#Foliate Oak Literary Magazine

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Community No. 24

Check out these links works by our community! @DiggingPress

In this Community, we proudly present works by Jon Jackson, Mitchell Toews, Bruce Robinson, Andrea Rogers, Lisa Beere, Alex Clermont, Amy Leigh Wicks, Dominic Bond, Janey Skinner, and Anita Haas. Congrats to all!   Jon Jackson Child Soldiers Litro, June 2, 2016 – Lambda Visual Verse, March 2017 Mitchell Toews Nothing to Lose  Fiction on the Web, July 8, 2016 – Heavy Artillery  Fiction on the Web,…

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My short story, Wednesday, is featured in the February 2017 issue of Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, which went live today.  A few days ago they sent me an email with a link to the beta version, and when I saw it, it was all I could do not to just burst into tears (but I didn’t, because I was at work, and that’s frowned upon).  This is my first piece to be published in my adulthood and I’m very happy with it.

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Everyone’s Rose and Somebody’s Star

[Originally Published in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine]

To the woman who looked around, wary of surroundings, the noise drowning out her thoughts. I sat just two steps behind her, watched her, as she gave another quick glance to her son, and she gave him a smile, forced if I’d ever seen one. Her eyes moved from side to side, as if surveying and then she swung around to me, as if she could tell I was watching her. Later, I’d comprehend it was only a nervous reflex, another segment of her constant surveillance. But as she turned around, I gained a glimpse of the girl as she saw herself. The jagged streaks of makeup that complimented the narrowing of her eyes, and the blush around her cheeks that occurred more from the weariness of the day than any other concern. The ordeal was unframed, unscripted, the buildup of years of letdowns and the view that what needed to happen never would. She didn’t notice that I noticed the way she rubbed the beautiful starry blue tattoo that graced her arm like it was mark of burden. Nor the way that she watched her son with endless worried eyes, nor the way she played with her hair, waiting for something that wouldn’t come.   I wish I had half the strength she did, or at least enough to go up to her, and tell her that even though she stumbled with her keys, and averted her eyes and hurt so often, that she was doing something right, even if it was just enough to put her hair in a ponytail and get through the day. And I hope that somewhere down the road she stands up and wears her heart on her sleeve, and for once the world doesn’t knock her to the ground and leave further from where she started. And to the little daredevil with the pink and purple scooter, who drove her older brother just a little crazy with her endless chatter. She came up to me and wasn’t even bothered by the idea of talking to someone unknown, letting her chatter flow free, in endless words of children’s cartoons and purple ponies. She gave bright little smiles to everyone who passed, showing them her toothless little smile with white mounds starting to peek out, and she climbed atop everything and shouted to the word of her success from atop the structures. She had no cares and no hurt in her heart, only a skip to her step and the loud ring of her voice, faster than the movement of a hummingbird’s wings. I hope that she someday understands that while the world isn’t a kind place, she never loses the twitter of her voice, or the kind way she greets everyone. I hope that while she learns that everyone is not to be trusted, she keeps the sentiment that everyone deserves a chance at her trust, and that anyone who breaks her trust understand that the hope in her eyes and her ability to make everyone laugh is irreplaceable. I know that the world is not kind, and that the woman with the starry blue tattoo may have well once been the little girl with the tiny white mounds of teeth, and I hope that as our paths crossed, theirs will as well, and that the woman with a need for others will find that she was once the little girl who never stopped trusting like she never stopped talking and once again begin to let others into her heart. I hope that the little girl will meet a woman with a starry blue tattoo and understand that the world knocks you down, and that every day, you still get up face it with your head held high. ​ I hope that the world will begin to learn from the woman of the stars and the girl with the grin and that they will both heal and be healed by a world that never deserved them.

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POET/WRITER

Arya F Jenkins’s work has appeared in #journals and #zines such as Agave Magazine, Black Scat Review, Brilliant Corners, Blue Heron Review, Cider Press Review, Cleaver Magazine, Dying Dahlia Review, The Feminist Wire, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Front Porch Review, KYSO Flash, The Matador Review, Metafore Literary Magazine, Mojave Literary Review, Otis Nebula, Provincetown Arts Magazine, and The Ekphrastic Review. She has been published in at least five anthologies. She writes jazz fiction for Jerry Jazz Musician, an online zine.

Her poetry chapbooks are: JEWEL FIRE (AllBook Books, 2011), SILENCE HAS A NAME (Finishing Line Press, 2016). 

