January 2026 Jan 1 Written By Shane McKnight View fullsize Click to Enlarge Subscribe for FREE January 2026Cover StoryClay Stafford talks with Lauren Myracle on “Writing Through the Mess” > Craft ArticlesBetween Pen and Paper: Flaneuring Through a Writer’s Mind – Why the Inescapable Laws of Nature Matter to Storytellers by Andi Kopek >Drop the Pen! What Every Writer Should Know About Real Police Work: Ten Codes by David Lane Williams >This Crazy Writing Life: Requiescat in pace—In Memory Of The Mass-Market Paperback by Steven Womack >*NEW* Crafting Ethical and Moral Dilemmas in Crime Fiction by Chris Berg & Paul James Smith > Flash FictionTHE EDITOR by Terry John Malik > PoetryWaffen und Sachertorte aus Wien, 1986 by Ernest Troth >exploring the heart with clinical precision by Alexis Rhodes >*NEW* Concerning Love by Daniel Thomas Moore > Short StoriesThe Final Portrait by Joe Greco >*NEW* Survival Tactics by James M. Waltzer > Excerpts*NEW* American Catiline by Morgan Kim > View Previous Issues Shane McKnight
January 2026 Jan 1 Written By Shane McKnight View fullsize Click to Enlarge Subscribe for FREE January 2026Cover StoryClay Stafford talks with Lauren Myracle on “Writing Through the Mess” > Craft ArticlesBetween Pen and Paper: Flaneuring Through a Writer’s Mind – Why the Inescapable Laws of Nature Matter to Storytellers by Andi Kopek >Drop the Pen! What Every Writer Should Know About Real Police Work: Ten Codes by David Lane Williams >This Crazy Writing Life: Requiescat in pace—In Memory Of The Mass-Market Paperback by Steven Womack >*NEW* Crafting Ethical and Moral Dilemmas in Crime Fiction by Chris Berg & Paul James Smith > Flash FictionTHE EDITOR by Terry John Malik > PoetryWaffen und Sachertorte aus Wien, 1986 by Ernest Troth >exploring the heart with clinical precision by Alexis Rhodes >*NEW* Concerning Love by Daniel Thomas Moore > Short StoriesThe Final Portrait by Joe Greco >*NEW* Survival Tactics by James M. Waltzer > Excerpts*NEW* American Catiline by Morgan Kim > View Previous Issues Shane McKnight