Cliff Aliperti
@iephemera.bsky.social
Writing stories from https://cliffaliperti.com/ Classic movie blogger at https://immortalephemera.com - loves pre-Code! Author of "Helen Twelvetrees, Perfect Ingenue," first full length biography of the Golden Age Hollywood star.
Finally snapped a publication slump and had a story accepted earlier today. At least I know I've got something coming for 2026 now!
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Finally snapped a publication slump and had a story accepted earlier today. At least I know I've got something coming for 2026 now!
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DC and NYC! Next month Kim and I will be visiting you with some pre-Code screening goodness to promote our forthcoming book! More here: pre-code.com/the-pre-code...
The Pre-Code Essentials Book Tour
Kim and I hit the road with film screenings and book signings galore in November!
pre-code.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
DC and NYC! Next month Kim and I will be visiting you with some pre-Code screening goodness to promote our forthcoming book! More here: pre-code.com/the-pre-code...
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Please take a moment to rate Fiction on the Web as "recommended" at Chill Subs: www.chillsubs.com/magazine/fic...
August 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Please take a moment to rate Fiction on the Web as "recommended" at Chill Subs: www.chillsubs.com/magazine/fic...
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It is here and it is real and it is BEAUTIFUL! Out 10/28!
July 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It is here and it is real and it is BEAUTIFUL! Out 10/28!
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A Patreon member asked me for some of the authors Fiction on the Web has published most. A couple with the highest hit rate in terms of submissions to acceptances are Rozanne Charbonneau www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/search/label... and JD Strunk www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/search/label...
July 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A Patreon member asked me for some of the authors Fiction on the Web has published most. A couple with the highest hit rate in terms of submissions to acceptances are Rozanne Charbonneau www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/search/label... and JD Strunk www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/search/label...
My story "Over the Hill, Under the Hill" went up today at The Razor. You can read (or listen to it) here - therazormag.com/articles/ove... Beautiful website and presentation with the folks over there commissioning original artwork and an accompanying audio reading.
Over the Hill, Under the Hill - The Razor — Literary Magazine — Gotham Writers Workshop
Grandma was just buried, but ninety-year-old Gramps looked so completely together while lapping up his consolatory lasagna that I could only thank goodness for the good genes. I returned from the buff...
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July 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My story "Over the Hill, Under the Hill" went up today at The Razor. You can read (or listen to it) here - therazormag.com/articles/ove... Beautiful website and presentation with the folks over there commissioning original artwork and an accompanying audio reading.
"The Point of Possible Return" is my third story to appear at @lowlifelitpress.bsky.social Quick and twisty (begins a little crude) w/3 versions of one man showing up in the same grocery store aisle - www.lowlifelitpress.com/post/the-poi...
The Point of Possible Return
My head pounded, and I was more zombie than even the slow-mo white hairs blocking every grocery aisle. She never learned, Myra, my wife, that Sunday morning was not a good time to take me shopping. A ...
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May 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"The Point of Possible Return" is my third story to appear at @lowlifelitpress.bsky.social Quick and twisty (begins a little crude) w/3 versions of one man showing up in the same grocery store aisle - www.lowlifelitpress.com/post/the-poi...
"It had been twelve years since they tinkered with genetics and upped the average age for dogs to fifty-six years ..." begins my dog story, "Obedience Training," appearing in the Cloaked Press anthology Spring Into SciFi 2025. More on that here: cliffaliperti.com/obedience-tr...
“Obedience Training” in Spring Into SciFi: 2025 Edition
I always mention that “Obedience Training” is my dog story. It’s a weird one, sure, but how many of us haven’t wished something akin to my opening line at one time or anothe…
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May 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"It had been twelve years since they tinkered with genetics and upped the average age for dogs to fifty-six years ..." begins my dog story, "Obedience Training," appearing in the Cloaked Press anthology Spring Into SciFi 2025. More on that here: cliffaliperti.com/obedience-tr...
New story up today @lowlifelitpress.bsky.social "No Smoking on These Premises" - www.lowlifelitpress.com/post/no-smok...