Her collection of jazz-inspired short stories, BLUE SONGS IN AN OPEN KEY is scheduled for publication by Fomite Press on Nov. 1, 2018.

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Literary magazines and journals accepting submissions

The following list of magazines, journals, and small press are accepting submissions from both emerging, casual, and established writers (fiction and non-fiction). You can submit essays, poems, flash fiction, short stories, and articles for publishing. All submissions have to be your original work.

For most of these magazines, all rights revert to you as author, and they do not charge any fees for submissions. Some publications use the Submittable platform to accept documents. This means you have to sign up to the platform to submit your work. Once you sign-up through the literary magazine, upload your document and submit.

A few of these magazines may pay cash if they publish your work, and some pay you with free copies of their magazine. Most of the links lead to the magazine's submission guidelines. Check them out and submit your work.

Anansesem

Asymptote Journal

Westview

Writivism 

Four Chambers Press

Praxis Magazine

Second Hand Stories Podcast

Breathe Free Press

Poetry Portion

The Flexible Persona

The Geeky Press

Expound Magazine

The Windhover

Sixteen Rivers Press

Type Cast

Foliate Oak Literary Magazine

Make Literary Magazine

Crux Magazine

Profane Journal

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It's a VERY good day! Had a piece (memoir) accepted Foliate Oak Literary Magazine. This is my second time publishing with them. A big thank you to the editors. #memoir #shereewrites #lapuma #shereelapuma #happyday #shortstories #writinglife https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs_EEYfn_oI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b9m68lr61yus

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Tour: Between Love and Murder

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Love, betrayal, and murder. The perfect trifecta for a great thriller! Welcome to the blog tour for Between Love and Murder by Chris Bedell! Read on for an excerpt from the book and a chance to win a digital copy!

Between Love and Murder

Publication Date: April 21, 2020

Genre: YA Thriller/ LGBTQ+

Publisher: Willow River Press

September 2018. 17-year-old Chad becomes intrigued by the new kid—Archie—when they flirt during their first interaction. But Chad’s best friend, Mallory, asks Archie out first. Pursuing Archie allows Mallory to get revenge against Chad who recently rejected her. Except Chad refuses to lose Archie to Mallory. Not when he might have a real chance at love—Archie identifies as bisexual like Chad. Although if Chad wants Archie, then he must eliminate Mallory as the competition. Even if doing so means proving she was involved in the disappearance of her ex-boyfriend, Tommy. Three months later—December 2018. Tommy resurfaces, and Mallory accidently kills him while Archie and Chad are witnesses. Mallory, Archie, and Chad can’t go to the police, though. Mallory blackmailed Tommy to leave town last Fourth of July with a sex-tape after discovering Tommy cheating on her. And Archie, Chad, and Mallory must unite if they don’t wanna go down for murder. Except Chad is even more threatened of Mallory now that he and Archie are dating—Chad remains uncertain if Mallory harbors lingering resentment for rejecting her. If Chad wants Mallory gone, then he must continue making difficult choices. Even if destroying Mallory means Chad pretending to be Mallory’s friend while finding a way to implicate Mallory in Tommy’s death without him and Archie getting in trouble. 

If you like the nonlinear storytelling of ABC’s HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER and the toxic love triangle of WINK POPPY MIDNIGHT, then BETWEEN LOVE AND MURDER is the book for you. 

3 out of 5 fairies

Between Love and Murder is an intriguing read. The chain of events reminded me a little of Pretty Little Liars - minus the mostly feminine cast of course. Its funny what love and crushes will make you do, and sometimes life has plans of its own for you. A nice way to pass the time.

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Excerpt

BEFORE

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Expecting complete honesty was pointless.

Like with Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy, or when a friend got a questionable haircut. Both the kid and friend could discover the truth without anyone playing the villain. Or like right now while I stood next to my locker in the school hallway. My best friend, Mallory, couldn’t have said what she had. Yet I didn’t have an ear wax problem, so the chances of her comment being misheard were slimmer than time travel happening.

I blinked. “Come again?”

She tugged at her backpack strap. “I’m sorry, Chad; I’m not trying to be awkward. I just couldn’t lie anymore.”

“Don’t apologize for your feelings.”

Telling her not to feel bad shouldn’t have been the best response I came up with. Doing so only prolonged the inevitable: deciding about whether honesty or a fib was best. However, there was no right reaction to finding out Mallory had a crush on me. Some events—such as her revelation—couldn’t be anticipated no matter how many A’s I earned in school.

Mallory bit her lip. “We’ve been spending a lot of time together since July.”

