Elevator Stories

Can only go down from here! Paid, mixed media literary journal. ISSN: 2832-0042 On hiatus :’(

[Elevator Stories @elevstories]

Surprise! Our 2022 #botn #bestofthenet nominations are in. Fiction from Level 3: Pride, creative nonfiction from Level 4: Destination.

Congrats @kminminpow @rmbelth @parrot_perret & Anastasia Jill. May you ascend to the highest level.

[Josh Dale @jdalewrites]

One month until my birthday. If we start now, I can be a bestseller if all yall got RAGE once within 30 days.

https://t.co/NoYr7yYO39

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

Returns are the bad for any publisher, but when you start seeing the overstock lift off to new readers at book fairs, the good trickles back.

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

🌲 TW is set up at the beautiful Rockwood Museaum in Wilmington, DE with many beautiful books and chaps. Some are signed just look for tags. Marquee first time for PEPPERLEAF and some of our chapbook cohort. Here from 12-3, maybe 4 or later. Come through!

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

We were beckoned to attend the best book fair in Dealware so of course we said yes!

See Thirty West at Rockwood Park this Sunday from 1-3; 12 if you’re chill. Just look for our sign.

Will have Adam Gianforcaro, @jdalewrites @SarahEEdmonds @OcqueocSAM @anotherintro & more.

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

June Afterimages schedule is up. Fiction-heavy, just as we like it. Rumor has it one of these awesome writers has their first publication EVER with us. The newsletter is long, since we have SO MUCH happening. You’re not seeing double, just quality literature!

[Josh Dale @jdalewrites]

Locked in some speaking arrangements in June. Details coming soon. I’m excited!

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

Opening weekend yielded 56 submissions. The summation of fiction is in high supply, with poetry and CNF to follow. These numbers have increased since, so get in early for a swifter response. Thank you for considering Thirty West!

https://t.co/FveqFUzcER

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

The tower of PEPPERLEAF has arrived at Thirty West HQ, signed and ready to ship. Thank you for your patience as we celebrate this big yellow novel that is perfect for summertime reading. Congratulations @RossMcMeekin and bless the USPS for no hiccups.

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

Early preview of the Thirty West General Book Submission guidelines, opening Saturday at midnight

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

@KellebrewLiz 's blurb for PEPPERLEAF. We loved it so much, it went on the front cover! Thank you again for being a great fan of @RossMcMeekin & upstanding literary citizen.

The novel is out tomorrow.

https://t.co/4NoOnZNHqx

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

One week until PEPPERLEAF drops. We’re happy to see @JonathanIn2K’s thoughts on this magnificent novel (reading his stories now; highly recommended🌵)

Ross McMeekin’s new novel, and second with TW, is out everywhere on 5/22 @RossMcMeekin
https://t.co/4NoOnZNHqx

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

8 days until the flood gates open

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

Mark your calendars. Thirty West is opening for book manuscripts on May 23
https://t.co/FveqFUzcER

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

Indie books are reviewed on Afterimages many times. This time, @JoeTurquoise reviews BABY IN THE NIGHT, the new novel by Kevin Sampsell. Check it out now.

https://t.co/4ufe4a2P2I

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

Anyone open for summer manuscripts? Yay? Nay? If the latter, then that will change soon.

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

Take the Break You Need

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

90% caught up on Afterimages honorariums as we creep closer to the 1/2 way mark of 2026(!!)
We’re always open for general submissions and do periodic special calls. Want to help us financially? Check these slides. Thank you for your readership and support!
https://t.co/tzSxkCYz8o

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

Did you get to our first Sunday special yesterday? Rayni Wekluk writes on her time in the titular “garbage city” in an essay-memoir hybrid on closing one door & opening another. it’s almost the 1 year birthday of her chapbook. Read it now on Afterimages.

https://t.co/XkUSVwvhiL

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

Before a recent book fair, here’s the Thirty West family photo of 2025. 4 chapbooks & 4 books; some debuts, some veterans. No matter what happens, this group made a historical run possible for us: our 10th year in publishing.

How many have you read? Which ones do you want to?

[Thirty West @thirtywestph]

Thank you, Doylestown, once again, for an amazing day of indie books. Bucks County Book Fest is so literary, we can't get enough!
Kudos to @jessbonder @SarahEEdmonds for coming out, signing books, & chatting with attendees. Until next time, escape the mundane! @jdalewrites