#publication update

[avasghost]

Hey i forgot to post about this earlier but I just recently had a short story come out in Glint Journal!

The story is called "When the World Ends I'll Still Be Here" and I wrote it two years ago and now you can read it (if you want)

[annlillyjose]

publication update – metaphors for labyrinth

hii y’all!

came to announce the very exciting news that my first ever short story/flash piece got published. it’s a little story about queer joy and transformation, and it would mean so much to me if you read it and let me know what you think. here’s the link:

Metaphors For Labyrinth - Gaysi

Apart from the plant growing out of the kitchen sink, everything in this house is proper. The tenants are in love, their dog is aged 2, and

please show this piece some love, because she’s just a little baby. thank you so much for reading, and i hope to come here with more short story publications real soon!

– ann.

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[lauraannegilman]

The "rebirth" of the Portals duology! — Laura Anne Gilman

How about…. a modern retelling of Tam Lin, only Tam’s “Janet” is now Jan, a very modern geek girl living in Connecticut?

If it's Tuesday, it must be Trad Book Release Day, and oh hey, look at that! I have a book out! 

HEART OF BRIAR is what happens when you take the legend of Tam Lin (girlfriend saves idiot boyfriend from glam-but-possessive elves), translate it to modern-day New England, and throw in a snarky werewolf, a jaded dork of a kelpie, and make Jan an asthmatic geek girl who's probably too loyal for her own good....

You can read about it here: https://www.lauraannegilman.net/the-rebirth-of-the-portals…/

Or you can just go straight to the Acquisition Phase!

BVC: https://bookviewcafe.com/bookstore/book/heart-of-briar/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Briar-Portals-La…/…/0989427854/

B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/heart-of-briar-…/1114146207

[annlillyjose]

chapbook update – redeemed by ransom

this user is obsessed with their book and is dealing with separation anxiety with her characters, so she wrote something else with them – a chapbook!

when @coffeeandcalligraphy did this, i knew it was something i’d love to do, too, so i gave it a go. the plan was to write it before finishing dairy whiskey (as an exercise to help with the book) but when does anything ever go by plan?

i wrote this last night in a span of two hours. there’s five poems in this and i’m so proud of them all!

i loved writing it, so you all get to read it, too! i’ll leave a link at the end of this for ya’ll to download the book for free (and the link to my paypal if you’d like to support a struggling artist, but no pressure ofc).

but before all that, here we go – the five poems in this book, under the cut.

children with expiry dates

this poem reads as an instruction manual to mariam. it’s both empathetic and hateful, it’s a confusing blend of emotions. “chandeliers are for non-believers”, the poem opens, and goes on for two pages.

litany in which certain tomorrows are promised – after richard siken

the longest poem in the book, running a total of fifty lines, talks about the central relationships that dinah maintains with people. talks about religious and childhood trauma, but ends with a sort of hope/consolation.

map of a mother

a poem that lists out the specifics of dinah’s memory of her mother – what she thinks about, what she feels, and what she willingly forgets.

holding rain

talks about another world or life, a sort of euphoria, where dinah has a simple and tender relationship with ephron, totally unlike the dynamics they share in the story.

it is okay to hold hands / it is okay to taste lips

a tribute to the most beautiful couple i’ve written (till date), this poem is all about dinah and austin. it’s beautiful, it’s tender, it’s promising, and it’s intimate.

so, that’s it with the poems. if you’d like to read this book, you can download a free copy here!

if you'd like to support my work, you can donate on paypal. i am super grateful for any and all contributions, but again, there's no pressure. you can always just read the book for free and let me know what you think.

looking forward to hearing from you. hope you enjoy reading my poems!

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[lauraannegilman]

That thing I promised you? Yeah, I got it here...

Although I don’t have a confirmed publication date (yet) beyond “this winter,” I’d promised to let (publicly) slip the title of the next Devil’s West novel, hadn’t I?

it’s RED WATERS RISING.

And if you’re thinking that feels a little bit… ominous?

You’re right.

remember, the paperback edition of THE COLD EYE , with its gorgeous new cover, is now available for pre-order if Amazon’s your thing.  (other outlets will be update ASA available)

[becadroit]

Infinite mosaic

A link to a new poem, news about upcoming things, and some thoughts about getting poetry published.

A bunch of stuff has happened of late. Yesterday, I had my submission to The Ekphrastic Review challenge accepted and published – you can read my poem here. Earlier this week there was unexpected publication acceptance of an exercise I rediscovered, polished up and sent off because it fit a theme to a journal I happened on. Then Thursday, a microfiction was accepted to come out in December and it…

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[lauraannegilman]

The "rebirth" of the Portals duology! — Laura Anne Gilman

How about…. a modern retelling of Tam Lin, only Tam’s “Janet” is now Jan, a very modern geek girl living in Connecticut?

A new blog post, talking about new releases and pre-orders,  and once again muttering about production gnomes (as opposed to production elves and brownies).