My sincerest apologies to all our followers and writers.
One Real Story has been offline for way too long. Tough times. Starting next month, we will commence publishing and start sending out the long overdue author copies of the current volume. I appreciate your patience and look forward to getting things started back up.

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Yeah, you heard me…
For the week of December 22nd through the 28th you can read all of the short stories featured on One Real Story, for free. Yep, no subscription cost at all.
What’s the catch?
Well, come on now, you should know by now that nothing is free. The catch… You have to leave some feedback [...]

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One Real Story is having our annual cover contest. The hard-copy edition of One Real Story is coming and we need a great cover to present all your hard work. No theme and the same rules for submissions apply i.e. no racism, sexism… you know when you’re wrong.
Be political, be racy… be seen!
Even if you’re [...]

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One Real Story is going to a conference for three days. But don’t worry, we’ll be up and running when I get back. Keep writing and get in those submissions.
The Editor

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Notice a difference? Made a few changes to the look of One Real Story. Hey I’m not a developer and to be quite honest, I don’t really know a stick of php. But I think it looks pretty good no matter.

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Sorry for ditching everyone. As you can see from the flash fiction prompt, it was my daughter birthday and between all sides of the family we celebrated for a week or so. Fun times, yet depressing to see how quickly they grow, eh?
Anyways, I’m back
And things should start rolling from now on. I’ll give [...]

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Starting this Sunday, I will begin announcing the winners for the One Real Story Poetry Contest. You’ll be able to read the poetry from our runners-up and listen to the winning poem in the One Real Story Poetry Podcast.
Thank you to all that entered and congrats to our winners!
Join the forum discussion on this [...]

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Yep, you too can join in as a contributing member on One Real Story. I am opening up One Real Story to all my readers and writers. Just check out the bloggers wanted page and let me know if you’re interested.
Hint: You can click on the image below to get their even faster.
Keep writing,
The Editor

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So, I asked you what you wanted to see on One Real Story and the votes are in. 75% of you wanted to see market listings and the runner-up was writing quotes.
You asked for it and now you’ll get it.
How often does that happen? Well, every week I’ll post the newest places (besides One [...]

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