Psychopomp is a lovely new publisher that focuses on stories informed by death. (They'll have a novella call out Jan-April for any interested writers.)
I wrote about the grief work in HBO's Somebody Somewhere for their blog. If you haven't seen this show, & you're moving through loss in many forms... it might be just the gentle reminder you need, that grief can be carried as part of a community - and alongside joy.
Life is hard.
Harder, when we go at it alone.
Psychopomp is the book-press-extension of The Deadlands, a monthly publication that features short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.
Your death doula friend would ABSOLUTELY be welcome in the nonfiction category for the latter. They once had a dedicated mortician writing about the dear and the quirky around death. A death doula would be a perfect addition to those pages.
Do read the guidelines for stylistic fit!
#WritingCommunity
https://psychopomp.com/novella-guidelines/
https://thedeadlands.com/guidelines/
@MLClark Thank you! I am definitely sharing this with them!
I'm always so pleasantly surprised when something shows up that I appear to be in the target demographic for!
: )
Good! I'm going to add you to a mental list of writers here (like @misterfive - haven't forgotten you!) I'm rooting to see submit more work and hopefully find joy and success in the process.
May the macabre runneth over! :)
Thanks for thinking of me!
Still no Rattle love, but still submitting stuff.
When the brain works 🤣
Thank you!
@MLClark Thank you very much for sharing this. That sounds like a publisher right up my alley.
I should also alert my new friend, who is a death doula!