I took the 2016 list entitled “185 Literary Magazines Accepting Reprints” from publishedtodeath.blogspot.com and manually checked each entry. Those which no longer functioned or explicitly stated they only want unpublished work […]
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33 Publishers of Poetry Books & Chapbooks
This list was compiled for your convenience but is by no means exhaustive. Please respond in the comments with additional outlets as well as your experience with the various publishers […]
Poems Previously Published in January
Chris Rice Cooper Blog | “Backstory of the Poem #229, #230, #231” On January 10, 2021, Chris Cooper published a PhotoFeature Story on my poems: “Armed with Imagination,” “Overthrown,” and […]
Poems Previously Published in December
Poems by Randal A. Burd, Jr. Previously Published in December The following is a descriptive list of Randal A. Burd, Jr.’s poetry previously published in December. Find all of these […]
Poems Previously Published in November
Poems by Randal A. Burd, Jr. Previously Published in November The following is a descriptive list of Randal A. Burd, Jr.’s poetry previously published in the month of November. Find […]
Poems Previously Published in October
The following is a descriptive list of Randal A. Burd, Jr.’s poetry previously published in the month of October. Find most of these poems in the collection: Memoirs of a […]
Symbolism Run Amok: The Demise of the Bellamy Salute
With their right arms extended stiffly forward, angled upward with fingers straight, man, woman, and child reflexively spoke the familiar words in unison. While this scenario might easily be mistaken […]
Genealogy Mystery #1: Fayette, Missouri, 1887
Genealogy Mystery #1: Fayette, Howard County, Missouri – 24 May 1887 I was browsing an antique store on July 29, 2015, in Waynesville, Missouri, and found this original photograph from […]
Divining the Truth: The Ancient Mystical Practice of Dowsing
Having spent years discussing all things genealogy with fellow family history enthusiasts, the subject of dowsing for the location of graves has come up on several occasions. Not only are […]
Strange Traditions Involving Death in the Victorian Era
The following traditions involving death were once commonly observed in the United States and elsewhere in the English-speaking world. While you may find the occasional instance of one of these […]
Murder Castle: Henry Holmes’s Hotel of Horrors
Dr. Henry Holmes was a serial killer who built a hotel of horrors dubbed the “Murder Castle” in Chicago in the 1890s. It was 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, and celebration […]