Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Sorry for the Delay!

We had targeted a 3/15 publication date for Issue 3. Computer access issues are putting that closer to a late this evening 3/16 release. All the same, some exciting offerings coming at you this evening. Excellent work from Hugh Fox, J.A. Tyler, Indira Chandrasekhar and Matt Dennison should be hitting eyeballs before midnight!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Spreading the Word. Fall Frontal Assault.

We're amping up our shameless shill quotient this week, in an attempt to get our authors read by as many people as possible.

With this in mind, we're asking any and all readers to mention us wherever possible. Facebook, Twitter, Below Top Secret, MySpace, /b/, Friendster, LiveJournal, private and public blogs, it matters not to us. Cafe, coffeeshops, diners, student union buildings. If you have read Loquacious Placemat, and think that even one sentence is worth people reading, let the people know.

This link:
http://tinyurl.com/loqmatiss2
will take people straight to our issues and downloads page where they can read issues one and two of Loquacious Placemat. Spread the word and change the world! (or at the very least give some unsuspecting readers the opportunity to discover some talented new writers.)

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Issue 2 Available for Download!

Loquacious Placemat Issue 2 is now available online and brings us another international line-up of talent. We kick things off with a peek under Leah Ebdon's keyboard. Vanessa Gebbie introduces us to Ed's Wife and Other Creatures with three surreal bits of microfiction. T.R. Healy gives us new insights into the inner lives of opera extras and Niall Boyce provides a tale of time travel run amok.

Our regional hard copies will be hitting the streets over the next 2 weeks. With this issue, we also introduce new formatting which allows anyone with access to a printer and "legal" sized paper (8.5" x 14") can become part of the Loquacious Placemat family by printing and distributing the 'mat.

If you have the means and the interest to become a part of this new initiative, drop us a note at TwistedThistleProductions[at]gmail[dot]com. Give us your info and the locations you'll be leaving the 'mat and we'll put the info on our website to help spread the word.

This offer is open to businesses who think their customers would dig us as well as rogue readers looking to put interesting words in strangers' hands.