News – LB Sedlacek

Selected Books:

“Alexandra’s Wreck” (Kitty Litter Press)
“Four Thieves of Vinegar and Other Short Stories” (Alien Buddha Press)
“Ghost Policy” (Cyberwit)
“Night Swim” (Alien Buddha Press)
“Organic Soup” (Bottlecap Press)
“Simultaneous Submissions” (Cyberwit)
“The Adventures of Stick People on Cars” (Alien Buddha Press)
“The Architect of French Fries” (Presa Press)
“The Blue Eyed Side” (Cyberwit)
“The Jackalope Committee and Other Tales” (Alien Buddha Press)
“The Poet Next Door” (Cyberwit)
“The Renovator and Motor Addiction” (Alien Buddha Press)
“Unresponsive Sky” (Purple Unicorn Media)
“Words and Bones” (Finishing Line Press)

Latest publications News:

I have two new poems in the latest issue of “Lone Stars” – issue #109. The poems are “Desuetude” and “Catalyst Grows.” Email lonestarsmagazine@yahoo.com to order an issue.
I have 3 short stories in issue #34, September 2025, of “Ginosko Literary Journal.” The stories are: “Paper Products” on page 121, “Singing Lessons” on page 123, and “The Catechism” on page 124. You can check it out here issue 34 CORRECTIONS 8.18.25.odt or view their website here Home – Ginosko Literary Journal
Sept 2025: My short story, “Hostage #6,” is in the latest issue (#18) of “The Kleksograph.” You can download the issue for free at Kleksograph
My poem “Superior Correct Modern Surprise Speakers” is in the current issue of “Mad Swirl.” September 2025. You can check it out here: Superior Correct Modern Surprise Speakers | Mad Swirl
Three poems, “The Hot Spot,” “The Star Swap Shop,” and “The Instructors or Four Steps to Escape the Facility” were published in “The Starbeck Orion” in July 2025.
July 2025 – My poem, “Table Talk,” is in the new issue of “Qutub Minor Review.” You can check it out here: QMR JULY 2025 ISSUE – Qutub Minar Review
My poem “Creative Restraints, Subsequent Conflicts” is in the latest issue of “Lone Stars” magazine. It is in issue #108 published in July 2025.
“The Stairs in Georgetown” a new poem of mine is in the Spring issue #31 of literary magazine, “Canyon Voices.” This poem was written about the infamous Georgetown stairs outside of Washington, DC. You can read the issue here: https://issuu.com/asunewcollege/docs/canyon_voices_issue_31
My poem, “Debating,” is in the new issue of “Literature Today” published June 2025. The issue’s theme is “Echoes of the Human Experience.” Learn more about the issue here: https://literaturetodayjournal.blogspot.com/
June 2025 — My poem, “Dialogue with Socrates,” was published in issue #4 of “Gigantic Tentacles Magazine.” You can check out the issue here: https://www.gigantictentacles.com/current-issue or read my poem here: https://www.gigantictentacles.com/copy-2-of-zheng2-3
May 2025 — A new short story, “Liquid Lies,” has just been published by “The Stray Branch.” It is in the new Spring/Summer 2025 issue. You can learn more about this issue here: Spring/Summer 2025 – The Stray Branch
3 poems published in the April issue of “Impspired.” The poems are “Puppets from India,” “One Such Chic French Word Borrowing,” and “Dunkerque.” They were published in April 2025. Check them out here: https://impspired.com/2025/03/31/lb-sedlacek-2/
April 2025 – My short story, “Azure Jazz, Sassy Lilac” was published in “Books & Pieces” magazine. You can read it here: https://bnpmag.com/2025/04/14/azure-jazz-sassy-lilac-a-story-by-l-b-sedlacek/
March 2025 – My poem “You as Your Own Magnum Opus” was just published by Highland Park Poetry as a Daily Poem. You can read it here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1211796850536380&set=a.579194347129970
February 2025 – A new poem of mine was just published by AIOTB, As It Ought To Be, Magazine. The poem is “Art vs Life (Dream 9/19/15)”. You can read it here: https://asitoughttobemagazine.com/lb-sedlacek-art-vs-life-dream-09-19-15/
January 2025 – “Brief Wilderness” published 5 new poems. The poems are “Groundbreaking,” “Wash and Fold,” “Discussing Photographers on a Sunday Afternoon,” “Miss Misprison,” and “Temporize.” You can read the poems here https://briefwilderness.com/2025/01/25/poetry-by-lb-sedlacek/
My poem “You as Your Own Magnum Opus” was published in Jan 2025 in the Winter Muse’s Gallery. Highland Park Poetry publishes the Gallery. You can read my poem and other poems from other poets here: https://highlandparkpoetry.org/themusesgallery/
January 2025 – In the just published Issue 16 of “Kleksograph” I have a new short story in it called “Acting Attorney.” You can read it here: https://www.kleksograph.be/
My poem “Footing” has just been published in “Subliminal Surgery” – November 2024. You can read it here: Footing – Subliminal Surgery
My short story, “Secondary Drowning,” was published in August in “Close to the Bone.” You can check it out here: Secondary Drowning | Close To The Bone Publishing
My poem “Midsole Secure” won First Place in August 2024 in the Impromptu Poetry Contest held by DreamQuestOne
My poem, “Game Room Prize” is in the new issue of “The Big Windows Review” – Issue 36, Summer 2024.
