Tell-Tale Chapbooks

22/06/2024

It was such scary news, but King recuperated from his weak and weary condition to write again and again.... Much love, forever more!

North Lovell, Maine. June, 1999.

Fryeburg resident Bryan Smith strikes famed Maine author Stephen King with a car on a North Lovell roadside, while the writer was walking. "He sustained broken bones in his right leg and hip, broken ribs, a punctured lung and a head injury."

One year later Smith would die under unexplained circumstances in his home at Fryeburg. "The medical examiner’s office says an autopsy found no evidence of trauma but no conclusion was reached on the cause of death."

Image and information courtesy of ABC News.

22/06/2024

33 Wawenock Rd. Raymond, Maine. Undated.

Enjoying a start to summer. These young ladies practice their archery skills at Camp Wawenock on Lake Sebago.

Image courtesy of Camp Wawenock.

22/06/2024

Complain about Writer's Block nevermore!
Check out this site for prompts, etc.

Introduction in poetry: nature of poetry, tools, history, terms (periods, styles and movements, technical means, tropes, measures of verse, verse forms, national poetry, etc.

26/05/2024

Submissions Open for "Tell-Tale Inklings #7", Autumn, 2024,
a print journal of narratives published by Tell-Tale Chapbooks.
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NO FEE.
NO PAYMENT [although contributors will receive a PDF].
DEADLINE: September 30, 2024.

Narrative poems (50-line maximum)
Short fiction (1,000-word maximum)
B+W interior artwork.
Color artwork considered for the cover.

GUIDELINES
1- **** No simultaneous submissions! ****

2- Kindly heed the word limits. –Edgar Allan Poe avowed that a story ought to be readable in its entirety in one sitting. Who are we to argue?

3- The poem or tale must have a beginning, middle, and end and reveal something about the character(s). It needn’t be an Earth-shattering secret or flaw, but thought-provoking or emotionally evocative.

4- Another time period, foreign planet...would be refreshing, interesting. But kindly don’t challenge our taste buds. Gratuitous s*x, graphic violence – anything defamatory, hateful, rantingly political, et cetera will not be published. Mess with our heads, not our stomachs!
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CARVED-IN-PUDDINGSTONE FORMAT GUIDELINES
*Submit a maximum of 5 poems and/or 2 stories in the body of an e-mail to [email protected]
*Include a short bio and your JPEG photo.
*Left-margin aligned, 12-pt. font. No creative spacing, thank you. It's a pain to cut and paste.
*No work previously published in print will be considered. Work that has appeared online may be submitted, but write a note with a link to the journal in which the work was previously published.

*SUBMIT ARTWORK as JPEGS ONLY.

*SUBJECT LINE: Tell-Tale Inklings Submission. "TTI Submit" is also fine. Just try not to irritate the hyperactive junk filter.

*Current payment is nothing but glory, and the writer relinquishes future monetary claims to any version of the publication (for example, an e-book ). TTC is a tiny, independent press. The publisher would be lucky to break even.

-There will be 8-10 contributors, possibly including 1 featured poet. Do not ask to be the feature. The editor will ask for additional poems based on specific submissions.

Thank you for your interest in the press!
Mignon Ariel King
Publisher & Editor
[email protected]

01/04/2024

HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!!!

17/03/2024

FYI: It's also Evacuation Day here in MA. Be free!

05/01/2024

10/12/2023

31/10/2023

Sounds about right. Happy Halloween!

12/04/2023

The press is on hiatus until 2024 (except for mss. already under review). Check back in Spring 2024 for Call for Submissions for Tell-Tale Inklings: a journal of narratives, Summer 2024.

25/11/2022

The 6 nominees from "Tell-Tale Inklings #6" (TTC, 2022) for the Pushcart Prize anthology:

1) “Grievances” by CL Bledsoe
2) “Epithalamium for Owned Lives” by Tiel Aisha Ansari
3) “They Didn’t Call Me ‘Coach’” by Michael Ceraolo
4) “Checking” by Christine M. DuBois
5) “High Tea” by Christine Fowler
6) “Hey, Benni” by Timothy Gager

Mignon Ariel King
Publisher & Editor
Tell-Tale Chapbooks

04/11/2022

Pushcart nominations coming soon. Tell-Tale Inklings closed to submissions until May 2023. I'm on a creative & intellectual hiatus from publishing and not reading e-mail regularly, so check here for any news before then. Please do not PM me regarding the press unless you have a mss. and $20 reading fee burning a hole in your pocket.
Thanks much,
Mignon Ariel King
Publisher & Editor
Tell-Tale Chapbooks

23/09/2022

It was refreshing.

First day of fall vibes 🍁

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02/07/2022

"Tell-Tale Inklings #6" has been published! Thanks much for the patience and enthusiasm of the authors therein.

Featured poet: CL Bledsoe!

https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Tale-Inklings-6-Spring-2022/dp/B0B4PBZVGN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SSUVUU8Z86IE&keywords=tell-tale+inklings+%236&qid=1656697988&s=books&sprefix=tell-tale+inklings+6%2Cstripbooks%2C71&sr=1-1&tag=tapatalk02-20

Tell-Tale Inklings #6 is a literary journal obsessed with narrative poetry and flash fiction character studies. Among writers included in this issue: Featured poet CL Bledsoe, Tiel Aisha Ansari, Christine Fowler, Timothy Gager, and Holly Guran. Published by Tell-Tale Chapbooks, an international s...

21/04/2022

Tell-Tale Inklings #6
has been delayed until...later.
Doubt us nevermore!

01/11/2021

TELL-TALE INKLINGS #6 (Wr/Sp 2022), a print journal of narratives,
is open for submissions.

PRIORITY DEADLINE: Midnight, December 31, 2021
READ the GUIDELINES on the site. [No fee. No payment.]

NEW E-MAIL: [email protected]
https://tell-talechapbooks.weebly.com/tell-tale-inklings.html

​ TELL-TALE INKLINGS a journal of narratives The emphasis is on character-study narrative poetry and flash fiction. Tasteful black and white artwork is welcome too, especially abandoned...