sam Pink told me it was the magazine of the future and to keep an eye out. You’ve also published a couple of Sam’s books. You both share what I’d ca
View fullsize @myusernameismycheeseseries is going to be a fun, possibly unhinged, multimedia event that you DON'T want to miss.
View fullsize Who Will Bury My Body by @earthopensup is now available for purchase. Link in bio. “Tender, raw, and often apocalyptic, the poems in this book—some less than a single sentence long—were written by Charlie Zacks in a period between
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View fullsize Sand and Gravel chapbook author @myusernameismycheeseseries published his debut novel ‘Notes from the trauma party’ in 2023. ‘Notes’ isn’t a lighthearted read—it scours the depths of its narrator’s addiction
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View fullsize JKS: Can you talk a little bit about the clown that graces the cover of you essay? MK: That’s my friend, Izzy. I haven’t been friends with them for that long, but they’re great. I met them because they encountered my book out in th
View fullsize Charlie Zacks: I take it that karaoke for you has little to do with the actual musical quality of the singing and is more about the mere presence and ritual of the performance. I’ve sung in several bands, choirs, operas, musicals, etc and singi
View fullsize James Keith Smith: When you came down to Tacoma for a reading, the first thing you asked me if there were any good karaoke bars. How many nights a week do you typically sing karaoke? Michael Keen: I just moved to Portland, so I’m doing it les
View fullsize @jason_m_thornberry is reading tonight at the Hugo House in Seattle. 6:30 pm. 1634 11th Ave. This is a new salon called Collections, first weds of each month. Excellently curated by Seattle's Ariel Basom
View fullsize Big news: Michael Keen's chapbook is now available for preorder. Link in bio “In this deeply personal essay, Michael Keen bares his karaoke-loving soul as he delves into cocaine addiction, Britney Spears song selection, and what drives a perso
View fullsize The most harrowing < 200 word dentistry story you will read all day. Or rather, if you read only one dentistry story today, this should be the one. Trigger warning: teeth ‘Fanks’ is featured in Link in 'The Finish Line,' Jason Thorn
View fullsize Sand and Gravel chapbook author @jason_m_thornberry will be reading in Seattle at @hugohouse on Weds February 4! He’ll have some copies of The Finish Line for sale. slide 1) Jason working on his first novel, Newport Oregon, 1982 slide 2) inf
View fullsize Exciting things here at Sand and Gravel. We've got a new chapbook coming for you in Feb. Stay tuned!