Hey Music / Lit lovers 

Thanks again for your support. We’re one-third through the campaign for our Music anthology and it’s probably time to crank things up a bit. 

So let's start with the exciting addition of some limited edition bonus items. 

With every individual / Music Lover pre-order you have a chance to win any of the following: 

• 1 of 20 Little Fiction “fuck yeah short stories” tote bags (seen here) 

• 1 of 50 sets of Little Fiction cover art postcards based (set of 8) 

• 1 of 20 signed Music anthology posters 

• 1 of 20 sets of Music anthology stickers (set of 5) 

And with every multiple / Die Hard pre-order, you’ll be eligible to win: 

• 1 of 10 anthology-inspired mix tapes (on an actual tape. Tape player / Walkman not included. But we’ll gladly throw in a download link.) 

For those who have already pre-ordered, consider yourself eligible. And please, help us spread the word. The only way to get your book is if we hit our pre-order goal and we need your continued help to make that happen. 

Lastly, but certainly not least (leastly?), we’ve posted an excerpt from Megan Stielstra’s amazingly fantastic (and Jane's Addiction-fueled) essay, “Stop Reading and Listen.” 

The mighty Roxane Gay says of Megan’s writing, “Stielstra is a masterful essayist.” And we couldn’t agree more. That’s why we think you stop reading this and start reading that. 

So on that note, thanks again. 

Talk soon, 

Troy + Amanda  

Hey again Nomfiction fans 

We’re almost one full month into our campaign (still two more to go) and after a great start, things have slowed down a bit. That seems pretty normal to us (initial excitement and all that) but we’re hoping to kick things back into high gear, starting with some newly added bonus items. 

Every single pre-order (aka, the “Main Course”) of the book now makes you eligible for a chance at a whole bunch of limited edition exclusives, including: 

• 1 of 50 sets of Nomfiction-inspired recipe cards (set of 8)

• 1 of 20 Big Truths tote bags (featuring this lovely design) 

• 1 of 20 signed Nomfiction posters 

• 1 of 5 custom-designed Nomfiction aprons 

And, if you pre-order more than 1 copy through the “Prixe Fix” option, you’ll get a tote (or poster or t-shirt) featuring the entire Nomfiction collection in a stunning visual format (courtesy of Litographs) and a chance to have dinner in Toronto with the editors and as many of our Nomfiction authors as we can get to join us. We’re only giving away one of these and we might even cook for you. (Travel and lodging not included. Sorry.) 

If you’ve pre-ordered either, you’re automatically entered. Because we’re fair like that. 

Also if you’ve already pre-ordered, we would really appreciate it if you kept spreading the word. We need to hit 1,000 pre-orders for everyone to get their copy (or copies). 

We’ll be updating a little more frequently from here on out (quite possibly with news of an event in Toronto), so apologies in advance if you get sick of hearing from us. We promise it will all be worth it. 

Thanks again for your awesome support, 

Troy + Amanda 

PS - we’ve posted a new essay from the collection. Check out “Discomfort Food” by Maggie Downs — a powerful a story about filling our stomachs when our hearts are empty.

Hey folks

Thank you so much for backing and following our upcoming Music anthology. The collection is starting to come together nicely, and we’re adding new authors every day.

We’ve also got a teaser trailer that you can check out, set fittingly to “In The Music” by The Roots.

But for our first update, we’d like to introduce you to the writers we have so far… 

Trevor Corkum, author of our first posted story, Thursday Night Karaoke, is a Pushcart and Journey Prize nominated writer whose most recent publications include Grain and The Malahat Review. If you’re a publisher looking for the next great story collection, contact his agent. Or us, we’ll put you in touch. 

Jay Hosking’s debut novel, Three Years With The Rat, is forthcoming from Penguin / Hamish Hamilton (Summer, 2016). In addition to being a writer, Jay is a also Neuroscience post-doc at Harvard and is finishing up a Creative Writing MFA at the University of British Columbia. Oh, and he’s a musician, too. Probably would have been quicker to list the things he isn’t. 

Mensah Demary is the editor-in-chief of Specter Magazine, literary editor of Fourculture Magazine, and is co-curator for the LIT Brooklyn music and reading series. He is also a columnist for The Butter, where in his Liner Notes column he writes about the music of his life. For our Music anthology, we hear he’s going to be writing about J Dilla’s Donuts. Sweet.

Wendy C. Ortiz is a Los Angeles native and the author of Excavation: A Memoir (Future Tense Books, 2014) which Bustle called “powerful and gripping, the story of a woman learning to reclaim her heart and her voice.” She is also the author of the newly released Hollywood Notebook (Writ Large Press, 2015), and the forthcoming Bruja (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2016).

Steve Karas’ stories have previously appeared in the anthologies Friend. Follow. Text. #storiesFromLivingOnline (Enfield & Wizenty, 2013) and Bully (KY Story, 2015). His debut story collection, Kinda Sorta American Dream, is due out from Tailwinds Press, Fall 2015. You can read the title story here. 

Will Johnson is a writer and journalist currently calling Nelson, BC his home. His stories have appeared in numerous publications throughout the U.S. and Canada. Here’s Will on his story for the collection, If They Had Music.

Christopher Evans is the prose editor for PRISM Magazine, one of Canada’s most celebrated literary journals. His story for the music collection can’t be easily described. But we can tell you it’s pretty awesome. And it involves Sonic Youth. Which is also awesome.

Beth Gilstrap is the editor-in-chief of Atticus Review and author of I Am Barbarella, a fantastic debut story collection out now from Twelve Winters Press. We talked to Beth recently about music and writing (among other things) in an interview you can read here. 

That’s it for now. Back with more authors and another story from the collection soon. 

Cheers,

Troy + Amanda

Hey everyone

Thanks so much for backing our Nomfiction project and for following along. It's been a great first few days of the campaign and we hope you've had a chance to check out the two essays from the collection that we've shared — Deb Fleischman's "Arancini" and Vivek Shraya's "Feed The Birds."  

When we started putting the collection together, it was unanimous decision to lead things off with Deb's story. We saw it as everything we wanted the anthology to encompass: it crosses boarders and tempts us with new tastes and new smells, but it also deals pointedly with more serious, far-reaching issues like race relations and personal histories that are both challenging and humbling. Deb Fleischman is a fantastic writer (as you'll see evidence of here) who also runs a writing workshop for high school students in Vermont. 

Vivek Shraya is many things. A writer, a singer, a film maker. An artist. My first real introduction to Vivek was seeing him sing a Janet Jackson song, a cappella, at the book launch for Shawn Syms (another writer you should definitely be checking out). My first reaction was Damn, now that's what I like to see at a book launch. My second was Damn, and this guy can write, too? Now, after getting to be a part of his writing up close and personal, I have a whole new reaction: Damn, what can't this guy do? His story "Feed The Birds" is about the moldy consequences of not eating your school lunches. You've been warned.

We'll provide another update soon, with more stories and a first look at the exclusive Nomfiction Litographs design, included with the Prix Fixe option. 

Stay tuned, and thanks again.  

Troy + Amanda  

PS - don’t forget to check out our Music anthology and to send a submission in to our upcoming nonfiction Technology anthology.