Brian Mihok

Writer, Editor, Filmmaker | | Co-founder of @matchbooklitmag that old building and loan | he him

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Last day! Get your submissions in

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“Learning at nine years old that there was no such thing as a circus boat was more devastating to Dmytro than discovering a few years earlier that Santa Claus didn’t exist…”
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Read “A Good Reason to Cry” by B. B. Garin

https://t.co/7OZcBph06J

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Submissions deadline is June 2 at midnight! That's about 57 hours left.

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We open tonight at midnight, world!

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Our editor Brian Mihok aka @brainhawk answers some lit mag related questions at The Village, @SmokeLong's online community site!

Link to interview:
https://t.co/WEgGHpEQjM

To join The Village (free!):
https://t.co/CO9UTAHUmb

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"We see the yellow sign in the distance. 9:00 PM. One hour till close, but Cheryl—she works this shift—usually starts drinking around 9:30 and locks the doors by 9:45."

New fiction: "Do You Have Friends in Dollar Land?" by Grace Crouthamel

https://t.co/XOMmJR1U0y

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"Granny invites the bees to her funeral. She stands behind our cottage, facing the velvet hills, the blueberry sky."

New fiction: "Bees, Bees, You're Invited to My Funeral" by Sage Tyrtle

https://t.co/oJvm8Cxz0N

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"Maybe this funeral director directed funerals as a kid, placing shiny pennies on the unblinking eyes of his sister’s dolls..."

New fiction: "An Unlikely Crucifixion" by Gabriel Moseley

https://t.co/tSdWVGwboM

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"We gathered them at dusk, brittle casings caught in the mesh of the fence, clinging to tomato vines, tucked beneath the lip of the porch railing."

New fiction: "A Million Demented Cicades" by Sarp Sozdinler aka @sarpsozdinler

https://t.co/Sz03ZT823f

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"If they ask where I go at night, I won’t tell them about the second job I had to pick up this winter..."

New fiction: "One of the Lies I Tell My Children" by Ruth Joffre

https://t.co/43MZ88cY1e

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ICYMI

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"The sky is so big here, you say, stretching your arms wide as we wade through the tall grass at the base of the basalt cliffs."

New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle aka @katelavelle

https://t.co/uH9LkGhL4z

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"She doesn’t turn onto Jewel. She keeps going. Straight. Takes her chances."

New fiction: "Speed" by Diane Gottlieb aka @DianeGotAuthor

https://t.co/sLVHHxBfED

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@jadjosey @DinaLRelles @matchbooklitmag HB, Dina!

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“The coat closet at Aunt Belinda’s was always colder than the rest of the house.”

New fiction: “So Then We Planted Her a Rosebush” by Kathryn Kulpa aka @KathrynKulpa

https://t.co/IIlEvkhh7t

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Submissions open! Until June 30!

https://t.co/ohkkp5g4sa

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We repeat:

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@DinaLRelles @saralippmann Thanks, Dina!

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Weird question. Anyone know any indie presses that will publish previously published novels? Like one that had a tiny run and is now out of print?

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**Submissions open for matchbook June 23!**