writing

Gary Beck

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director. He has 14 published chapbooks. His poetry collections include: Days of Destruction (Skive Press), Expectations (Rogue Scholars Press). Dawn in Cities, Assault on Nature, Songs of a Clerk, Civilized Ways, Displays, Perceptions, Fault Lines, Tremors, Perturbations and Rude Awakenings (Winter Goose Publishing) The Remission of Order, Contusions and Desperate Seeker will be published by Winter Goose Publishing. Conditioned Response (Nazar Look). Resonance (Dreaming Big Publications). Virtual Living (Thurston Howl Publications). Blossoms of Decay, Expectations and Blunt Force (Wordcatcher Publishing). His novels include: Extreme Change (Cogwheel Press), Flawed Connections (Black Rose Writing), Call to Valor and Crumbling Ramparts (Gnome on Pigs Productions). As part of the continuing series, ‘Stand to Arms Marines’, Gnome on Pigs Productions will publish the third book in the series, Raise High the Walls. Sudden Conflicts (Lillicat Publishers). Acts of Defiance and Flare Up will be published by Wordcatcher Publishing. Extreme Change will be published by Winter Goose Publishing. His short story collections include, A Glimpse of Youth (Sweatshoppe Publications). Now I Accuse and other stories (Winter Goose Publishing). Dogs Don’t Send Flowers and other stories will be published by Wordcatcher Publishing. The Republic of Dreams and other essays will be published by Gnome on Pigs Productions. His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. His poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in hundreds of literary magazines. He lives in New York City.

Check out his website here.

Sightings, Volume 1, Issue 1
Visitations II, Volume 2, Issue 1
Book Release, Tremors, Virtual Living, Perturbations, Blossoms of Decay, Now I Accuse, Sudden Conflicts, Expectations: A Collection of Poetry, Rude Awakenings, Internet Yearnings, Voices of War, Blunt Force: A Collection of Poetry, The Remission of Order, The Republic of Dreams: And Other Essays, Acts of Defiance, Flare Up, Transitions, Contusions, Earth Links, Mortal Coil, The Big Match, Still Defiant, and Desperate Seeker.
Purchase Power II, Volume 3, Issue 2
Interview
Clown Show play announcement
Review, Internet Yearnings, Volume 4, Issue 2
Homeless VII, Volume 5, Issue 1
Review, Blunt Force: A Collection of Poetry, The Remission of Order, Volume 5, Issue 1

Hurricane V and Cold Spell, Volume 5, Issue 2

Book Release: Raise High the Walls, Too Harsh For Pastels, State of Rage, Temporal Dreams: A Collection of Poetry, Severance, Extreme Change: A Novel, and Redemption Value

Michael K. Brantley

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Michael K. Brantley is the author of Memory Cards (2015, BRW) and the forthcoming Galvanized: The Unlikely Odyssey of a Carolina Confederate (2019, Univ. of Nebraska). He has an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte and teaches English at N.C. Wesleyan College.

Memory Cards, Volume 1, Issue 1
Number One Pork Chop Man, Volume 5, Issue 1

Issue 2 is almost here!

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

The Magnolia Review Volume 1 Issue 2 will be available next Wednesday, July 15!

Here’s a sneak peek at our cover.

TMR 1.2 cover

For the second issue of The Magnolia Review, 12 artists submitted 47 pieces of art and photography, 20 creative nonfiction writers submitted 25 creative nonfiction pieces, 69 fiction writers submitted 71 stories, and 100 poets submitted 447 poems.

National Poetry Month

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

We’re posting daily prompts on our Facebook page, but in case you missed them:

April 9: Pick a color. Describe it without using the color’s name, nor the name of any other color. Challenge yourself by inviting other senses beyond sight into the description. What does red taste like? What does blue sound like? Experience the chosen color.

April 10: Play Frankenstein — build a monster. Pull on some of your fears and imagine them as the monster’s features. Once you have its body crafted, animate it. Give it a reason for being. Does it possess emotions? Does it love? Or is its soul like the void, empty, yet all-consuming? Finally, how does your monster meet its end?

April 11: You are the last person on Earth. You have no one to talk to, no one to comfort you, no one to remind you of your sanity. Why are you alone? How do you plan to proceed?

April 12: Call yourself. Keep repeating your name until it no longer sounds like a word, let alone your name. Reflect on the experience in a few short lines.

April 13: Give us your favorite recipe in a poem.

April 14: You have traveled to an unfamiliar city. Describe your experience of trying to read the public transit map, calling a cab, or walking around town.

April 15: You have met your celebrity crush. What do you say? What do you do? Do you embarrass yourself? Describe your experience using a sonnet, villanelle, or sestina.

Issue 1 is almost here!

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

The Magnolia Review Volume 1 Issue 1 will be available tomorrow!

Here’s a sneak peek at our cover.

TMR Volume 1 Issue 1 CoverFor the first issue of The Magnolia Review, 13 artists submitted 41 pieces of art and photography, 21 creative nonfiction writers submitted 23 creative nonfiction pieces, 60 fiction writers submitted 68 stories, and 125 poets submitted 540 poems.