My poem “Displaced Existence” was published in July 2024 by “As It Ought To Be” magazine.
“Game Room Prize,” a poem, was published in June 2024 in “The Big Windows Review.”
My poem “Hollow, Hollar” received an Honorable Mention in the 2023 “Light of the Stars” contest held by “Lone Stars” magazine. The poems was published in issue #104. Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/p/Lone-Stars-Magazine-100064055644264/ (March 2024 issue)
My short story “Shift” has just been published in the May 2024 Issue 14 of “The Kleksograph.” You can check it out here: Kleksograph
“Terrestrial” is my new short story in the latest issue of “Impspired.” It appears in issue #28, April 2024. You can check it out here: LB Sedlacek – impspired
My short story, “Implied Water,” is in the new issue (March 2024) of “Ginosko Literary Journal.” You can check it out here: https://ginoskoliteraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ginosko-Literary-Journal-31.pdf
My poem, “Cinematic Solitude,” about an old historic movie theater has been published in the 2024 Muse’s Gallery of Highland Park Poetry. It was published in Dec, 2023. You can read it and other poems here: highlandparkpoetry.org/blank-3/
Two of my new poems appear in “Swifts and Slows” a quarterly of crisscrossings, Sept 2023. You can read them here: https://www.arteidolia.com/swifts-slows-lb-sedlacek/
New short story published in Sept 2023 by “The Chamber Magazine.” Read it here: “Mom Hood”
Issue 12 of “The Kleksograph” (Sept 2023) includes my short story, “Last Chance Fireworks in Tennessee.” Find out more and read here: “The Kleksograph”
My new short story, “Human Terms” was published in the July issue of “Literature Today” – August 2023 July Issue – Literature Today
“Conquering the Map” poem in https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=804985704550832&set=a.579194347129970 of “Highland Park Poetry” – July 2023
Two new poems, “The Super, Amazing, Beyond” and “Chautauqua” in the 2023 issue of “Setu” magazine, western voices – https://www.setumag.com/2023/02/lb-sedlacek-western-voices-2023.html
Short story published in “Conceit Magazine” Volume 16, Number 191, February 2023. The story is called “Reset Button.”
New poem published on “Baseball Bard” – it’s called “Home Team” – Jan 2023
“Night Swim” – new poetry book published by Alien Buddha Press, January 2023
My short story, “The Butterfly Kick” is in the January 2023 issue of “The Kleksograph.”
“Study of Chaos” poem published in issue #44 of “Alien Buddha Zine” – December 2022
New poem “Armor” published https://asitoughttobemagazine.com/2022/12/12/lb-sedlacek-armor/ December 2022
First Prize awarded for Prose for my short story “Sight Unseen” by Branches Literary magazine, #25, October 2022
Poem “water infused” published in the 30th anniversary issue of “Iconoclast.” Issue No. 124. ~2022 http://www.iconoclastliterarymagazine.com/
October 2022: 2 short stories, “Emergency Action Plan” and “Lollipop Thunder” published in issue #25 of “Branches Literary Magazine.”
August 2022 – The special fundraising book from Impspired Publications, “Love, Loss and Cardiac Issues” is now available. My short story, “A More Accurate Description of Paint”, is included in it. The profits from this book will go to heart charities. Impspired’s publisher is Steve Cawte. You can check it out and order your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1914130812
July 2022 – New poem up in the new Family issue of “The Poet Magazine.” The poem is “Unsung Heroes.” It appears in Vol. 1 of the Family issue. You can learn about it here: THE POET – FAMILY (thepoetmagazine.org)
Two new poems, “Chasing the Dollar” and “The Potted Plants,” are in the June 2022 issue of “Literature Today Journal.”
