poet and fiction writer
Ken Farrell
NEWS & EVENTS
Horseshoe Literary Magazine
My poem, "The Rain, a Candle," has been accepted by Horseshoe Literary Magazine for publication in the Fall 2024, issue II.ii. My thanks to Horseshoe's editors and staff at Memorial University, Grenfell in Newfoundland and Labrador, and my best to all the other authors.
Anthology-- Soul
My short story "Kin" will appear in Graveside Press' upcoming anthology Soul in time for Halloween, October 2024. My best to Kelley York and H.R. Graves and the entire Graveside team, and congratulations to all the other featured writers. Soul is a collection of the macabre, the spooky, and the fantastic and will be available in digital and hard copy soon.
Coffin Bell Journal
My piece of dark flash fiction, "Bungalow 7," will appear in Coffin Bell's "Multiverses" themed issue, 7.2. My thanks to Tamara Burross Grisanti and everyone at Coffin Bell for all their hard work, and congratulations to all of the other authors. Issue 7.2 goes live 1 April 2024.
Anthology-- AI, Robot
My story "Last Sun" will appear in JayHenge Publishing's Spring 2024 anthology AI, Robot, which "speculate[s] about [...the] unavoidable future where humans and intelligent machines coexist." AI, Robot will be available in e-book, download, or physical copy. Skål! to Editors Jessica Augustsson and Kem Hansson, and congratulations to all of the other authors.
Upcoming: POETiCA Review
My poem "Burden" will appear in issue 21 of POETiCA Review Spring, 2024. POETiCA, a "pluriverse of poetic possibilities" hopes "to give voice to the myriad of disparate
voices within the artistic community, locally, and internationally, regardless of
notoriety." My best to Editors Mark A. Murphy and Kieran M. Conway in the UK, and to all artists internationally, represented in POETiCA Issue 21.
Synkroniciti Magazine
My poem "American Heritage, 1987," a finalist for Synkroniciti Magazine's "Family" themed contest, will appear in issue 6.1 which goes live 1 March 2024. Synkroniciti (one part of which is the magazine) "is a creative incubator for new art, performance, and learning based in Houston" that "seek[s] to weave together diverse elements, including visual art, literature, music, theatre, dance, and film." Many thanks to Founder and Editor Katherine McDaniel, and everyone at Synkroniciti, and my best to the other writers, artists, and creatives who make Synkroniciti possible.
Anthology-- Apocalyptales: Judgement Day
My story "Last Sun" appears in Wicked Shadow Press' December 2023 anthology Apocalyptales: Judgement Day, available as an e-book or paperback from Lulu. My best to Parth Sarathi Chakraborty and everyone at Wicked Shadow and congratulations to all of the other authors.
Thimble Literary Magazine
My poem "Dead Man's E-Mail" will appear in Thimble Literary Magazine's Summer 2023 issue, 6.1. Thimble believes "armor can be found in the oddest of places: whether that’s facing a hard truth head-on or reframing it so you can better understand it." Many thanks to Nadia Arioli and the editorial staff at Thimble.
Last Leaves
In April 2023, my poems "Ground" and "Calling" will appear in Last Leaves' issue "Hunger." Last Leaves is a literary magazine that believes "poetry is rooted in community" and seeks "your beautiful...your raw...your quirky." My best to Last Leaves' Editors.
Book of Matches
My poem "Bodhisattvad" will appear in issue 6, Fall 2022, of Book of Matches, an online literary journal that seeks "to celebrate the best in humanity through the very real magic of words." My best to Kelli Allen and Nicholas Christian.
Panoplyzine
My poem "Hopscotch" will appear in issue 21 of Panoply, a literary zine, which goes live 13 May 2022. My thanks to Jeff Santosuosso and everyone at Panoply.
Update: "Hopscotch" has been selected as an Editors' Choice for June 17-23 during which Panoply will feature my recitation of the poem. Many many thanks to Panoply !