No Smoking on These Premises
Alex Chalmers and Bob Olson had been friends since high school, about thirty years, so when Bob asked what was new, and Alex told him his mother was in the hospital, Bob, who was driving aimlessly to ...
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April 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
New story up today @lowlifelitpress.bsky.social "No Smoking on These Premises" - www.lowlifelitpress.com/post/no-smok...
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Performer Jessie Matthews may not be a name that many people are familiar with, but she was the toast of British musicals. She glitters in every performance, and this week's Musical Monday is no exception. Full review here:
cometoverhollywood.com/2025/03/31/m...
cometoverhollywood.com/2025/03/31/m...
March 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Performer Jessie Matthews may not be a name that many people are familiar with, but she was the toast of British musicals. She glitters in every performance, and this week's Musical Monday is no exception. Full review here:
cometoverhollywood.com/2025/03/31/m...
cometoverhollywood.com/2025/03/31/m...
My new story "Spin Cycle" is up at Lowlife Lit Press. Feel like I've got to add the content warning on this one: it's a little raunchy. If that's your thing, here you go: www.lowlifelitpress.com/post/spin-cy...
Spin Cycle
For three weeks running, ever since she’d left, I’d just flop my ass in front of the TV after work every night. All night. Reruns of Star Trek, Barney Miller, The Twilight Zone, Odd Couple, paired wit...
www.lowlifelitpress.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My new story "Spin Cycle" is up at Lowlife Lit Press. Feel like I've got to add the content warning on this one: it's a little raunchy. If that's your thing, here you go: www.lowlifelitpress.com/post/spin-cy...
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In "7 Secrets of Publishing Short Stories" I lift the lid on how lit mags work and how to navigate them to improve your hit rate for published stories. Guaranteed to give you a new perspective - and an unfair advantage - on publishing your stories. community.flashfictionmagazine.com/c/video-repl...
March 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
In "7 Secrets of Publishing Short Stories" I lift the lid on how lit mags work and how to navigate them to improve your hit rate for published stories. Guaranteed to give you a new perspective - and an unfair advantage - on publishing your stories. community.flashfictionmagazine.com/c/video-repl...
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ANNOUNCING BULL #12: "FOR THE SHORTIES" available for a short time for 5 bucks. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1YY8FS...
BULL #12: for the shorties
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March 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
ANNOUNCING BULL #12: "FOR THE SHORTIES" available for a short time for 5 bucks. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1YY8FS...
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I have your March TCM Schedule here. Also I wrote a book and you pre-order it (tomorrow)! #precode -- pre-code.com/big-announce...
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT plus Pre-Codes on TCM in March 2025
Long time readers will fondly recall the entirety of 2024 where I kept hinting that I had something big in the works. Well, it wasn’t that Young Man of Manhattan review that somehow took me f…
pre-code.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have your March TCM Schedule here. Also I wrote a book and you pre-order it (tomorrow)! #precode -- pre-code.com/big-announce...
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Did you know that Fiction on the Web has an archive of nearly 1,900 stories available free to read online? There are 1,600 dating back to 2012, and another 300 or so on the old archived pre-2012 version of the website.
February 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Did you know that Fiction on the Web has an archive of nearly 1,900 stories available free to read online? There are 1,600 dating back to 2012, and another 300 or so on the old archived pre-2012 version of the website.
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Combed through magazines accepting submissions right now and these calls caught my eye 👀
All the info you need to submit listed (for free) on our database : www.chillsubs.com/browse
All the info you need to submit listed (for free) on our database : www.chillsubs.com/browse
February 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Combed through magazines accepting submissions right now and these calls caught my eye 👀
All the info you need to submit listed (for free) on our database : www.chillsubs.com/browse
All the info you need to submit listed (for free) on our database : www.chillsubs.com/browse
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Really? You haven't looked at the FISH list yet? It is 100% THE definitive list of indie literary magazines. SO much juicy information!
FISH List
Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.
buff.ly
February 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Really? You haven't looked at the FISH list yet? It is 100% THE definitive list of indie literary magazines. SO much juicy information!
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Our second newsletter is live! In addition to OKD updates, we're proud to share a lovely feature from our own Jeanette the Writer, OKD Fiction Reader, about gamifying your writing and publishing goals in 2025.