Five poems are in the new anthology issue “Midsummer Madness” of “Bindweed Magazine.” The poems are “Studying Darkness,” “Bungee Jumping to the Moon,” “Changing Tunes,” “Dialect,” and “Across the Line.” – June 2022
NEW Short Stories Book “The Jackalope Committee and Other Tales” out now from Alien Buddha Press – June 9, 2022
New poems published in “Al-Khemia Poetica.” The poems are “Harvest” and “Illumination.” – May 2022
New poems “Drummer’s Rhapsody” and “Doorbells” in the “Psalms of the Alien Buddha, Part 2” issue from “Alien Buddha Zine” – May 2022
New poem “Black Truck, Stopped” published by “As It Ought To Be Magazine” – May 2022
April 2022 – Three new poems in “Setu” magazine, Western Voices: The poems are “Universal,” “Alternate Species,” and “In Balance.” You can read them here: https://www.setumag.com/2022/04/Western-Voices-2022-L-B-Sedlacek.html
“51 Spoons in Kansas” and “8 Digit No.” published in “Unlikely Stories” You can read them here: “51 Spoons in Kansas” and “8 Digit No.” | Unlikely Stories Mark V
“Reset Button” – short story published by “Impspired” – April 2022
“Bold” – poem published by “The Big Window Review” – April 2022
“Strangely Alive” – poem published in the April 2022 issue of “Poesis” (Year 5, No. 18)
First Prize awarded for Prose for my short story “Backwards Wink” by Branches Literary magazine, #24, March 2022
My poem “Average Characters” is in the new Issue of “Iconoclast.” It’s in issue #123 – 2022
“Two Signs” in the North Carolina Bards Poetry Anthology – 2021
I have 2 poems in the latest issue of “River Dog.” The poems are “Snow Required” and “Sting Ray” – Nov 2021
I’m thrilled to have a new poem in The Poetic Hill in the new issue of “Hill Rag” – Sept 2021 https://issuu.com/capitalcommunitynews/docs/hill_rag_magazine_september_2021
New short story published in “Unlikely Stories” – “The Fine Art of Full Body Swimming” – The Fine Art of Full Body Swimming | Unlikely Stories Mark V
New poems were just published in the “Adelaide Literary Magazine” – No.47, April 2021

You can read them here: http://adelaidemagazine.org/2021/04/15/paint-poem-by-lb-sedlacek/
Poems “Even Though” and “Captors” in Year 4, Number 14 2021 issue of “Poesis” Main (poesis-journal.com)
New poem, “Butterfly Confidential,” published in “Cajun Mutt Press” May 5, 2021 https://cajunmuttpress.wordpress.com/2021/05/05/cajun-mutt-press-featured-writer-05-05-21/
Read my new poems at the March 31st Online Open Mic https://pondersavant.com/2021/03/31/frigid-water-other-poetry-by-l-b-sedlacek/
March 2021 – Two new poems up “Unused Head Shot” and “Graffiti Trail” http://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2021/03/national-womens-month-tuesday-march-2.html
A new poem, “The Coincidence in Numbers,” just published January 2021 in “Sparks of Calliope.” https://sparksofcalliope.wordpress.com/2021/01/02/the-coincidence-in-numbers-by-l-b-sedlacek/
My newest short story, “Stock Photo,” just published (December 2020) in “impspired” https://impspired.com/2020/12/01/l-b-sedlacek/
Underwater, a poem written by LB Sedlacek at Spillwords.com
The November 2020 issue of “Hill Rag” has my poems about Pete’s Diner in it! https://issuu.com/capitalcommunitynews/docs/hill-rag-magazine-november-2020/84
“Literature Today” (Volume 11) has published two of my poems, “The Covid Hall,” and “View from a Hospital Room” in their current issue, Nov. 2020. https://literaturetodayjournal.blogspot.com/
My micro horro short fiction story, “Keep Off the Tracks” was published in Oct 2020 https://spillwords.com/keep-off-the-tracks/
My poem “The Cure for Plastic” was published in “Madness Muse Press,” Oct 2020 https://madnessmusepress.com/2020/09/27/1224/
My poem “Shaking the Walls” is in “Lone Stars Magazine” #94
My short story, “Inspector 13” was published in Oct 2020 in “Eve” https://evepoetry.com/2020/10/14/inspector-13/
My poems “Burdens” and “Firemen and Poets” are in the June 2020 issue of “Taj Mahal Review.” The issue is more specifically Vol. 20, Issue 1. You can find out more: https://www.amazon.com/TAJ-MAHAL-REVIEW-International-Literature/dp/938831915X or http://www.tajmahalreview.com
New poem, “Six Feet Across, Six Feet Under” on “Pendemic” – May 2020
New post up on “Spillwords,” The Upside Down of Sleepless Nights
Chemists Could Not Resist Experimenting with the Legal Rights of the Good Swimmer new poem up today, 4/16/20 on “Alien Buddha Press”
My poems “Mimeograph” and “Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan” are in the current issue, Poesis, Year 3, Number 10, April 2020, of “Poesis.”
My poem “Legend of the Blue Smoke” was recently published on March 26th, 2020 in “Sparks of Calliope.”
My poem, “Bricklayers and Saints” was recently published at the first of March in “Linerider Press.”
“Higher Paint” published in “As It Ought to Be” – March 2020
My poem “Assembly Line” was published in the March 6th, 2020 post of “Al-Khemia Poetica”
“Spillwords” kindly published this poem, “Garage Maintenance” in Feb. 2020
New short story, Feb. 2020, out on Inverse Journal – “Tip-Up”
Two new poems appear online (Jan 2020) at SCARS and Down in the Dirt magazine. The poems are “Refrigerated Geography” and “The Empty Locker.”
