Literary Compass
Kristen SimentalA daily dose of intel on what lit journals actually want. Read one short story a day, read with fellow writers, and navigate the lit journal world. We'll try to unravel the secret sauce that makes writing good vs. published. ✍\ud83c\udffc
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| Issues | 52 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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Don't Reinvent The Wheel. Make the Wheel Better.
Studio Party (Soirée) (20th century) - Florine Stettheimer (American, 1871-1944)
Morning all,
I finally got around to changing the name of this Substack fella to “Literary Compass” which is more appropriate for the navigation portion...
Best American Short Fiction 2016: Ravalushan
From BOMB Magazine, 2015, Mohammed Naseehu Ali’s piece was included in the 2016 Best American Short Fiction anthology. It’s hard to find free versions of the pieces also printed in the anthologies, but occasionally we get lucky. I’m a bit o...
Grief is Boring. Your Grief Needs Stakes.
Trauer und Hoffnung (1914). -Koloman Moser (Austrian, 1868 – 1918)
Today we’re looking at The New Ohio Review, out of Ohio University and helmed by poet, author and editor, David Wanczyk. The New Ohio Review focuses on grief narratives,...
The Humidity Punched Us in the Face
Martian Flying Machine (1906) - Henrique Alvim Corrêa (Brazilian, 1876-1910)
My Notes
I need to start off with “the humidity punched us in the face” because Sonora Review, the home of today’s piece, is entirely run by MFA students. They’r...
Don't Save the Cat (Or Dog)
A Dog (1660s) Cornelis Saftleven (Dutch, 1607-1681)
My Notes:
Yesterday, I couldn’t finish my notes on the random piece chosen and it’s probably for the best. The story actually perturbed me. It asks too many questions people don’t wan...
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