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New Stories from the Midwest, 2012: Honorable Mention

I’m a little slow on the uptake here, but I should note that New Stories from the Midwest 2012 (aka Best of the Midwest) has been released from Indiana University Press and is ready for your con… more →

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New Stories from the Midwest, 2012: Honorable Mention

Ted Wheeler wrote 2 months ago: I’m a little slow on the uptake here, but I should note that New Stories from the Midwest 2012 … more →

Tags: writing, BOULEVARD, "The Approximate End of the World", dan chaon, New Stories from the Midwest, Lee Martin, Charles Baxter, Anthony Doerr, christine sneed

Midwestern Gothic Cover Preview

Ted Wheeler wrote 6 months ago: Check out the front and back cover of the forthcoming Winter Issue of Midwestern Gothic, which will … more →

Tags: Bad Faith: Stories, midwestern gothic, The Mercy Killing of Harry Kleinhardt

of Love & Death

Ted Wheeler wrote 7 months ago: I’m not sure how I missed announcing this earlier–seeing as I did mention, last year, th … more →

Tags: writing, flatmancrooked, "The Housekeeper", Mixer Publishing, of Love and Death: heartburn headaches & hangovers, Jonah Man, Christopher Narozny

March in Review (2012)

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: Maddie holding Clara. This is going to be short and late. He’s a recap of what went down here … more →

Tags: Weeks In Review, one story, BOULEVARD, Prairie Schooner, Maddie, "Attend the Way", "On a Train from the Place Called Valentine", shame cycle, Greetings from Below

Shame Cycle Short-Listed for PRISM Fiction Contest — 2 comments

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: Out of more than 300 submissions, my short story “Shame Cycle” has been selected as one … more →

Tags: Matrix Magazine, LitPop Fiction Contest, montreal, shame cycle, prism international, Jessica Grant, Vancouver

Boulevard No. 81 — 2 comments

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: Boulevard 81, the new home of "On a Train from the Place Called Valentine." My contributor … more →

Tags: Events and Appearances, "On a Train from the Place Called Valentine", "The Approximate End of the World", Welcome Home, Albert Goldbarth, Amy Gutschow, Andrew Hudgins, Best New American Voices, BOULEVARD

Good News Department: BotM & PBR

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: A couple bits of good news today. Someone has clued me into the fact that two of my stories have bee … more →

Tags: Reviews, "The Current State of the Universe", BOULEVARD, "The Approximate End of the World", Pleiades, The Cincinnati Review, The Call, Yannick Murphy, Pleiades Book Review

November in Review (2011)

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: Let’s go with a little bullet point action this time around: -So I’ve decided to switch up the title … more →

Tags: The Hyphenates of Jackson County, Weeks In Review, writing, "Attend the Way", "The First Night of My Down-and-Out Sex Life", A Flag for Sunrise, A Public Space, Alison Bechdel, best american comics 2011

Confrontation is Out! The First Night of My Down-and-Out Sex Life Published!

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: Confrontation (No. 110, Fall 2011) arrived in our mailbox today! The issue features my short story … more →

Tags: BOULEVARD, "The First Night of My Down-and-Out Sex Life", the man who never was, weekday, Omaha, How to Die Young in Nebraska, "On a Train from the Place Called Valentine", Fogged Clarity, "Kleinhardt's Women"

October in Review (2011) — 2 comments

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: The big news in what turned out to be a busy month—and this is unannounced news at that, which I hop … more →

Tags: Weeks In Review, "The Current State of the Universe", BOULEVARD, Richard Burgin, Prairie Schooner, pushcart prize, "These Things That Save Us", winesburg ohio, "On a Train from the Place Called Valentine"

The Real Winesburg, Ohio

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a bit from Sherwood Anderson about his masterpiece, Winesburg, Ohio (from the Viking Cr … more →

Tags: writing, Nebraska, The Hyphenates of Jackson County, winesburg ohio, Tom Dennison, niobrara, sherwood anderson, The Scythian Defense, GSU Review

August in Review (2011)

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: I’ll keep this short, as it’s late and the big news about finishing the roughest draft o … more →

Tags: Weeks In Review, The Hyphenates of Jackson County, Key West Literary Seminar, Electric Literature, "These Things That Save Us", winesburg ohio, shame cycle, Willa Cather, Doughboys

July in Review (2011)

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: July was kind of a cluster, what with spending a week in Tel Aviv, and needing the week before takeo … more →

Tags: Reviews, The Hyphenates of Jackson County, Weeks In Review, "On a Train from the Place Called Valentine", shame cycle, "The Current State of the Universe", a sport and a pastime, a visit from the good squad, best american short stories

"On a Train from the Place Called Valentine" to Appear in Boulevard — 2 comments

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: Some excellent news today, as I learned that my short story “On a Train from the Place Called … more →

Tags: writing, Nebraska, BOULEVARD, Richard Burgin, "The First Night of My Down-and-Out Sex Life", the man who never was, Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers, weekday, How to Die Young in Nebraska

"Welcome Home" Used in Veterans' Class

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: I learned something very exciting this week, as it looks like my story about an Iraq War veteran ret … more →

Tags: writing, Nebraska, BOULEVARD, Richard Burgin, Best New American Voices, Welcome Home, Mary Gaitskill, Natalie Danford, John Kulka

The Housekeeper Joins Mixer Countdown

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: For Day 8 of Mixer Publishing’s countdown to the launch of their web site, they released my sh … more →

Tags: flatmancrooked, "The Housekeeper", Flatmancrooked 4, steve owen, Mixer Publishing, of Love and Death: heartburn headaches & hangovers, Rebekah Hall

The Housekeeper Joins Mixer Countdown

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: For Day 8 of Mixer Publishing’s countdown to the launch of their web site, they released my sh … more →

Tags: flatmancrooked, "The Housekeeper", Flatmancrooked 4, steve owen, Mixer Publishing, of Love and Death: heartburn headaches & hangovers, Rebekah Hall

The Housekeeper Joins Mixer Countdown

Ted Wheeler wrote 1 year ago: For Day 8 of Mixer Publishing’s countdown to the launch of their web site, they released my sh … more →

Tags: flatmancrooked, "The Housekeeper", Flatmancrooked 4, steve owen, Mixer Publishing, of Love and Death: heartburn headaches & hangovers, Rebekah Hall

May in Review (2011)

Ted Wheeler wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been working on a few new short stories lately, but the majority of May was devoted to beginnin … more →

Tags: Nebraska, Reviews, The Hyphenates of Jackson County, Weeks In Review, writing, "Attend the Way", "On a Train from the Place Called Valentine", shame cycle, "The Current State of the Universe"


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