Submissions; by the numbers

By Christopher Shoust

As soon as the call for submissions opened, we got quite a number of projects which we were happy to look at and consider. It is difficult because, really all submissions have merit and qualities but what it comes down to is, the ones that don’t get selected are judged mostly because of technical, legal or copyright issues. But anyway, I thought these pie charts would be interesting to those in the industry. They are to us anyway…

New author signed: John Biscello

By Christopher Shoust

As of today, Lost Telegram Press has signed another author who is new to us but not new to the publishing market: John Biscello. John has a new novel manuscript that will require some different attention, being a layered, somewhat experimental novel. So we agreed that Lost Telegram Press was a fitting avenue for it. This is in part, due to his passion for small presses and independent publishing.

Introducing: Taylor Thornburg

By Christopher Shoust

Taylor is Lost Telegram Press’s newest signing author. His novel is currently in production. He is an author and essayist based in Chicago, Illinois. His fiction explores strange yet humane ways of being. His fiction can be found in The Garfield Lake Review, L’Esprit Literary Review, Thirteenth Floor Magazine, Valley Voices, The Heartwood Literary Review, Disco Kitchen, and elsewhere.

New author signed to Lost Telegram Press

By Christopher Shoust

In the last few days a new author has joined the Lost Telegram Press list. He is from Chicago, Illinois and that is all I will tell you at the moment as he is preparing the words to introduce himself, which I will post here in the next few days