The novelist “of all men cannot
think only of himself or for himself. And when the last page
is written and the ink crusts on the pen-point . . . he will
be able to say: ‘I never truckled, I never took off the hat
to Fashion and held it out for pennies. By God, I told them
the truth. They liked it or they didn’t like it. What had
that to do with me? I told them the truth; I knew it for the
truth then, and I know it for the truth now.’”
Laughing Fire Press invites
novelists, short story writers, poets, and playwrights to
share their truths and submit their works for possible
publication. For further information, see
Submission Guidelines.
We are especially interested in playwright submissions at
this time.
Do you have an out-of-print book you would like to
reprint? Laughing Fire Press invites requests.
Laughing Fire Press is one
of many independent presses and
groups concerned with raising public awareness about the
social, political, cultural, economic, and ecological issues
in today’s world.
Laughing Fire Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Gulls Hold Up the Sky: Poems 1983–2010 by J. Patrick Lewis, an accomplished poet whose poems have been published in many poetry journals, including The Gettysburg Review, American Literary Review, The Adirondack Review, Spoon River Quarterly, and Santa Barbara Review. This collection of serious and light verse does what poetry is expected to do: challenge and move the reader to confront his/her own feelings, perceptions, and experiences of being alive.
