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August/September 2026
Cover Story
Clay Stafford talks with Scott Eden on “Where the Story Comes From”>
Craft Articles
Writing Books With Hollywood in Mind by Clay Stafford >
Voice is Branding by Clay Stafford >
Writing the Next Word by Clay Stafford >
*NEW* Strong Beginnings: Why’s She Doing That? By Clay Stafford >
Drop the Pen!: What Every Writer Needs to Know About Real Police Work, Lineups by David Lane Williams
Literary Alchemy: Ingredients of the Story, Cliffhangers by Chrissy Hicks
This Crazy Writing Life Tackles a Case Study: Randy O’Brien’s The Last Verdict of Charles Jordan by Steven Womack
Between Pen and Paper: Flaneuring Through a Writer’s Mind, Notes from the Department of Imaginary Problems by Andi Kopek
Writing With a Co-Author by Judy Penz Sheluk
The Most Acclaimed Short Crime Fiction Author of the Decade: Joseph S. Walker on Writing, Serving the Writing Community, and His Own Face Blindness by Avram Lavinsky
Murder, Muffins & Momentum: The Durable Design of the Cozy Mystery by M.T. Falgoust
Short Stories
The Man Who Cleaned Room 613 by Roberto R. Diaz Blanco >
The Night Hunt by Richard Risemberg
Debugged by James Waltzer
Creative Nonfiction
On Mythos by Warren Stoddard II
Flash Fiction
Cercis Siliquastrum by Lee Brown
Ruby by Wendy Eiben
Poetry
Perspective by Sarah P. Blanchard
