Issue Six Hundred Sixty

Root Smoke: Now Seeking Submissions

Root Smoke is a new online journal of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and artwork. They also sometimes publish other literary offerings like book reviews, interviews, and hybrid writing. Their mission is to bridge divides within the literary world: “Root Smoke brings together genre writers, literary writers, visual artists and more within a single threaded and…

Notes from the Editor’s Desk: January 2026

This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is a space to share information that doesn’t fit anywhere else in our publication. This includes a wide range of opportunities for writers, news and information, and subscribers’ recent success stories. Opportunities: Poemancer: A Poetry Journey is a new card game “that…

Making Quiet but Effective Moves: An Introverted Author’s Guide to Successful Marketing

By Adesuwa Egbon In today’s world, writing a great book often isn’t enough. To find your readers, you have to promote it, a daunting task for the introverted author who finds self-promotion to be an  exhausting performance. The good news is that you can market your work effectively without resorting to extroversion. Reframe Your Goal:…

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