I have 2 new poems, “Strangely Alive” and “Charles Dickens Clarifies the Runaround” in the current issue of “Poesis” – Poesis, Year 3, Number 9, January 2020
My poem “Family Sled” was published in “Edify Fiction” – Dec. 2019
New poems in the Dec 2019 issue of “Adelaide Literary Magazine” Altered – LB Sedlacek – Adelaide Literary Magazine
“Lowest Degree of Volition” and “Confections” are two new poems just published at “Unlikely Stories” – Oct. 2019
My poem “Alterations” was in the Summer 2019 issue of “Harbinger Asylum”
LB Sedlacek is ABP’s featured artist – Sept. 2019 – LB Sedlacek Featured Artist
Wombwell Rainbow Interviews: L.B. Sedlacek – May 2019
New poetry book published by Alien Buddha Press, April 2019: “The Adventures of Stick People on Cars”
New poetry book published by Presa Press: “The Architect of French Fries”
My short story “The Swim” is in the Feb. 2019 Winter issue of “October Hill Magazine”
“Mountain Drive Marvels” new poem published in the Feb 2019 issue of SoFloPoJo – South Florida Poetry Journal. It’s in the Poets Responds to the Prompt part.
3 brand new poems just published this month (Dec 2018) all about baseball – enjoy! http://www.baseballbard.com/authors/lb-sedlacek/
New short story “The Swimming Edge” published by “Unlikely Stories” – Nov. 2018
New poem, “Tourbillon” up now at “Skive Magazine” online.
Two poems “The Instructions for Showers” and “Invisibility School” are in the 20th Anniversary issue of “Unlikely Stories” – July 2018
My short story “The Care and Feeding of Cemeteries” is in the July 2018 issue of “The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature.”
Lone Stars issue #89 published my poem, “Outdoor Events” – June 2018
“A Dune Tune” is a poem of mine just published in issue 12 of “Cloudbank.”
A new poem, “How to Lose a CD” is in issue No. 78 (July 2018) of “Backstreet.”
“The Interactions of Swimmers” is a new poem of mine in the latest issue of “Backstreet” (May/June 2018).
“The Goodnight Post” has just published my poem “Brain Cocktail / Cigarette Halo” – Feb. 2018
I’m a Poetry Super Highway Poet of the Week for the week of Feb 5 – 11th, 2018
“South Florida Poetry Journal” interviewed me for their January 2018 issue – LB Sedlacek – Interview with a Poet
My poem “Cruise in at the Hippie Fest” is in issue 73 of “Backstreet Review”
My poem “Telescope Confessions” is in the Winter 2017 issue of “Blue Heron Review” published earlier this year.
“Diving for Fries” is a new poem recently published, August 2017, in “Arcturus”
“Unlikely Stories” just published 3 of my poems: “Sun Dried Town,” “Tremor” and “Mercurial Minutes” – August 2017
“Cheese Triangles” – a new poem published in the August 2017 issue of “Lone Star Magazine.”
“Contemporary Poetry – An Anthology of Present Day Best Poems Vol. 3 2016-17” published my poem “Tiny Remnants”
“Ice Minimum” is a new poem I have in issue No. 72 of “Backstreet Review”
My poem “Nasty Women Marching in Washington, DC” is in the No. 71 issue of “Backstreet Review.”
“Sick Lit Magazine” published my poems “Bruising History,” “Life Hours” and “Gone Away” – April 5, 2017
My poem “Clown Central” is in the Vol V #1 issue of “Woven Tale Press” Feb 2016
I’m a Poetry Super Highway Poet of the Week for the week of January 30-February 5, 2017.
“Avoiding Mile 16” and “Trickle Effect” are poems of mine in No. 15 issue of “Digging Through the Fat.”
“Fortune Cookie Poem #31” and “Carolina Beach Arcade” are 2 poems in the new issue of “Bindweed” – Oct. 2016
“Energy Turns” is a new poem in the Number 22 issue – 2016 – of “Exit 13 Magazine.”
“How to Sculpt”, a poem, was published in the Fall 2016 issue of “Poetry Quarterly.”
I have a one-liner poem in issue #83, July 2016, of “Lone Stars Poetry Magazine.” It’s on page 11.
New poem “Jumping from a Moving Train” is in the Summer 2016 issue of “The Courtship of Winds.”
“The Bee Cup,” “Depiction,” and “Backwards/Forwards” were 3 poems published in the 2016 issue of “Branches.”
A short story, “Super Can Dance” was published in the March 2016 issue of Rapid River Magazine.
New poem in issue #64, Feb 2016, of “Backstreet Review.” The poem is “Cotton Candy Headline.”
New on Kindle: a memoir, “Life after Wreck” Life after Wreck, a memoir
New poems: “Flying Order” and “Frame Change” in the latest issue (Jan/Feb 2016) of Random Sample Review.
“Notes on Postcards” is a new poem of mine in issue #63 of “Backstreet Review” (Dec. 2015).
“Between Rome and Aldebaran” – a poem – is in Issue Six Winter 2015 of “Crab Fat Magazine.”
