DOWNSTATE STORY
From the publisher: This first issue of Downstate Story to appear on the web is an experiment.
Will anyone read it? Will anyone donate, to defray the cost of paying the authors?
There's a way to donate using Democracy Engine, a progressive site set up for donations. Just click and give. Suggested donation is $10. We'll post reminders after each story.
The fiction presented here is so well done that any of these stories could be in The New Yorker or other mainstream magazines that publish serious fiction.
Many of the authors have won awards. Downstate Story is able to attract these talented authors because it pays them.
Downstate Story has been publishing quality fiction featuring mostly writers from Illinois and Midwest, since 1991. The printed copies, which also contain original art, can be purchased through the magazine's pioneer website, or by paying through Democracy Engine or PayPal. See the print information in the section 'Buy or donate to Downstate Story.'
The PayPal link is on the right for each section, and a link to Democracy Engine follows each story.
--Elaine Hopkins
Publisher, fiction editor: Elaine Hopkins
Readers: Lucy McCrea, Ginger Wheeler, Theo Jean Kenyon.
The comments and situations of the characters depicted in Downstate Story represent only themselves, and are not meant to reflect or characterize other people or groups of people. The characters are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual people is coincidental.
Published by DOWNSTATE STORY, INC., An Illinois not-for-profit corporation
1825 Maple Ridge, Peoria, IL. 61614-7915
email: [email protected]
original website: http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss
Copyright 2012 DOWNSTATE STORY, Inc.
Permission to reprint must be obtained from respective authors.
ISSN 1066-1662
Now click on a story -- authors are listed in the column on the right -- and enjoy.
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