Indigo Inquest -- Dragon's Bane Series: Book 4 by Azriel Johnson

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Present Kingsley is on the hunt for revenge. An Inquest of epic proportions. His mission must be fulfilled by any means necessary, using countless unsavory characters and methods that make even the most tyrannical combatants shy away in disgust. Past Plato struggles with the duality of being a man who can hear the thoughts of Dragons & Humans alike. He finds & loses love, he embraces & shuns connection, he resists & accepts the darker parts of himself. All for one goal... About the author:  Azriel Johnson is an inkspatter analyst by day and a serial writer by night. Currently he can be found teaching English in China if you’re looking hard enough. He also is attempting to learn Chinese, but it is still poor. He admires his students for trying to learn English as he thinks speaking English is much more difficult than speaking Chinese, although the written characters trip him up.  His goal is to be bi-lingual by the time he leaves, even if he is still functionally illiterate in Chinese.

Birthday Chapbook Contest -- Shortlist!!

Theydies and Gentlethems!

At long last we have the shortlist announcements ready for the Birthday Chapbook Contest.

As you know, we had originally set forth 5 categories for judgment, but unfortunately only three categories were submitted for with more than 1 competitor, those being Men, Women and Mental Illness.  Further unfortunates came when one of the two submissions for Mental Illness then bowed out before we could bring the shortlist to you all.

That left us with just the Men and Women categories for judgment.

Our Shortlist is:
Women: Christine Kansy, Barbara A Meier and Sara Minges.
Men: Mark Mitchell, Casey Krysztofik and Kevin Hoskinson.

We will make the decision of the one Woman entry and one Men entry on 2nd Friday June. Those winners will get a limited edition release with Writing Knights with option of more.

Thanks to everyone who sent their work in and we hope to see you all watching us June 14!

Azriel

Chapbook Submissions

            (Domestic/International)

Projected Submission Call Duration (subject to change):
            12:05am (0:00) November 1, 2020 Eastern Daylight Time
             to 11:55pm (23:55) December 31, 2020 Eastern Standard Time 
            Any submissions or inquiries before or after this will be deleted with no guaranteed notice.

Submissions are CLOSED!

FourPlay Submissions Open Now!

            (United States & Canada Only) 

***SUBMISSIONS CLOSED***
Projected reopening July 2020

Submission Goal:
            We will publish any and all accepted submissions. We are hoping to receive and release four at a time (so if you know anyone who is looking to test the waters of selling their product, send them our way). We are looking primarily for new writers (or at least new authors to Writing Knights).
            Basically... send your best possible work...

Hessler Street Poetry Finalists

GREETINGS!
Azriel here with the list of the finalists for this year's Hessler Street Fair Poetry contest.

Before we get to the list, I just wanted to let you all know, we have permission to and will be including a poem from Daniel Thompson, one of the founders of the Hessler Street Fair.

Additionally, we are expecting a piece from Mac's Backs own Suzanne DeGataeno! And hopefully a foreword by Mary Turzillo and/or Geoffrey Landis!

Finalists should be aware: Performance on May 11th is necessary to qualify for the prizes and the performance on either June 1 or 2 at Hessler.

The Hessler Street Fair Poetry anthology is available to those included for half the cover price. For nonentrants, it is full price. Prices are yet to be determined.

The May 11th show will be at Unitarian Universalist Society (2728 Lancashire Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106) starting promptly at 7pm.

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The finalists are as follows:

Aaron Kasunic, Amanda Whitlock, Morgann Blackwood, J.M. Romig, Ryan P. Kinney, and Valentine Berlin - Patchwork Dreams ...
A.D. Adams - Dragon with Books (image) ...
Adam Harvey - We shall not last ...
anitakeys - fault lines ...
Ariel Alexander Fiore - How to Explain Death to a Seven Year Old ...
Ashley Pacholewski - Baby Love ...
Aubrey Crosby - You are my cartographer ...
Audamatik - A Diet for a Beautiful Mind ...
Barbara Minney - Three Day Old Underwear On the Auto Train ...
Brian Taylor - Got His Bearings ...
Caitlyn Blair Cogar - Poem ...
Casey Krysztofik - Dahlia's Persuasion ...
Cat Russell - Catching Fire ...
Catherine Joslyn - Agua y Tierra (Water and Earth), Silkscreen on canvas ...
Christine Donofrio - Alpha Woman ...
Daria Quinn - Taylor Preston ...
Diane Ferri - Lakeview Cemetery ...
Eli J. Hawkins - Entry 4 ...
Eli Williams - Losing God ...
Elizabeth Burnette - How my life is like an Origami Crane ...
Elizabeth Marino - Pornographic Pictures ...
Frank Kinor Jr. - The Question ...
Frank Thomas Rosen - The Death Fugue Revisited ...
Geoffrey Polk - Adolescent Astronomy ...
Georgia Reash - Me and Mother Nature ...
Hannah Gates - Hiatus ...
Jeremy Jusek - Choosing Choices ...
Jeremy Proehl - God is Pooh Bear ...
Jill Lange - On the Persistence of a Small Flower ...
Joann Celleghin - Transformations ...
Joann Perkins - The Quilt ...
Joe Balasz - Going Around in Circles ...
John Burroughs - Rough Cure ...
Julie Ursem Marchand - Opening Night ...
K. Leigh Whitehouse - Spring, Tra-La ...
Kate Seger - Tougher Girls ...
Keith Allison - The President Who Cried Wolf ...
Kelly Hambly - Such Great Heights ...
Kevin Frederick Smith - Among The Roots ...
Krystal Evans - Patience ...
Lennart Lundh - Seduce and Destroy ...
Lori Ann Kusterbeck - Desperately Seeking Perfection ...
Lorianne Arwood - Best Seller ...
Luke Kuzmish - S%*# My Dad Says ...
Maeve Kroeger - American't ...
Marc Mannheimer - a brief future of technology ...
Michael Ceraolo - Bookstore Blues and Dedicated Stereotype Fighter ...
Nancy Brady - Erie Kai ...
Rachel Hayes - The Blackest Pill ...
Ralph Pitman - I am accustomed to seasons ...
Rob Smith - Writer’s Lament ... 
Ryan Kinney - The Blue Collar Lament ...
S. Renay Sanders - Lone Gale Rider ...
Sara Minges - Be Bold ...
Shivla Shikwana - Poem 4 ...
Suzanne DeGataeno - Poem ...
Tam Polzer - Rust in Peace ...
Timothy J. Richard - What Some Say ...
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams - Boo Night !! ...
Valentina Ventura - The Sound of Emptiness ...
Wanda Morrow Clevenger - like dogs ...
Yuliia Vereta - Temples ... 

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Thank you to all participants and we'll see you May 11th!

Azriel