Necessary Fiction @NecessaryFic
A webjournal publishing weekly short fiction, book reviews, & whatever else happens. Tweets by @SteveHimmer but we are more often on Bluesky these days. necessaryfiction.com Boston, MA Joined November 2008-
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This week's featured fiction is "Dawn Chorus" by J.D. Strunk necessaryfiction.com/stories/dawn-c…
THE NOVICES OF LERNA by Àngel Bonomini, tr Jordan Landsman (@transitbooks). Reviewed by Willem Marx. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-no…
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To conclude our month of nature-themed stories, we're pleased to share "Detectives" by Samantha Peale. necessaryfiction.com/stories/detect…
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Happy pub day to @my19thcentury and REBOOT! We chatted about comedy, video games, online discourse, and more here: countercraft.substack.com/p/processing-h…
COUNTRY OF UNDER by Brooke Shaffner (@masonjarpress). Reviewed by Rosalia Scalia. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/countr…
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TODAY’S THE DAY!!!!!! After 10 years of writing, and rewriting, and endless editing, Living in Cemeteries is out in the world…and I couldn’t be happier!!!
Next in our series of nature stories is "Wild Swim" by Kayann Short necessaryfiction.com/stories/wild-s…
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The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa, tr Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain (@RestlessBooks). Reviewed by @Rcordas. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-bo…
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SEPTEMBER AND THE NIGHT by Maica Rafecas, tr. Megan Berkobien and María Cristina Hall (@FumdEstampa). Reviewed by Rick Henry. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/septem…
Wasn't sure why I hadn't gotten my copy of @dianegreco newest novel, then realized I haven't actually checked my mail. Cannot WAIT to tear into this this weekend. Congrats on publishing, friend!
Smashed it!!! Hooray. Helped by a wonderful customer whose been a Little Toller Subscriber for many years, he lives in Australia is visiting family so popped in. How amazing is that.
Good morning from our lovely little bookshop in Beaminster. Somehow we’re only £200 off matching last February. It’s been a very quiet month so this news is rather good. I reckon we’ve got this! Now time for coffee. #BookTwitter
necessaryfiction.com/stories/good-n… First ever flash fiction publication! Grateful! #flashfiction @NecessaryFic
@NecessaryFic Thanks so much! And thanks for seeing something in a young kid just starting out. Y’all may have been my first real publication, if I’m remembering it right. First couple at least. ❤️❤️❤️
Woke up to a lovely acceptance from @NecessaryFic for a flash about fungi and feelings and... well, you'll just have to wait and see 🥰
We have news
Independent publisher @Influxpress has ended its acquisitions hiatus, with several new titles scheduled for 2024 and a plan to resume full operations by 2025. Read more 👇 thebookseller.com/news/influx-pr…
a lovely story
This week's story is "Celestial Bodies" by Jean-Luke Swanepoel necessaryfiction.com/stories/celest…
@NecessaryFic Oops - I wasn’t clear - it happened with *another* lit mag. Apologies - thought I’d mention in to let y’all know it’s not just you! Might be a Submittable thing.
@NecessaryFic @sublunaryeds Frank's on twitter, @limmoraliste
Hey Hey! My debut novel, Living in Cemeteries, made it into the @locusmag announcements!!!!!
@NecessaryFic contributor Debbie Urbanski's debut novel AFTER WORLD is on sale Tuesday the 5th!! spr.ly/6015REVqX
Christine Lai’s novel LANDSCAPES makes NPR’s “Books We Love” list for 2023 💖✨🖼 @NPR / @NPRbooks apps.npr.org/best-books/#vi…
3. “Stop/Motion” from @NecessaryFic necessaryfiction.com/stories/stop-m…
@CameronKohuss @NecessaryFic This was so fun to read!
@SteveHimmer @NecessaryFic Hi Steve, I would love it if they are still available!
Darkness descends & the time has come to look back at my short fiction from this year 🍂 The spirits are whispering that I have several stories eligible for the @HorrorWriters Bram Stoker Award in Short Fiction! Thank you to all the fab publishers 👻 @CursedMorsels
A dream acceptance from @NecessaryFic , thank you so much for taking on a short story on painful hauntings! <3 <3 <3 WOW
This piece means a lot to me. Thank you to @bookbent and @NecessaryFic for the support.
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