My poem “Soil Tests” is in the #62 issue of “Backstreet Review” Sept. 2015
Now available on Kindle: “The EP Hunting Club: Book One The Poem Code“
“Secondary Battery” was published in the April 2015 issue of “Poetic Diversity“
“Anybody’s Count” (a poem) was published in Issue 7 of “Five2One” magazine.
“Cattle Bones” (a poem) was published in the Winter 2014 issue of “Ozone Park Journal.”
My poem “The Skip Tracer” is in the current issue of “Tales of the Talisman”http://talesofthetalisman.com/ – Volume 10, Issue 2http://talesofthetalisman.com/Tales10-2-TOC.html
“Poetic Diversity” published my poem “The Bed Dance” in the Nov. 2014 issue.
New poem, Nov 2014, “In Winter” Unfold Magazine
“The Abrasive Effects of Sand” is a new poem in the latest issue of “The Provo Canyon Review”Vol. 2, Issue 3 – July 2014
“Seeing the Invisible Fence” and “A Corvair Tale” were published in the February 2014 issue of “Poetry Pacific.”
A new poem was just published in December Week 3 issue, Dec. 16, 2013, of “Cowboy Poetry Press.” The poem is “Boots Crunching on Gravel.”
“Salt Wounds” a new short story in the Farewell issue of “Skive Magazine. – November 2013.”
My poem “Three Cowboys from Space Experiencing Developmental Topographical Disorientation” is in the Autumn 2013 issue of “Illumen”
I have 2 poems that were published recently by “The Faircloth Review.” The poems are “About a Waitress” and “Strange Line Fellows.” They were published in the Oct. 6, 2013 post.
“Rescue” – a poem – was published in the August 2013 issue of “The Whirlwind Review.”
“Choosing When to Breathe” is a new poem of mine in the May issue of “The Speculative Edge.”
PoetrySuperHighway Poet of the Week June 3-9, 2013. Featured poem “Gnawing at Sky.”
New: LB Sedlacek – Tumblr
Two poems are in the May 2013 issue of “Poetry Pacific.” The poems are “Candy Sweet Veins” and “Porcupine Rain.”
My poem “Constant Never” is in the current issue of RiverLit No. 10, Vol. 3, Issue 2 (April 2013). Click here for RiverLit’s main website.
“The Balm of Gilead” is in Issue 4, Spring 2013 of “The Whirlwind Review.”
My poems “Word Plays,” “E-Anthems,” “Rude Awakening,” and “The Joy of Cooking” are in the April 2013 issue of Skive Magazine. You can download it here: Free Skive April Fool’s Day Ebook
“Icicle Daggers,” “Landing Strip,” “Non-Paper,” and “Thin Soil” all new poems in the current issue (April 2013) of “Foliate Oak Literary Magazine.”
“Yard Sale,” a poem is in issue #46 of “Backstreet Poetry Review” (Feb. 2013)
“Wild Onions,” a poem is in issue #45 of “Backstreet Poetry Review.”
New and now available for Kindle is my chapbook of poems “The Cat and the Carroll A. Deering and Other North Carolina poems.” The chapbook is currently sold out but it is available as an ebook. Now it is on Kindle, too as of Feb. 2013.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day my poem “The Philosophy of a Kiss“
New poetry ebook and chapbook now available (Jan. 2013). See Publications page for more info. NEW: District of Confusion (The Washington, DC poems) – poetry ebook
My poem “Ghost Talkers” is in the new issue of “Big Pulp.” The issue is Winter 2012: Lot’s Crawlers.
Two poems are in the November 2012 issue of “The Copperfield Review.” The poems are “Creative Restraints, Subsequent Conflicts” and “Edison’s Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze.”
My poem “Thief Unaware” is in the latest issue of “Tales of the Talisman” Vol. III, Issue 2.
My poem “Frontier Adventure” is in the latest issue of “Tales of the Talisman” Vol. III, Issue 1, Summer 2012.
I have two dreams in the “Real Dreams” issue of “Skive Magazine” – June 2012.
My review of the poetry book “She Wore Emerald Then” Reflections on Mothers and Motherhood (Review) by Magdelena Ball and Carolyn Howard-Johnson with Photography by May Lattanzio was in “The New Book Review” April 2012.
“The Proper Way to Husk a Coconut” is a poem of mine just published in “Shaking.” It was published this month, May 2012.
My poem “Cracks in the Day” is in the new issue (Winter 2012) of “Third Wednesday.“
“Afternoon Meeting” is a poem that was included in the new anthology published by “Ginosko.” It’s called “Ginosko Short Fiction and Poetry.” The anthology should be available as print or an ebook. It was published March 2012
My poem “Toe Chains” was posted Jan 29, 2012 on “Pure Francis.”
“Abandoned Ground” was just published in the poetry anthology “Testing the Waters.” The anthology was put together by Old Books on Front St. in Wilmington, NC. It was released Feb. 2012.
“The Eskimo Vaporizer” was published in “Apparent Magnitude” in Dec. 2011
“Changing Tunes” is a new poem in the latest issue, #39, of “Backstreet Poetry Review” – Dec. 2011.
