Necessary Fiction
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A webjournal publishing short fiction, book reviews, a weekly newsletter, & whatever else happens at http://www.necessaryfiction.com. Doing our best since 2009.
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BOSTON! CAMBRIDGE! See you tomorrow (Wed) night at @portersqbooks.bsky.social with my friend Laura Venita Green! Discussion will include genre-blending fiction and the terror of creepy dolls. Details at the link: portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...
a doll is laughing with the words " ha ha ha " above it
ALT: a doll is laughing with the words " ha ha ha " above it
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November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
BOSTON! CAMBRIDGE! See you tomorrow (Wed) night at @portersqbooks.bsky.social with my friend Laura Venita Green! Discussion will include genre-blending fiction and the terror of creepy dolls. Details at the link: portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...
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RESTITUTION by Tamar Shapiro (@regalhouse.bsky.social). Reviewed by @emhall47.bsky.social.
Restitution – Necessary Fiction
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November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
RESTITUTION by Tamar Shapiro (@regalhouse.bsky.social). Reviewed by @emhall47.bsky.social.
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Thank you for publishing my review of Restitution, @necessaryfiction.com ! And thanks for the copy of this wonderful novel, @regalhouse.bsky.social
RESTITUTION by Tamar Shapiro (@regalhouse.bsky.social). Reviewed by @emhall47.bsky.social.
Restitution – Necessary Fiction
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November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Thank you for publishing my review of Restitution, @necessaryfiction.com ! And thanks for the copy of this wonderful novel, @regalhouse.bsky.social
RESTITUTION by Tamar Shapiro (@regalhouse.bsky.social). Reviewed by @emhall47.bsky.social.
Restitution – Necessary Fiction
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November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
RESTITUTION by Tamar Shapiro (@regalhouse.bsky.social). Reviewed by @emhall47.bsky.social.
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There's still time to sign up for @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social's A Personal Anthology, her pick of and introduction to a dozen favourite short stories.
Hitting inboxes at 2pm. Sign up here:
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November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
There's still time to sign up for @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social's A Personal Anthology, her pick of and introduction to a dozen favourite short stories.
Hitting inboxes at 2pm. Sign up here:
apersonalanthology.substack.com/about
Hitting inboxes at 2pm. Sign up here:
apersonalanthology.substack.com/about
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This week's story, chosen by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social, is "Acts of Service" by
@kimhartweldin.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/acts...
@kimhartweldin.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/acts...
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This week's story, chosen by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social, is "Acts of Service" by
@kimhartweldin.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/acts...
@kimhartweldin.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/acts...
If you're in our area, NF fiction editor @bookbent.bsky.social will be coming to town next week for an event.
The @portersqbooks.bsky.social events email is always welcome in my inbox, but especially so when my pal @bookbent.bsky.social is included. Hope to see some of you on 11/12!
Lacey N. Dunham, author of The Belles, and Laura Venita Green, author of Sister Creatures
This event will take place at our CAMBRIDGE store. We offer validated parking in the lot on Roseland St. behind Lesley's University Hall. See parking details below.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you're in our area, NF fiction editor @bookbent.bsky.social will be coming to town next week for an event.
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My short story “Acts of Service” out on @necessaryfiction.com Thanks to guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social for selecting this story and editing it with care.
This week's story, chosen by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social, is "Acts of Service" by
@kimhartweldin.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/acts...
@kimhartweldin.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/acts...
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My short story “Acts of Service” out on @necessaryfiction.com Thanks to guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social for selecting this story and editing it with care.
This week's story, chosen by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social, is "Acts of Service" by
@kimhartweldin.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/acts...
@kimhartweldin.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/acts...
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This week's story, chosen by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social, is "Acts of Service" by
@kimhartweldin.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/acts...
@kimhartweldin.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/acts...
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THE RED WIND HOWLS by Tsering Döndrup, translated by Christopher Peacock (@columbiaup.bsky.social). Reviewed by Mia Carroll. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
November 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
THE RED WIND HOWLS by Tsering Döndrup, translated by Christopher Peacock (@columbiaup.bsky.social). Reviewed by Mia Carroll. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
THE RED WIND HOWLS by Tsering Döndrup, translated by Christopher Peacock (@columbiaup.bsky.social). Reviewed by Mia Carroll. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
November 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
THE RED WIND HOWLS by Tsering Döndrup, translated by Christopher Peacock (@columbiaup.bsky.social). Reviewed by Mia Carroll. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
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Writing Advice from My Teachers booksbywomen.org/writing-advi... by Diane Josefowicz
Writing Advice from My Teachers - Women Writers, Women's Books
My new book, Guardians & Saints, is a collection of stories about care as a process of give-and-take that’s shot through with ambivalence. My characters are students and teachers, doctors and patients...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Writing Advice from My Teachers booksbywomen.org/writing-advi... by Diane Josefowicz
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if you've never read it, here's one of the best stories i've been lucky enough to publish (by @mikemeginnis.bsky.social, with an intro from @mdbell79.bsky.social!)
www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...