Update 2: My thanks to Panoply for nominating my poem "Hopscotch" for a Pushcart Prize for 2022, and congratulations to Ololade Akinlabi, Scott Ferry, Maura High, Lisa C. Krueger, and Alicia Viguer-Espert on their nominations!
Coffin Bell
My story "Twinkle Twinkle" will appear in Coffin Bell's "Technophobia" issue which goes live 1 October 2021. My thanks to Tamara Burross Grisanti and everyone at Coffin Bell.
Iris Literary Journal
My poem, "Stranger," will appear with Assure Press in the upcoming issue of the Iris Literary Journal, Fall 2020. My thanks to Darius Frasure and everyone at Assure Press.
Anthology-- We Don't Break, We Burn
My poem, "Footnote to Tet," will appear in MindWell Press's anthology, We Don't Break, We Burn. MindWell Poetry "is a space for poets and creatives to celebrate the individual light that shines inside us all, to celebrate recovery and resiliency, and to talk about mental health, identity, struggle, addiction, etc. We are here to destroy stigma, hold each other up, and practice kindness towards one another."
We Don't Break, We Burn is available November 2020.
Anthology-- Thought for Food
My poem, "Día de los Muertos," will appear in South Broadway Press's anthology, Thought for Food, in support of Denver Food Rescue, a non-profit that rescues whole fruits and vegetables that would otherwise be discarded and delivers this food by bike! to communities in need.
Thought for Food will be published in June 2020.
South Broadway Press's fundraiser for Denver Food Rescue is here.
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Ripples in Space
My story, "Last Sun," will appear Summer 2020 with Ripples in Space. My thanks to John Davis and everyone at RiS.
Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage, a magazine "dedicated to exploring story, spirit, witness, and place," has accepted my poem "Deerstalker" for issue 42.2, Fall 2019. My thanks to Juan Morales and everyone at Pilgrimage Press.
Coffin Bell
Beginning 1 October 2019, my story "Raincoat, the Holyman" will appear with Coffin Bell in the "Masquerade" issue. Congratulations to all the fine writers in this issue and my best to everyone at Coffin Bell.
Watershed Review
Watershed Review has accepted my poem "Stand-up Comic Girlfriend" for the Spring 2019 issue. My thanks to Sarah Pape and everyone at Watershed Review.
Haunted Waters Press
My poem "Gypsum and the Gypsy" was accepted for SPLASH! HWP's online showcase for fiction and poetry and will appear Spring 2019. My thanks to Susan Warren Utley and everyone at HWP.
Coffin Bell + Anthology
Beginning 1 April 2019, my poems "Adept" and "Clairvius Narcisse" will appear on Coffin Bell, "a journal of dark literature," in the "Magic" issue. These poems will also be included in Coffin Bell TWO, a print anthology compiled by the editors of Coffin Bell and scheduled for release in October 2019. (Coffin Bell ONE is currently available for purchase).
"Adept" was recently nominated for Best of the Net! My thanks to Tamara Burross Grisanti and everyone at Coffin Bell.
Sport Literate
My poem "The Clinch" was accepted by Sport Literate and will appear in an isssue in Fall 2019. My thanks to William Meiners and everyone at Sport Literate.
The Piltdown Review
Beginning with "Mothership," I am a Piltdown Review Featured Poet for March 2019. William Shunn curates The Piltdown Review, "a journal of remarkable finds." One of my recent favorites: "Animal Hospital" by Nicole M. Hall
Poetry prize winner: The Offbeat
Heid E. Erdrich selected my poem "H.P." as The Offbeat's 2018 poetry contest winner. The Volume 19|Fall 2018 issue is out and filled with great writing.
My thanks to Heid E Erdrich and everyone at The Offbeat, and thanks for the Pushcart nomination!
Anthology: An Outbreak of Peace
My poem "Footnote to Tet" appears in Arachne Press' new anthology An Outbreak of Peace: Stories and Poems in Response to the End of WWI, November 2018
My thanks to Cherry Potts for assembling a great anthology and congratulations to all the fine writers.
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Rejections
Many. Many many. Manyⁿ.