“Water on Tap” is a poem of mine that was recently published in “Backstreet Poetry Review.” It was published in #37, July 2011.
My poem “Evolution of a Bread Store” is in the new anthology “Broken Circles: A gathering of poems for hunger” It was released in August 2011. 57 poets from San Francisco to New York gathered poems and each is charged with taking it back to their local area and generating events that benefit local food banks.
“Car Interiors” (poem) was recently published in the 2011 issue, #10 of “Ginosko.” It was published Sept. 2011.
“Sunshine and Soap” is a poem of mine in the new issue (Issue 25, Neogene) of “Mastodon Dentist.” It was published in August 2011.
My short story “Wreckers” is in the current issue of “Sunsets and Silencers” – June 2011.
New science fiction short story “Xenophobia” just published in “My Morning Story“
My poem “Nautical” was published in June 2011 in “Sea Stories.”
6 Tales recently published my short story “The Chooser” in the May 2011 issue.
The Spring 2011 issue of Illumen has my poem “Replica for Hire” in it.
“Butterscotch Reflections” is a poem of mine that was in #35 of “Backstreet Poetry Review” released March 2011. Published in hard copy, issues are $3 each.
Widowmoon Press just published my short story, “The Magnetic Soccer Sign Theory” – March 2011.
“A Wizards Gray Matter” is a poem of mine just published on Fickle Muses – March 13, 2011
New on Kindle:
Sugar Cubes & Other Stories – short story collection on Kindle – March 2011
Tuesday is Wednesday, Vol. 1 – poetry chapbook on Kindle – Feb. 2011
The Poet’s Survival Guide 1, How to Write and Make $ with your Poetry – poetry writing ebook on Kindle – Feb. 2011
The Poet’s Survival Guide 2 – In the Trenches, poetry writing ebook on Kindle – April 2011
“Waterways” — a poem — was just published in the forthcoming issue of “Hudson View Poetry Digest” Winter 2011 Issue 6 Number 1.
“Mile Marker 31” is a new poem just published in “H.O.D.” (Handful of Dust), Issue #3 – Feb. 14, 2011.
My poem – just in time for Winter snow – “The Family Sled” was just published on My Morning Story – Jan. 2011
A couple of my free verse poems can be found in the Jan/Feb 2011 Let Us Pray feature of “Sketchbook.” My poems are “One Voice” and “A Warrior In Our Midst.”
Twisting, a new poetry chapbook, is now available.Featuring poems of place and imagery.From “Liquid Bones””Fists slamming into the sky/turning boundaries into ashes/liquid bones straight as rails/ripped apart to make more parking lots/for dormant vehicles/driven minutes or hours per day/to factories…”From “Mouthfuls of Fog””Two metal spoons/Digging/Through oatmeal./Like pools of fog/Over San Francisco Bay/At sunrise…”From “The Headache Room””Candy apples split/by a vote of absenteeism/and faded smiles. The loafers/crawl up on one another/and battle it out for insoles/or polish. Red fingers/flush back bitter morsels/and the eyes glow …””Twisting” by LB SedlacekPublished by Four2Three PressCopyright 2010, LB SedlacekTo order:E-book (delivered via email)Chapbook (delivered via snail mail)~Shipping additional for international orders
My short story “Postcards” has just been published in the new fourth edition of “Literary House Review” anthology – 2010.
My poem “Keep What You Catch” won First Place in the 2010 Caldwell Literary Contest.”
“Last Meeting of the Travel Agents” is my new poem in the latest issue of “Backstreet Poetry Review” – #33 Dec. 2010.
You can see/hear my poem being performed at smories.com — it’s called “The Singing Cat.” Published Nov. 2010.
“Acting Classes in Georgetown” is a poem I have in the Americana issue (November 2010) of “Skive Magazine.”
My poem “Backward Checkmarks” is in the latest issue (Fall 2010) of “Tales of the Talisman” Vol. 6 Issue 2
“My Morning Story” published my short story “Fog Likely” in April of 2010.
“The Broad River Review” published my poem “How to Lease a Family” in their 2010 issue.
“Asphalt Picnics” was published in “My Morning Story” May 2010.
My poem “Out of Gas in North Carolina” was published in “Backstreet” in Nov. of 2009. It was, obviously, about the gas shortage and the long lines and all that went along with the waiting (good and bad).
