Today’s discovery

Posted at December 26, 2007 by Jackie Corley

When someone reviews a Word Riot story on StumbleUpon, that story’s page gets a bazillion hits. I haven’t seen anywhere near the same results with other bookmark-sharing sites.

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The year in home improvement

Posted at December 24, 2007 by Jackie Corley

We fixed up our condo this year. Onward with boring photos!

Kitchen cabinets
Painted cabinets go a long way.

Finished cabinets
Ta-da!

Hallway
The hallway got some treatment

Dishwasher!
New dishwasher

Stove!
And a new stove

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December Word Riot + Reading

Posted at December 23, 2007 by Jackie Corley

Word Riot
http://www.wordriot.org

In this month’s issue:

* Fiction by Anne Archer, C.B. Bernard, Janice Daugharty, Nicholas Hayes, Chelsea Lowe, Rebecca Oliver, Anita Page, Joseph Rutledge, Kieran Shea, Tom Sheehan and Brandi Wells

* Experimental writing by c.vance, Jeff Lancaster and Steven Levery

* Poetry by Martha Clarkson, Gabriel DeCrease, Pat Galvin, Sean Kilpatrick, Amanda Latrenta Crane, Mike Meraz, Rebecca Pearson, Anne Marie Rooney and Micah Stack

* Creative non-fiction by Kristina Marie Darling

* Review of Even the Fallen by David J. Thompson

Social Networking:
http://www.myspace.com/wordriotpress
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5943923626

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Word Riot publisher Jackie Corley reads at Timothy Gager’s Dire Literary Series

THE OUT OF THE BLUE ART GALLERY
106 PROSPECT STREET,
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

5, 15 minute open mic slots at 8 p.m.,
sign-up at 7 p.m. followed by features

Friday, January 4, 2008
Rusty Barnes, Jackie Corley and poet Harris Gardner

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A Reluctant goodbye

Posted at December 18, 2007 by Jackie Corley

Ed Champion announced today that he will cease blogging at the Return of the Reluctant so he can focus on writing stories and essay.

Sad, sad day. This is like when MobyLives went away. What’s a litster to do?

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In Word Riot news, the December issue is up and I gave the site a wider format. Enjoy.

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Dire Reading Series

Posted at December 3, 2007 by Jackie Corley

I’ll be reading in Massachusetts next month:

Timothy Gager’s Dire Literary Series
THE OUT OF THE BLUE ART GALLERY
106 PROSPECT STREET,
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

5, 15 minute open mic slots at 8 p.m., sign-up at 7 p.m. followed by features

Dire #82 January 4, 2008
Rusty Barnes, Jackie Corley and poet Harris Gardner

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