by Philip Loyd… They say if you stack the current national debt in one-dollar bills, it will go all the way to the moon and back, twice. Me, I’m not so sure. Besides, who’s got $30 trillion in cash to test the theory out anyway? Not the United States, that’s for sure. Ever see the…
There was quite a commotion down on the street this morning, here on Wall Street where I work. Of course, I get to the office before the sun comes up, so whatever it was it came along after I was already at my desk, comfortable, with a nice hot cup of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe. Coffee was…
Come read the story that was the inspiration for the Chevy Chase movie, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, written by famous movie director (before he was famous) John Hughes. Before the Breakfast Club and Uncle Buck, Hughes was a writer for the Lampoon. Enjoy! Christmas ’59 by John Hughes (National Lampoon) All in all it was…
#RealFlashbytes by #PhiliipLoyd #realwritersmarket My friend TJ Max isn’t just a sexist and a swamp rat, he’s an author as well. In fact, he’s recently penned a treatise he calls Trademark USA, and plausible or not, it’s quite revolutionary. The whole thing is more than two-hundred pages long and he wrote it all in one…
Post Hill Press Novels, True Crime, Non-fiction, Memoir, Bio posthillpress.com posthillpress.com/contact#submit contact@posthillpress.com Finalist Next Generation Indie Book Awards/Non-fiction, 2025 Founded in 2013 by a team of seasoned entrepreneurs and book industry professionals, Post Hill Press has successfully published a wide spectrum of books, with a focus on the categories of pop culture, business, self-help, health,…
#FlashFiction, #Flashbytes by #PhilipLoyd I got this magazine in the mail the today. It’s called Ignite: The Lifestyle Magazine for Aspiring Jihadists and Bomb Makers. Not sure why it came here. So I called the 1-800 number and got a hold of customer service. They told me there must have been some kind of mix-up…
Do you have a life story to tell? Tired of the same old, worn-out publishing leads floating around the internet for free. If so, then you’ve come to the right place: 20 memoir publishers accepting manuscripts in 2026. These are Gold. With self-publishing these days, memoirs are more popular than ever. If you’re not a…
That’s no joke, 500 book publishers accepting manuscripts in 2026. In fact, it’s even more. Truth be told, there are about 525 publishers in all, 835 imprints. Over one thousand pages! But there’s no way we’re fitting 500 publishers here, not with real information that you as an author needs. So, we put together the…
#philiployd #flashbytes #flashfiction I have this recurring nightmare. It’s like that Cheers episode where Eddie Lebec, Carla’s husband, dies, and both his wives show up. Only my nightmare is worse. Much worse. It’s the day of my funeral and there I am in my casket. It’s a shitty casket, but I couldn’t care less about…
Shotgun Golf with Bill Murray By Hunter S. Thompson Thompson’s final piece of writing, in which he runs an idea for a new sport —combining golf and shotguns — by comedy legend Bill Murray at 3:30 in the morning. The death of professional hockey in AMERICA is a nasty omen for people with heavy investments…