“The Poet’s Survival Guide 2” – featuring 11 new chapters on how and where to sell your poems + PR tips and more.Brand new for 2010, “The Poet’s Survival Guide 2” features moreof what you should know and do to make a living or a part-timeliving writing poetry. Featuring 11 brand new chapters on how and where to sell your poems. Includes PR tools that you can use to promote your work plus innovative ways to make some bucks selling your poems. Includes Secret Poet Weapons plus links and resources.Copyright 2010. Order your copy today!To order: Order “The Poet’s Survival Guide 2” Ebook
New poetry chapbook -“A Breath of Paint”featuring travel and adventure poems poems by LB Sedlacek. $2 (US) (postage included for US orders).From “A Road Trip” by LB Sedlacek:“We ride along the bumpy road staringat the trees / and farms like we’d neverseen them before, but / they are as familiaras a baby doe dodging traffic in / search ofits mother and it seems that Eddie Money /is always playing on the radio…”Order direct from the author by paypal.com“A Breath of Paint” by LB Sedlacekor for snail mail orders send email for snail mail address to:Email LB LB Sedlacek – website
New Short Story Collection: “Juliet’s Whiskey Rules & OtherUnusual Short Stories” by LB Sedlacek is now available:“Juliet’s Whiskey Rules …” by LB Sedlacek
The premiere issue of “Assisi” An Online Journal of Arts & Letters includes my poem “Luther’s Theory of Rain.” The issue is Vol. 1, Issue 1, Spring 2010. “Assisi” is a publication of St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY.
Issue VI, Volume II : March 2010 of “Connotation Press: An Online Artifact” has published my poem “Human Popsicle.” Click here for poetry Written Artists: Poetry.
The new issue of “Tertulia Magazine” – Dec. 2009 – has published my poem “Work Blue.”
The new issue of “Manorborn” – 2009: The Water Issue (Vol. 7, Number 1 Sept. 2009) features 2 new poems of mine. The poems are “Where Rivers Cross” and “Frozen Water.” It is published by the Harford Poetry and Literary Society.
The latest issue of “Skive Magazine” contains two of my poems. The poems are “Blondes On Broadway” and “Coffee Shop Latitude.” The issue is #12, September 2009.
The current issue (May – June 2009) of “Tertulia Magazine” has published 2 of my poems, “Ocracoke Melodies” and “The Relevancy of Chandeliers.”
Poetry Monthly has published 2 of my poems, “Asphalt Picnics” and “Fear of Trees” in the May 2009 issue.
I have several poems (Around the Clock, The Curious Placement of Things, and Ghost with a Resume) in the current issue of Audience Magazine, #11 – Volume 3, Number 3.
“Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal” issue 25, Jan – March 2009 contains my short story, “Paint.”
“Us, 20 Minutes From Now” is another poem that’s in the current (weekly) edition of “The Saturday Diner” (Feb. 7, 2009).
My poem “Licking the Flames” is in the current edition of “Backstreet” (Feb. 2009)
I have several poems (“27 Names,” “Mental Novocain,” “Merging Left,” and “The Patience Test”) online currently for December 2008 at ditch, poetry that matters.
My children’s short story, “Wildcat Ridge” was recently published on StoriesThatLife.com
I have several poems in the latest issue, fall 08, of “Adagio Verse Quarterly” — the poems are “Water on Tap,” “Mouthfuls of Fog,” and “Cue Balls.”
My short story “Corporeal” won First Place in the 2008 Caldwell Literary Competition, Oct. 2008.
My poem “Walking By Sound” won First Place in the 2008 Caldwell Literary Competition, Oct. 2008.
My poem “Magnetic Neighborhood” is in Issue 12 of “Opinion Guy’s Speculative Fiction“
I’m now on Twitter if you want to follow me …. Twitter-LB Sedlacek
The latest issue of “ESC! Magazine” has one of my poems in it, Vol 12 No. 1
Three poems are in the first issue of the new online zine, “Cyclamens and Swords“
“Gloom Cupboard” #38 has published a poem “Light Bulb Heat.” Not sure why, but this is one of my favorite poems I’ve ever written. There’s also a lot of wonderful work up online by other artists, too.
The 4th edition of “I-70 Review” contains my poem “Under Twilight.” You can order a copy for $10 (US) at: I-70 Review, 913 Joseph Dr., Lawrence KS 66049.
My poem “Uncloaked” is in the Spring 2008 print issue of “Illumen” published by Sam’s Dot Publishing.
“Popcorn Sky” a new poem of mine is in the Spring 2008 issue of “Poesia” published by Indian Bay Press.
My poems “The Zero Lot Line” and “Used Book Store Owner” were published in the May edition of “Poetry Monthly.”
My poem, “By a Stream in the Summer” was just featured in the “Book Lover’s Haven” April 2008 newsletter. It is published by Chistell Publishing.
A new short story, “Sugar Cubes” was published in one of the weekly issues of www.4indianwoman.com in March 2008.
Two poems, “The Golden Age of Glenrio” and “Physical Earth (haiku)” in Issue 1, March 2008 issue of “The Sigurd Journal.”
My short story, “33 Seconds” performed in the March 2008 podcast of “The Drabblecast.”
“Blue 31” — a poem — was published in the Jan. 2008 issue of “Bent Pin Quarterly.”
My short story, “The Orientation of Silhouettes” is in the Dec. 2007 – Issue 6 of “Skive Magazine Quarterly.”
Two of my poems, “Ghosts Within” and “The Silent House” are currently online (Dec. 2007) at “The Time Garden.”
