S Shore's Open Salon Blog

New Short Fiction Series Alums at LA Times Festival of Books

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:04:46 -0400

New Short Fiction Series "alums" appearing at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books include Aimee Bender, Tod Goldberg, Dana Johnson, Laila Lalami, Mary Otis, Adrienne Sharp, Tatjana Soli, Jervey Tervalon and Karen Tei Yamashita. The Los Angeles Festival of Books takes place at the University of Southern California, April 30-May 1, 2011. For panel tickets and information visit http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/

Upcoming Fiction Writing Contests

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:03:00 -0400

The deadlines for thirty-two contests fall between now and May 15, including publication of a collection of short stories by Black Lawrence Press. Visit Poet & Writers writing contest database for details.

Dead Love Nom!

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 21:03:31 -0500

Linda Watanabe McFerrin's Dead Love is a 2010 Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Superior Achievement in a Novel.

Buy your first edition online via The New Short Fiction Series website and a portion of your purchase will support our spoken word series.

Dead Love: a story of love in the dark

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:02:07 -0500

Linda Watanabe McFerrin's Dead Love: a story of love ... in the dark, just released by Stone Bridge Press. Delightfully disgusting, Dead Love is the new horror genre at its best. Fans of Twilight, World War Z, and Neil Gaiman will devour this fine novel whole." —ForeWord

Buy your copy online via The New Short Fiction Series website and a portion of your purchase will support our spoken word series.

Black/Brown Dialogues 2/26/11

Tue, 8 Feb 2011 19:02:08 -0500

Peter J. Harris and the Inspiration House Poetry Choir will present "The Black/Brown Dialogues", an evening of music and spoken word, Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park.