Robert Vaughan: Writer/ EIC at Bending Genres

Robert Vaughan is a prose/ poetry writer with over 600 pieces published in various books and magazines. He is Editor-in-Chief at Bending Genres. His books are Microtones (Cervena Barva Press); Diptychs + Triptychs + Lipsticks + Dipshits (Deadly Chaps); Addicts & Basements (Civil Coping Mechanisms); RIFT, stories with Kathy Fish (Unknown Press). And his latest book, FUNHOUSE (Unknown Press). His blog: http://www.robert-vaughan.com.

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National Poetry Month 2021- April 1. I read Bill Soldan's "Always that C...

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Bending Genres Issue 13 is now live!

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I'm Back!

I’m Back!

It is so great to be able to post on my own blog once again. I have to thank Adam Robinson for his assistance, and Dave Rank for his help. Also Jennifer Rupp (Trethaway) for her encouragement. As the saying goes, it takes a village.

Meanwhile, we have our next Bending Genres weekend workshop on July 12- 14 with Meg Tuite: Mutate Through the Five Elements: Flash your Fleshy Pearls. We still have…

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Oh! What a WEEK

Oh! What a WEEK

Hi Friends,

Our March/ April issue of Bending Genres online journal, ISSUE 8, published in Tuesday, April 9. Filled with amazing, diverse flash fiction, stunning poetry and brave, insightful creative non-fiction, we had more than 1,200 hitsthe first day we published! A new feat!!! Thanks to our editors Meg Tuite, Jessica Mehta, Samuel Fox, David O’Connor, Jonathan Cardew, Davon Loeb, Corey…

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New Publications

Hi Friends,

I’ve had two piece published in the past week or two. One of them is a triptych, a piece told in three separate, distinct or linked sections. Mine is called “Three Tide Pools,” and is published at New Flash Fiction Review, a terrific literary zine based in England.

The other piece, “Sirens,”was published at Eunoia Review, and I want to thank editor Ian Chung. He runs a very tight…

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Writing News

Hi Friends,

Last August, an incredible anthology called New Micros: Exceptionally Short Fiction, was published by W.W. Norton. This was expertly edited by Robert Scotellaro and James Thomas, and I was fortunate to have two of my pieces included, both formerly published in RIFT, my co-authored collection with Kathy Fish.

Writer and Editor Tommy Deanis now conducting interviews about the craft, the…

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This Writing Life

Hi Friends,

I had a good writing week, as far as the usual week goes. I wrote every day, had my Friday Roundtable today (we missed you, Nancy BK! And Carol!) and after 14 years of leading that group, I almost always drive home in amazement of the work. of the comments, and support. So grateful; I’m a lucky guy.

I also had two acceptances (back in the Submission game!) and found out some exciting…

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Robert Vaughan: Writer/ EIC at Bending Genres turned 8 today! Perfect!!! Today we launched our Bending Genres LLC!

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Robert Vaughan: Writer/ EIC at Bending Genres turned 8 today! Perfect!!! Today we launched our Bending Genres LLC!

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February 2019

Hi friends!

Bending Genres issue 7 was published, our largest issue to date, with 17 flash stories, 11 poems and 10 creative non-fiction pieces. You can read it all here:

http://www.bendinggenres.com.

Also, the innovative and wonderful Alina Stefanescu taught our most recent Bending Genres online weekend workshop, February 15- 17, “Subverting the Line Break.” We hosted 20 writers, and over 70…

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Bending Genres

An Innovative Online Journal

Bending Genres issue 7! A cavalcade of treasures to inhabit! Check it out... and writers? Send us your best submissions.

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Song for Autumn, Mary Oliver

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ontological clam

my septum is not in alignment with my goals. i have no goals except to say that my nose needs to be more in alignment with my goals. when they misplaced mount fuji and then i found it under kiliman…

im so honored to say im in this issue of Bending Genres. Consider submiting your own writing. Share. Read. Share. hug.

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So grateful to Marchi for sending us her poem!!! Submit to us all?!!! Rolling on to issue 3...

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Spring Has Sprung

Hi Friends!

We published our new Bending Genres issue two a few days ago: www.bendinggenres.com. We’ve had so many nice compliments but truly without our writers, we would not have anything to showcase. Also thanks editors Meg Tuite, David O’Connor, Samuel Fox, Jessica Mehta, and Jonathan Cardew. Thanks Adam Robinson for your IT wizardry, and KJ for your uploading and editorial skills. We are…

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Bending Genres Journal

Hi friends!

There’s a new kid on the block… and it’s not just another online journal! No!!! Bending Genres started as the name that Meg Tuite and I gave to our week long writing retreats. We still plan to use this name for our three Bending Genres retreats in 2018, and one we just added in 2019:

  April 27- May 3: Synergia Ranch, outside of New Mexico (still some spots left!):

July 22-28: Mabel…

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Be wary of men in orange track shoes keys dangling from belt hoop hair bun poked through baseball cap he will tell you – you are everything to me, before he knows who he is after he has said this before he will leave you – they all do then return from afar and want it all back, the accumulation of broken bones, gasps, unending nights Fine, you’ll say. Have them. Robert Vaughan teaches workshops…

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Thanks Editor, Ian Chung! Honored to have my poem published at Eunoia Review.

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Sort & Filter • (b)OINK

New poetry by Ben Kline

Check it out….one of my favorite poems I’ve ever written was published a couple of days ago by the awesome (b)OINK Zine, a really great literary site brimming with interesting fiction, poetry and much more!