WestWord is a lit mag and community for writers. We run inspiring writing workshops and courses dedicated to fiction.
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The Sound of Settling
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Shanghai’s bustle still echoed, but my new Texas home greeted me with jarring silence— softened only by the soothing coo of mourning doves nesting atop the patio fan.
By autumn, the doves had left, leavin...
Monthly Micro October 26
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Hi story lovers!
It’s the first Monday of the month so you know what to do!
Here’s how it works:
It’s completely free. No submission fees, no Submittable forms to fill out.
It’s simple. I post a p...
Where It Hurts
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Mouth full of smiles, he arrives at your dojo with his little cluster of teenage students. All male. He tells you about his dojo on one of a group of nine mountainous islands in the Atlantic. Tells you he’...
Edition 15 - September 2026
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Hi Story Lovers,
We are excited to bring you the September edition. These stories all use the Echo theme in ways that really resonated with us, be it a memory that keeps resurfacing, the more traditional...
The Divider
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They worked opposite one another in the reading room of the British Library, separated by a low oak divider polished smooth where generations of scholars had rested their wrists while turning pages....
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Bringing you inspiration to write a different kind of story for your life and your craft. I write about being human: how we live, love, change, create and find our way through this amazing life. \ud83d\udc99
Flash writer by the sea.
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