This month I’m grateful to have two new publications.
The first is my prose poem “Recall, Recall, Recall” which appeared in Made from Midnight: a requiem, an anthology published by Poets in the Pines. I haven’t had many poems published, possibly because I did not start to submit much poetry until recently, so an acceptance already during this first serious season of poetry submissions has given me hope for my return to composing poetry after long absence. The anthology can be bought online on Amazon or Barnes & Noble; both physical and ebooks are available.
My second publication this month is a flash fiction piece titled “The Well,” published in Nigh Shades Magazine. It’s a speculative fiction piece, narrated by a troll, themed around stewardship.
If you like short speculative fiction, then Night Shades is a great online magazine to peruse.
Unfortunately, I’m having problems with the publisher of Blabber, Chat, Shouting Match. Corona\Samizdat Books is one of my favorite small presses, and I’ve had a great experience releasing a book with them. But there are problems. And none of it is their fault. The first of the recent issues is that the government of Slovenia—where C\S is located—isn’t allowing parcels to be shipped to the U.S. because of the tariffs. While the audience for C\S is global, this really cuts off the press’s cash flow and makes it impossible for anyone in my own country to get a timely copy of my book.
The second problem came more recently when the C\S masthead Rick Harsch had a stroke. While the press isn’t a one man show, the website and payment processing and shipping is all handled by him. He did awake from a coma, but he cannot write or speak as of yet. We’re awaiting more information about his health and the future of the press.
Corona\Samizdat is a nonprofit press. Any money made goes back into the press and to pay the authors. For this reason, people often donate to the press to ensure new work keeps being released. Nick Voro, author of the C\S title Conversational Therapy, had started a GoFundMe page for the press before Rick’s medical emergency. Now the money will go to help him with whatever he needs while he recovers. I ask that if you want and if it’s within your mean, please donate to help Rick in this extremely trying time for him and his family.
I’ll make another post when and if the press gets back up and running. Until then, it’s back to working on my other books. Thanks for all the support and kindness.
Randal Eldon Greene 