I chuckled. “We’ve always been close.”

“Not since I started dating Tommy.”

I scratched the side of my head. “What’d you expect to happen?”

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About the Author My previous publishing credits include Thought Catalog, Entropy Magazine, Chicago Literati, and Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, among others. My debut YA Fantasy novel IN THE NAME OF MAGIC was published by NineStar Press in 2018. My 2019 novels include NA Thriller BURNING BRIDGES (BLKDOG Publishing), YA Paranormal Romance DEATHLY DESIRES (DEEP HEARTS YA), and YA Thriller COUSIN DEAREST (BLKDOG Publishing). My 2020 novels include my YA Thriller I KNOW WHERE THE BODIES ARE BURIED (BLKDOG Publishing), YA Contemporary I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN (Deep Hearts YA), YA Thriller BETWEEN LOVE AND MURDER (Between The Lines Publishing), YA Sci-fi DYING BEFORE LIVING (Deep Hearts YA), and YA Thriller LOVE HIM/HATE HIM (Between The Lines Publishing). I also graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2016. 

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Blog Tour Schedule

June 8th

Didi Oviatt (Spotlight) https://didioviatt.wordpress.com

I’m All About Books (Spotlight) https://imallaboutbooks.com/

Life’s a Novelty (Review) https://lifesanovelty.blogspot.com/

June 9th

Rambling Mads (Spotlight) http://ramblingmads.com

The Faerie Review (Review) http://www.thefaeriereview.com

Sophril Reads (Spotlight) http://sophrilreads.wordpress.com

June 10th

Tsarina Press (Spotlight) https://www.tsarinapress.com

Inked and Blonde (Review) https://inkedandblonde.blogspot.com/

June 11th

Reads & Reels (Spotlight) http://readsandreels.com

Indies Review (Spotlight) http://indieproreview.blogspot.com/

Stine Writing (Review) https://christinebialczak.com/

June 12th

Book Dragons Not Worms (Review) https://bookdragonsnotworms.blogspot.com/?m=1

Jessica Belmont (Review) https://jessicabelmont.wordpress.com/

Dash Fan Book Reviews (Spotlight) https://dashfan81.blogspot.com/

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Updated Publication Credits

updated publication credits. Good news Cosmos Fans! I am continuing to get published. Foliate Oak Literary Magazine will publish my poem, ‘Fake Things” in their next edition. Plethora will publish October Falling Rain in their next edition. I also have just published my first Instagram poems as I reported earlier.

here is the poem, Fake Things with the audio attached. When I record the…

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“North” has been published online with Foliate Oak Literary Magazine. Go check it out!

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THE PADDOCK REVIEW Featuring A Poem by Alyssa D. Ross: Doctor Alyssa D. Ross is native to Guntersville, Alabama, though she studied art and literature in Northern Virginia for many years. While teaching at George Mason University, she attained her MFA in Creative Nonfiction. She later earned a PhD from Auburn University where she now teaches Composition, Literature, and Technical Writing. Her educational endeavors also include teaching writing classes for the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project. Representative publications include nonfiction, poetry, fiction, digital texts, and hybrid work. Her writing has appeared in Meat for Tea, Vine Leaves Press, Phoebe Journal of Literature and Art, The Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Shanti Arts Quarterly, and Hawaii Pacific Review, among others. https://paddockreview.com/2018/09/17/a-poem-by-alyssa-d-ross/

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5 Rules For Life: Intimacy Coach Kristin Casey

5 Rules For Life: Intimacy Coach Kristin Casey

5 Rules For Life: Intimacy Coach Kristin Casey Kristin Casey is an intimacy coach, surrogate partner, and author who writes about addiction, dependency, sexuality, and relationships — her essays have appeared in the Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, The Nervous Breakdown, The Fix, From the Asylum, and $pread. Her new memoir, Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh documents her tumultuous…

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In 2017, 32 journals/collections accepted 66 of my poems.

In 2017, 32 journals/collections accepted 66 of my poems.

In 2017, 32 journals/collections accepted 66 of my poems. My thanks to the following: 50 Haikus; Aji Magazine; Allegro Poetry Magazine; Burningword Literary Journal; Chantwood Magazine; The Deadly Writers Patrol; Dual Coast Magazine; Foliate Oak Literary Magazine; Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review; GFT Press One in Four; Glass: A Journal of Poetry; Gravel: A Literary Journal; Heron Tree; The…

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New CNF Publication

My essay, “Some Jokes Just Aren’t Funny,” is now live at Foliate Oak Literary Magazine. Check it out.