Outsider News

General news item bulletins regarding items of interest to Outsider Writer members as well as Outsider Writing at large.

The Velvet Podcast, Episode 007: INTERVIEW with Blake Butler

August 1, 2010
By Caleb J Ross
The Velvet Podcast, Episode 007: INTERVIEW with Blake Butler

Episode #007 of The Velvet Podcast is now live! “If I made it I might as well destroy it by eating it” – Blake Butler In this interview episode of The Velvet Podcast, Caleb J Ross…
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Grease Stains, Kismet, and Maternal Wisdom available for preorder!

July 23, 2010
By Caleb J Ross
Grease Stains, Kismet, and Maternal Wisdom available for preorder!

OWC contributor and marathon marathoner, Mel Bosworth‘s new story collection Grease Stains, Kismet, and Maternal Wisdom, is now available for preorder from Aqueous Books. We’re fans of both the AqBooks and the Mel Bosworth, so you can be…
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The Velvet Podcast, Episode 006: Jennifer’s Lost Overboard Body: Cinemuck Boogaloo

July 6, 2010
By Caleb J Ross
The Velvet Podcast, Episode 006: Jennifer’s Lost Overboard Body: Cinemuck Boogaloo

Another episode of The Velvet Podcast is now live. Discussion of other mediums like film and television has always been an important aspect of The Velvet, because we find that our shared tastes in books translates well to art and…
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Pear Noir! #4 is now available

July 4, 2010
By Caleb J Ross
Pear Noir! #4 is now available

I was lucky enough to get a story published in the first issue of Pear Noir!, unaware at that time that the journal would grow and mature to be one of the most dependable lit journals to appear…
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Undie Press Offering Free Ad Space [UPDATED]

June 26, 2010
By Tim Hall

UNDIE PRESS is relaunching later this summer as an online magazine. To help kick things off I’m offering free ad space to any OWC members (and readers) who’d like to promote a book, site, whatever. Ad specs: size: for best…
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