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…
#CarlHiaasen #realwritersmarket … Skip Wiley had a well-known theory that the quality of life declined in direct proportion to the Asshole Quotient. According to Wiley’s reckoning, Miami had 134 total assholes per square mile, giving it the worst A.Q. in North America. In second place was Aspen, Colorado (101), with Malibu Beach, California, finishing third…
Aunt Lute Books Novels, SS, Non-fiction, Regional, Feminist auntlute.com auntlute.com/submissions books@auntlute.com submissions@auntlute.com Aunt Lute Books is a feminist press located in the Mission District of San Francisco, CA. Founded in 1982 by Barb Wieser and Joan Pinkvoss, the press actually got its beginnings in Iowa. Today, Aunt Lute continues to operate as an independent and…
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift Please welcome the Godfather of Satire, Jonathan Swift. A Modest Proposal is his short masterpiece. Full title: A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick. Published anonymously by Swift in…
#themetamorphosis #kafka #franzkafka The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka about a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a giant, monstrous insect. The story explores themes of alienation, absurdity, and the burden of family, as Gregor’s family recoils from his new form, and he becomes…
by Murderously Philly… “Hi, my name is Ted” I say to everybody, “and I’m a serial killer.” “Hi, Ted,” says everybody. Everybody always says Hi. Welcome to Serial Killers Anonymous, a twelve-step program for rippers, rapers, stabbers, stranglers, axe murderers, chainsaw enthusiasts, and just about every type person who ever murdered over and over again,…
The following is an interview with bestselling author John Irving (The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules, The Hotel New Hampshire), titled John Irving, The Art of Fiction No. 93, from the Paris Review. John Irving was interviewed in the cramped back room of his otherwise large and luxurious apartment in Manhattan. A…