My review of Stephen Mead’s “Selected Works” was just posted on Outsider Writers.
My poem “Balance” won Third Place in the 2007 Caldwell Literary Competition. Winners read their works at a reception and cash prizes were awarded. I enjoyed hearing the other works that won.
“The Perfection of Pinecones” is one of my poems that has been published in the Autumn 2007 issue of “Inspirit” the literary journal of Baughman Memorial United Methodist Church.
I had one of my haiku appear in the latest issue (Oct. 2007) of “Bear Creek Haiku.”
In Volume 17, Fall 2007 issue of “Passport Journal” my poem, “A Road Trip” has been published.
A new poem just in time for Halloween, “The Hard Body Diet” in the latest issue (Fall 2007) of “Down in the Cellar“
26. My poem “Dismantling” is in the current issue of “Backstreet Poetry” – #13, Sept. 2007.
My latest poetry collection has just been released:Red Headed Eskimos.It’s available as an Ebook download or as a book.
My short story, “Ghost, Come Again” has been accepted and is available on Amazon Shorts, http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Come-Again/dp/B000U9ODRW/ref=dp_shrt_new_0/103-0233617-6043806?ie=UTF8&qid=1185467475&sr=8-1
FYI: it is not a ghost or horror story, but literary fiction and a bargain at only 49 cents!
My poem “Animal Shadows” was published in V07, Co8 of “Poetry rePairs.”
A new poem, “The Green Grass Road” can be found in the new issue of “Iodine Poetry Journal’s” poetry broadside “Open Cut” (2007.)
My poem “17 x 12 x 8” is in the May 2007 issue of “Red River Review.”
“The Interruption Jar” is in #11 (2007) of “Backstreet Poets.”
My poem “Taking a Breath” is online at “FutureCycle.”
“The Echo of Lima Beans” is a short story of mine in the current issue of “ESC! Magazine,” Vol. 11, No. 1.
“afternoon meeting” is a poem of mine published in “Ginosko” issue #4.
My short story “Sundrop Shots” is in the short story quarterly “Skive Magazine” – June 2007 issue.
You can read some of my poems and a poetry review at: strangeroad.com
My poem “Addicted to Poe” is in the April 2007 edition of “T-Zero” The Writer’s Ezine.
Just published April 2007 – you can read an interview I did with writer and poet Scott Virtes in “Outsider Writers.”
My poem “30 Second Tragedy” can be found online at “High Contrast” — Jan. 2007. Check it out at: High Contrast
My literary short story “The Moon’s Silhouette” is in the December 2006 of the Australian magazine, “Skive Magazine.” I also have a poem up in the November 2006 online magazine, “Andwerve.”
I have three poems in the latest issue of “Heritage Writer”. “Heritage Writer” publishes articles on the mechanics of researching, recording, and preserving our heritage along with poems and essays about interesting family members and about the personal side of historical events. Two of my published poems are about North Carolina legends, “The Cat and the Carroll A. Deering” and “The Footprints of Nathaniel Batts.” The other is on the the first man to receive Social Security. If you are interested in heritage, ancestry, etc. and even if you aren’t this is a great publication!
My poem Peaches and Blame is currently online in the Scottish publication,”Open Mouse.” “Open Mouse” is part of Poetry Scotland.
You can read my poem “Cloud Painting” in “The Aroostook Review.” There’s lots of other good poetry there as well. Check it out: “The Aroostook Review” – Home. Link: http://aroostookreview.umfk.maine.edu/archive/viewarticle.cfm?archive=4&genre=poetry&id=23
“Spiky Palm” has published my poem “How To Catch a Pinwheel” in their Summer 2006 (Vol. 3, Issue 2) issue. The issue contains a lot of good poems by other folks as well.
“A-Frames” has been published in the latest edition of “Lucidity” (Vol. 21, Summer 2006, No. 1). To order a copy, send $3.50 to: Lucidity, 14781 Memorial Dr. #10, Houston TX 77079-5210. I also do some poetry and writing news on the podcast and blog , ESC! Magazine’s “Coffee House to Go.”
Silver Moon Magazine has just published my mystery short story, “Flying Backwards” in their May 2006 issue. You have to be a subscriber to read it, though! The story is set in the Bisti Badlands in New Mexico. The Bisti Badlandsare close to Farmington and where dinosaur tracks can be found. It’s an interesting spot to visit but very very hot!
My short story, Jaden’s View of Jupiter has just been published by SouthLit.com — a site specializing in contemporary southern literature. They publish poetry, fiction, book reviews, humor and also have interviews. “Jaden’s View of Jupiter” is set in the south, of course! Check it out. Their issues are free to read. This was published in the May 2006 issue.
Had a couple of poems accepted in GHOTI Dec. 2005
Some of my latest poetry can be found at Adagio Verse Quarterly, Word Riot, Tales of the Talisman and Ultraverse. My short story “Paint” is currently up on Southern Hum. (Nov. 2005) Word Riot Southern Hum Adagio Verse Quarterly Tales of the Talisman
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