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Indigenous Sunset by Cran Herlihy

Indigenous Sunset by Cran Herlihy

Blue by Dan Cronin

Blue by Dan Cronin

Black Forest by MJ Preston

Black Forest by MJ Preston

Autumn by Lorraine Pester

Autumn by Lorraine Pester

Venus by David Dorrell

Venus by David Dorrell

An India of Change by Ernest Williamson III

An India of Change by Ernest Williamson III

Escape by Robert Staniford www.robertstaniford.com

Escape by Robert Staniford

Motley Press – The WritingForums.com Magazine

Motley Press Volume 1 Issue 6

The WritingForums.com magazine

Volume 1 Issue 6

The bag lady has gone skiing in the Alps, so the office is a lot quieter and far less aromatic.  Already we’re missing the aroma of vinegar and gin.  Cran, Fatima, Cindy and Rob are largely responsible for this issue, as the rest of the staff thought it best to form a search party when they heard that the bag lady was thinking of turning her attention to Yeti hunting.  Even though it’s been attempted to impress upon her that these creatures are usually spotted in the Himalayas, we strongly believe that she is one of that rare class of people who will probably spot them easily, when well oiled, wherever she may be.   Therefore blame for this issue can only be directed at those four previously mentioned, each of whom will point the finger at the others.

The WF nominated poem for this issue is “The Card” by Cindy Adame.  It’s hoped that we’ll be able to include a lot more work from members in future issues of Motley.  There are boards on writingforums.com where you may nominate the works of other members so please recommend any poetry, fiction or non-fiction you think deserves publication.

There have been some excellent submissions for this issue and the task of choosing hasn’t been made easy for the editors.  We present another excellent potpourri of literature and art for your entertainment and edification.

Motley

Articles

Publishing the eBook: The FAQs by Jules Older

Publishing the eBook: The FAQs Jules Older On October 13, I got an email from a ski buddy. Was he embarrassed! He’d just spent an extremely uncomfortable night in the drunk-tank in beautiful Whistler, British Columbia. By the time he got to this:    The invitation for my night’s accommodation came from a uniformed young [...]

Julian DeFresne interviews Robert Staniford, author of The Star War Factor.

Julian DeFresne interviews Robert Staniford, author of The Star War Factor.   Julian DeFresne: I’ve read two collections of your poetry and I have to say I was challenged by the different layers you put into your work. I had your unique voice in mind when I started reading the novel, The Star War Factor. I [...]

What element of nature is your emblem as a writer? by Cas Webb

What element of nature is your emblem as a writer? by Cas Webb Someone recently asked me what element of nature I considered to be me, or at least the writer version of me? My first thought was to consider things that move slowly and leave little trace on earth, a snail perhaps. But then [...]

Articles

Art

Indigenous Sunset by Cran Herlihy

Indigenous Sunset by Cran Herlihy

Indigenous Sunset by Cran Herlihy

Blue by Dan Cronin

Blue by Dan Cronin

Blue by Dan Cronin

Black Forest by MJ Preston

Black Forest by MJ Preston

Black Forest by MJ Preston

Art

Theatre

Crocophile By Austen Brauker

Crocophile By Austen Brauker Characters: A man and a woman, Jorge and Martah, married couple, middle aged. Setting: suburbs, middle class home, living room area. Background sound: a humming noise that is constant and getting louder throughout the play, until later when it becomes very apparent-almost as loud as their voices.) INTRO SCENE: (they have [...]

Theatre

Fiction

Pink String Bikini by Dreamworx95

Pink String Bikini by Dreamworx95     My sister’s bikini lay on the crisp white satin of the hotel bed. It was pink, it was small, and it was probably the sluttiest thing she’d owned before she went off to college. I guess she thought she was doing me a favor by giving it to me [...]

Reset by Chris Wood

Reset by Chris Wood   I opened my eyes. The girl sitting next to me with hot-pink, shoulder-length hair was repeatedly pushing on the seven-inch touch screen television mounted on the seat in front of her with her index finger.   I removed my headphones. “Not working, huh?”   “Nope.” She slouched back into her [...]

1 ¾″ by 2 ½″ by Judith Mercado

1 ¾″ by 2 ½″ by Judith Mercado   One homeless summer I slept in my car for months missing all I loved.   Cash not an issue. I had plenty of money. I just ran away.   In a trailer park in a remote Santa Fe I pondered my life.   Four years later, [...]

Fiction

Poetry

Each New Day by Danny Fahey

Each New Day  by  Danny Fahey Most of all I enjoy the act of pulling on fresh socks in the morning – closest in sensation to the unfurling of new leaves in spring when the breeze carries away the Earth’s weight, gives the branches and thoughts, for a moment, the flight of birds. I sit [...]

The Card by Cindy Adame – WF Nominated Poem

The Card by Cindy Adame   Words inside mimic flowers splashed across the front; fragrant sweetness, delicate meanings, all things a mother wants. I sign my name, seal envelope and deal – you pretend they touch you– and I, that they’re real.

Spirits Having Flown by Kyle Hemmings

Spirits Having Flown  by  Kyle Hemmings After her body stiffened then vaporized into the nothing, into the discarded tea cups on our shelves, I kept hearing her voice. Two octave range, brittle on Sundays, tense in the cold of messy encounters, wasted & full of odd-timed lapses in the after-hours clubs. I recalled her as [...]

Poetry

Reviews

THE STAR WAR FACTOR – A Review by Danny Fahey

THE STAR WAR FACTOR A Review by Danny Fahey     I think it was Colin Wilson who said that a writer starting on a novel must pose a problem; the novel is then the instrument for working out the problem. Robert Stanford poses many problems in his book THE STAR WAR FACTOR, the chief [...]

Reviews

Music

The Bridge to Progressive Rock by Duane Pesice

  The Bridge to Progressive Rock by Duane Pesice Psychedelic music and the lack of singles led to progressive radio where d.j.s chose what they would play.  The freeform style led to artistic success for bands employing equally free-form sensibilities, incorporating elements of other styles of music and even other arts into the mix.  This [...]

Music

Submission

Submissions

Our mission is to offer an outlet for those great artists and writers who are, as yet, unnoticed or not widely known.  A place is offered to showcase their work alongside a few more recognised names.  Quality content is the prime aim of this free publication, whether by known or unknown writers and artists.

 

Because we aim to offer opportunity and appeal to younger writers as well as the more experienced, we ask that all work submitted would qualify for a PG rating. Gratuitous sex or violence will not be accepted.

 

Articles: Satirical articles are welcomed, as are general interest articles relating to literature, art, music and the theatre.  These should be a maximum of 3,000 words.

Short stories: The requirement is a maximum of 5,000 words.  Flash fiction is also accepted.

Poetry: Should be a maximum of 600 words (in exceptional circumstances longer poems will be considered).  We welcome haiku and short poems.

 

Written work should be submitted as Word documents and should be properly edited and of publishable standard.

 

Artwork: Should be submitted as a jpeg or png file and should be high resolution.

 

Simultaneous submissions are accepted and we do not demand sole rights or first publishing rights on written submissions.

 

We do not offer payment for submissions at this time although it is hoped that this will change in the near future, subject to revenue from advertising.  This is an opportunity to showcase work and gain publishing credits.  

 

All work submitted must be the original work of the artist or writer who submits it.  

 

Submissions should be sent to:  submissions@motleypress.com

 

If you are submitting in more than one category please use separate emails for each.  A final decision on items to be included will be made two weeks prior to publication and authors or artists will be notified.  Please contact us with any queries you may have in regard of items submitted.