L.S. Engler

world unknown review

  • Back on Track. For now…

    Last week, I didn’t get the chance to put up my a Monday Morning Reset post. I’m not exactly sure what happened, because the last week was kind of a blur for me, but I’m sure it had to do with my mad dash to get my master draft for the World Unknown Review Volume…

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  • World Unknown Review Volume III story selections.

    Well, folks, all the Ts are crossed and the Is dotted, all the exciting acceptances and the heartbreaking rejections sent out, so I’m pleased to finally be able to announce the list of stories and authors to be appearing in the third annual World Unknown Review, projected to be available on December 15th, 2016.         …

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  • Work, work.

    Titled so because that blasted Hamilton song has been playing on repeat in my head since Saturday evening, but also because I’ve genuinely been getting a lot of work done in these past few days, thanks to an inordinate amount of time off of work-that-actually-pays-me. I can hardly believe it’s already Monday, but I’m happy…

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  • An Interview with Adam L. Bealby. [WUR 2015]

    I’ve made no secret about my fondness for “Selective Memory,” this month’s Featured Story from Volume II of the World Unknown Review, and I’ve equally enjoyed my interactions with its author, Adam L. Bealby. So I was naturally excited to get around to interviewing him for the feature and getting inside his quirky little brain…

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  • Going with the Flow.

    Maybe one of these weeks, I’ll stop being so proud of my ability to just go with the flow, but it’s not happening yet. It’s a pretty big deal for me to just release my tight grip on wanting to make things go a certain way and instead go with the way the wind blows,…

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  • An Overachiever in Failure.

    Weather is a strange thing, especially in the Chicago area, but I don’t think I’ve ever recalled a time where it felt so absolutely autumn sweater weather, and yet the temperature was actually around 80 degrees and humid. It messes with my head in an unpleasant way: I feel the need to curl up with…

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  • 30+ and Counting!

    This week has been a good week. Not a great week, although some great things have happened. And I’ve got a pretty good feeling that this coming week is going to be pretty great, too. It’s been a little off, due to a variety of things, none of them big things, but still steady. And…

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  • The Monday After a Weird Week.

    Last week was categorically a weird week. I’m the type of person who gets very set in her ways. I like repetition, I like structure, I like things being A Certain Way. Last week went so off the rails of my usual week that I knew it was bound to be an adventure. It’s good…

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  • An Interview with Shawn Proctor [WUR 2015].

    The fact that Shawn Proctor’s short story, “The Courier,” featured in last year’s World Unknown Review, is set in a college makes me wonder if the fates created a delay in my interviews just so that the timing would work out that it would be September’s Featured Story. Whether it was destiny or not, you…

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  • New Featured Story for September!

    Even if we’re three days into it, I’d like to welcome you all to the month of September! I honestly don’t know where August went; I swear, it was right here a second ago, but I’m really glad I can start getting excited about Halloween now without getting side-eyed by people who think August is…

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