
Tell-Tale Inklings #6
Writers in the 2022 issue:
Featured Poet CL Bledsoe!
Tiel Aisha Ansari
Paul Brucker
Michael Ceraolo
Christine M. DuBois
Christine Fowler
Timothy Gager
Holly Guran
Chad Parenteau
Dale Patterson
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Errata: Spacing error on p. 28; apologies to Christine Fowler
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Tell-Tale Inklings #5 Writers in the Autumn 2020 issue include Bob Bradshaw Janet Butler Antonia Clark Holly Guran Elizabeth Hanson Joe Meyers Brian Rihlmann Vivienne Shalom CJ Southworth Cover Image: Patricia Wallace Jones c. 2020 Available on AMAZON |
Tell-Tale Inklings #4 Writers in the Summer 2018 issue include Marguerite G. Bouvard Antonia Clark Louisa Clerici Holly Day Margaret Hemme Robin Levine Ed Meek Renuka Raghavan Katelyn Thomas Lynn White Virginia Young Cover Image: Denny E. Marshall c. 2011 Available on AMAZON |

Tell-Tale Inklings #3
Writers in the Winter 2017 issue include
Robert Beveridge
Lo Gallucio
Elizabeth Hanson
Nathaniel H. Mayes, Jr.
Meena Somasundaram
BAM
Zoe Mumford
Shannon O'Connor
Sergio Ortiz
Chad Parenteau
Martin Rodriguez
Chris Warner
Cover Image: Stephen Anstey c. 2017
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Tell-Tale Inklings #2
Writers in the Autumn 2016 issue are
Ed Ahern
Paula Anderson
Robert Beveridge
Marguerite G. Bouvard
Mitchell Krockmalnik Grabois
John Grey
Elizabeth Hanson
Lynda Kirby
Chad Parenteau
Janet Reed
Carla Schwartz
Lynn White
Congratulations to the 6 writers [Bouvard, Grabois, Grey, Kirby, Parenteau, and Reed] whose work was nominated for the 2016 Pushcart Prize anthology. Thank you to all of the writers who made it so tough to choose only 6.
Cover Image: Tom Daley c. 2016 (photograph)
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Tell-Tale Inklings #1
Writers in the Summer 2015 issue are
Stephan Anstey Valerie Lawson
Mia Avramut Lynda McClellan
Zachary Bos David P. Miller
CL BLedsoe Gloria Mindock
CD Collins Shannon O'Connor
Susan Deer Cloud Chad Parenteau
Lori Desrosiers Ralph Pennel
Naomi Elster Tim Reed
Timothy Gager Dana R. Rowe
Patricia Gomes Sarah Russell
Elizabeth Hanson Rene Schwiesow
Lucy Holstedt Jan Steckel
Marian Kent Martin Willitts, Jr.
Lawrence Kessenich
Mignon Ariel King
Cover Image:
"Une Morte Balkanique" Mark Hanser c. 2015 (shadowbox)
Photo by Mignon Ariel King
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TELL-TALE INKLINGS
a journal of narratives
GENERAL SUBMISSIONS CLOSED. Check back in May, 2023 for Tell-Tale Inklings #7.
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