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literary garage literary magazine for writing literary garage home submissions flash short fiction stories books special features zevon anthology home submissions flash short fiction stories books special features zevon anthology welcome to literary garage a home for writing that s a little off the beaten path think rock and roll garage bands from the 60s and 70s plus the turbo charged 80s versions storytelling with purpose no fluff no filler picture jim thompson scrawling notes at the whisky a go go hemingway with three chords and a driving beat hunter s thompson in a convertible blasting warren zevon on an endless highway bukowski kerouac jack ketchum jim harrison virginia woolf and if that doesn t excite you picture quentin tarantino on stage doing a monologue with red hot chili peppers cranked to 11 behind him fast loud a little off kilter like a pulp novel with a funk beat and just enough blood on the page edgy unique hard hitting with attitude to spare writing with a serrated edge and yes we love noir jim thompson william ard david goodis james ellroy charles willeford just a handful of the dark twisty geniuses who inspire us we want literary garage to be the place where readers can kick back with a story that grabs them discover both rising voices and literary heavyweights and walk away thinking wow that s gonna stick with me for writers we re the garage where you can cut your teeth take risks experiment and publish pieces that don t always fit the polite mold elsewhere shorts flashes weird ideas all welcome if it s got grit soul and a pulse we want to see it frequency published online as follows flash published every wednesday short fiction published every thursday stories published every other friday non fiction tbd still trying to figure that one out maybe other times too when we don t feel like conforming to a schedule we might be a little rough and raw if you re looking for something clean sanitized and academic you re in the wrong place you don t have to go home but you can t stay here new project announcement literary garage is proud to announce bad intentions a crime fiction anthology inspired by the music of warren zevon all proceeds to benefit philabundance a nonprofit food bank click here to learn more imagine elmore leonard with a ramones soundtrack follow on social literary garage storytelling with grit heart and no off ramp 2025 all rights reserved connect editor literarygarage com follow us on substack for updates and news clicking the substack link will direct you to an external website for our substack feed the content and privacy practices of substack are not controlled and no responsibility is taken for any issues that may arise on the platform editor in chief kevin christopher michaels substack special features editor michael downing member ibpa