Give it a read & subscribe now:
Give it a read & subscribe now:
Gamify your writing goals in 2025
Plus our January recap, and we've got new Poetry Readers!
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February 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Our second newsletter is live! In addition to OKD updates, we're proud to share a lovely feature from our own Jeanette the Writer, OKD Fiction Reader, about gamifying your writing and publishing goals in 2025.
Give it a read & subscribe now:
Give it a read & subscribe now:
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Had an amazing convo w/ Brad Listi on the @otherppl.bsky.social podcast. We talked about Buddhism, psychedelics, how social media is ruining people's brains, and my new book HORSE GIRL FEVER 🐎👧🔥
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January 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Had an amazing convo w/ Brad Listi on the @otherppl.bsky.social podcast. We talked about Buddhism, psychedelics, how social media is ruining people's brains, and my new book HORSE GIRL FEVER 🐎👧🔥
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
My new story "Present in Time" appears in the January 2025 issue of After Dinner Conversation. A little preview of the first page over at my site, along w/links to where you can grab a copy: cliffaliperti.com/present-in-t... (PS: Great deal at 3 months/$1 at @afterdinnerconversation.com 's own site)
“Present in Time” at After Dinner Conversation
And just that quick we’re kicking off 2025 (oh, writing gods, please continue to be kind!), with my second appearance in After Dinner Conversation with “Present in Time.” Unfortun…
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January 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
My new story "Present in Time" appears in the January 2025 issue of After Dinner Conversation. A little preview of the first page over at my site, along w/links to where you can grab a copy: cliffaliperti.com/present-in-t... (PS: Great deal at 3 months/$1 at @afterdinnerconversation.com 's own site)
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My gift to the writing community: The 2025 Literary Magazine Rankings
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2025 Literary Magazine Rankings–Overview
It is time again for the annual Literary Magazine Rankings for Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. As explained in more detail below, these rankings are based solely on the number of Pushcart Prizes a…
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December 25, 2024 at 1:59 PM
My gift to the writing community: The 2025 Literary Magazine Rankings
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Stockings are hung ... wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! Here's Helen Twelvetrees, born on Christmas Day, in one of my favorite photos acquired back in 2015, when I wrote a book about her and her movies, amazon.com/dp/B019B8GM4Y
December 24, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Stockings are hung ... wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! Here's Helen Twelvetrees, born on Christmas Day, in one of my favorite photos acquired back in 2015, when I wrote a book about her and her movies, amazon.com/dp/B019B8GM4Y
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With a focus on “liveliness,” the FISH List evaluates 1000s of lit mags on 14 unique metrics, including community engagement, awards won & editor transparency. It's more than a ranking - it's a roadmap to indie lit's kaleidoscopic cutting edge. https://buff.ly/4iHa5OW #FISHList
FISH List
Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.
buff.ly
December 19, 2024 at 8:57 PM
With a focus on “liveliness,” the FISH List evaluates 1000s of lit mags on 14 unique metrics, including community engagement, awards won & editor transparency. It's more than a ranking - it's a roadmap to indie lit's kaleidoscopic cutting edge. https://buff.ly/4iHa5OW #FISHList
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Congrats to @afterdinnerconversation.com and runner-up @charliefish.bsky.social and all the others! I'm especially psyched for the first two though b/c they've both published and accepted my work (twice each!). Of course, now they may get a little tougher ;)
YOUR FAVORITE FICTION LITMAGS OF 2024
From 1827 nominations for 257 magazines, here is who our community has named the Best FICTION Lit Mags of 2024!!!
⬇️ Their details & how to send them your work
www.chillsubs.com/lists/commun...
From 1827 nominations for 257 magazines, here is who our community has named the Best FICTION Lit Mags of 2024!!!
⬇️ Their details & how to send them your work
www.chillsubs.com/lists/commun...
December 18, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Congrats to @afterdinnerconversation.com and runner-up @charliefish.bsky.social and all the others! I'm especially psyched for the first two though b/c they've both published and accepted my work (twice each!). Of course, now they may get a little tougher ;)