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from the archives: "Navigators" from Hobart 12 by Mike Meginnis
Mike Meginnis's "Navigators" is one of my favorite short stories, one I've reread at least once a year since it first appeared in Hobart's 12th print issue in 2011. It begins in media res, after Joshu...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
if you've never read it, here's one of the best stories i've been lucky enough to publish (by @mikemeginnis.bsky.social, with an intro from @mdbell79.bsky.social!)
www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...
www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...
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hey, we've got a cool 1-day Zoom workshop in nonfiction running through Rutgers in 2 weeks (Nov 15). $10 for Camden residents and Rutgers students, $60 for everyone else. Full details here
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Cooper Street Workshop: Mapping Place in Creative Nonfiction
3-hour long virtual workshop on Saturday, November 8 for new and experienced writers alike.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
hey, we've got a cool 1-day Zoom workshop in nonfiction running through Rutgers in 2 weeks (Nov 15). $10 for Camden residents and Rutgers students, $60 for everyone else. Full details here
www.eventbrite.com/e/cooper-str...
www.eventbrite.com/e/cooper-str...
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Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🖤 Here's every spooky story @necessaryfiction.com published this month in one thread. Kicking things off was "Rainmaker" by
@daisyravenel.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/rain...
@daisyravenel.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/rain...
Rainmaker – Necessary Fiction
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October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🖤 Here's every spooky story @necessaryfiction.com published this month in one thread. Kicking things off was "Rainmaker" by
@daisyravenel.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/rain...
@daisyravenel.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/rain...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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starting in about a half an hour:
Tomorrow night 6-8 pm EST.
Register to join us. In person and on line. Free. Masks provided.
www.yorku.ca/laps/the-alc...
Register to join us. In person and on line. Free. Masks provided.
www.yorku.ca/laps/the-alc...
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
starting in about a half an hour:
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The final story in our October series is "Where all things are forgot" by Michael Patrick Brady necessaryfiction.com/stories/wher...
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The final story in our October series is "Where all things are forgot" by Michael Patrick Brady necessaryfiction.com/stories/wher...
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If you'd asked my five years ago what my wildest dream for AUGUST was, it would not have said "Tom $%&@ing Colicchio is going to read it, love it, and host a dinner in its honor at his restaurant," because that's not a dream, that's delusion.
And now here we are.
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And now here we are.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If you'd asked my five years ago what my wildest dream for AUGUST was, it would not have said "Tom $%&@ing Colicchio is going to read it, love it, and host a dinner in its honor at his restaurant," because that's not a dream, that's delusion.
And now here we are.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQXSY5E...
And now here we are.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQXSY5E...
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I'm thrilled to see ARTIFACTS by my former student, now friend Natalie Lemle listed for preorder at last. It's a smart, exciting novel and a lot of fun.
Artifacts
Check out Artifacts - <B><b >For readers of <i>The Cloisters</i> and <i>Counterfeit</i>, Natalie Lemle’s debut novel offers an insider’s view into the world of stolen artifacts and the hid...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm thrilled to see ARTIFACTS by my former student, now friend Natalie Lemle listed for preorder at last. It's a smart, exciting novel and a lot of fun.
The final story in our October series is "Where all things are forgot" by Michael Patrick Brady necessaryfiction.com/stories/wher...
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The final story in our October series is "Where all things are forgot" by Michael Patrick Brady necessaryfiction.com/stories/wher...
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Calling all book reviewers: Check out @necessaryfiction.com's list of books available for review! I'm excited about this list -- good reads ahead! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Books Available For Review
Books Available for Review Do get in touch if you’re interested in reviewing one of these books or something not listed; check our guidelines first, before you make contact. We review new works of lit...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Calling all book reviewers: Check out @necessaryfiction.com's list of books available for review! I'm excited about this list -- good reads ahead! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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THE SHADOW OF THE MAMMOTH by Fabio Morábito, tr. Curtis Bauer (Other Press). Reviewed by Rick Henry. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
THE SHADOW OF THE MAMMOTH by Fabio Morábito, tr. Curtis Bauer (Other Press). Reviewed by Rick Henry. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
THE SHADOW OF THE MAMMOTH by Fabio Morábito, tr. Curtis Bauer (Other Press). Reviewed by Rick Henry. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
THE SHADOW OF THE MAMMOTH by Fabio Morábito, tr. Curtis Bauer (Other Press). Reviewed by Rick Henry. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...
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Ho ho ho it's book prize time send me your badass work
✨ 🗣️ Introducing River Teeth's 2025 Literary Nonfiction Book Prize Judge, Ander Monson! We are ecstatic to have Monson working with us as the final judge. His interview with our Assistant Managing Editor, Natasia Verdel, is live on our website, which you access through the link in our bio.
October 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Ho ho ho it's book prize time send me your badass work