Introducing Hemingway’s Shotgun

There’s quite a bit on my plate these days. Carver’s Dog needs daily fodder, of course. And taking care of my ailing mother and her personal affairs is a full-time job for me and Miss L. Plus I just picked up three new writing gigs: an industrial film, a feature-length documentary, and book reviewing for Pop Matters. So, one might logically ask what the hell I was thinking when I decided this weekend to launch a new venture.

The new project, Hemingway’s Shotgun, is strictly an editorial task for me. From the call for submissions:

Hemingway’s Shotgun is an online magazine devoted to all manner of poetic verse but with a particular emphasis on poetry on the topic of literature, books, and reading.

Send us your poetry today. We’re not particular. Iambic pentameter? Cool. Sonnets? Sure, why not? Haiku and haiku sonnets? Absolutely. Anything that displays the art of rythmical composition and speaks to the subject of literature will be considered. And of course all authors retain their copyright(s). Include a two-line bio.

What we’re doing is community building and exposing good craft with verse. Which is another way of saying that there is no compensation.

Our first contribution, from poet Scot Young, is already up and running. Have a look-see and feel free to contribute.