Photo of poet and Iraq War veteran Jessi M. Attherton speaking at Veterans Day 2025 reading at University of Dubuque, Iowa. Text reads: "Congratulations, Jessi!" Image is overburned with cover of Atherton's 2023 collection, "The Time War Takes," which depicts a carved pink elephant against a background of digital foliage and desert sands.

Congratulations to U.S. Army veteran, war poet, and Twin Cities psychiatric nurse practitioner Jessi M. Atherton on her Veterans Day reading at Iowa’s University of Dubuque!

“The Time War Takes: Poems”
- Kindle: amzn.to/3E4pUfI
- Print: amzn.to/40Mx69s

#warpoet #veteransday #middlewestpress

#PubDay #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #amwriting #amwritingfiction #womenwriters #MeredithWrites #literaryfiction #novelinprogress #WIP #militarybrat #usafbrat #VietnamEra #VietnamWar #LineofAdvance #MiddleWestPress #ColonelDarronLWrightMemorialWritingAwards #vestwrite #writersky #authorsky

New Volume Collects 60+ Col. Darron L. Wright Award-winning Stories & Poems Editors of Chicago-based non-profit literary journal Line of Advance  ( www.LineOfAdvance.org ) have announced a new, second volume collecti...

Publication day! Two of my prize-winning stories are included in #OurBestWarStories. Brilliant works by lives impacted by war—on the battlefront & at home. Thanks to #LineofAdvance and #MiddleWestPress. Thanks to the editing team & congrats to all included!

www.middlewestpress.com/2025/09/new-...

Image: A toothy plastic knock-off "Oddzilla" giant-lizard toy "photobombs" into frame, looking at viewer. Behind Oddzilla is a book cover of Middle West Press' recently launched anthology "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn." Book cover of "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn" anthology features a giant, shambling creature towering over a lone humanoid figure walking through a flowery forest. Additional text on this post reads: "Happy Godzilla Day to all who celebrate !!!"

Happy Godzilla Day to all those who celebrate !!!

#godzilladay2025 #kaiju #cryptids #middlewestpress

"Crypids, Kaiju & Corn" anthology:
- Print: amzn.to/47buzvn
- Kindle: amzn.to/3ZSvQn0

Book cover of "Why We Write: Craft Esays on Writing War" depicts a WW2 war poster illustration of marching U.S. soldiers. Cover is centered on a photograph of an evergreen holiday wreath adorned with pine cones and apples.

Making new plans and plotting new plots for 2025? Looking for new directions & inspirations? #Middlewestpress always sells more of this title toward the beginning of a new year!

"Why We Write: Craft Essays on Writing War" anthology
- Info: amzn.to/2OZktFN

#militarywriting #WarLiterature

Book cover of "Our Best War Stories: Prize-Winning Poetry & Prose from the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards" depicts the silhouettes of 5 modern U.S. soldiers wearing combat gear against a large exposion in the distance.

"Our Best War Stories" anthology, edited by Christorpher Lyke
Info: amzn.to/2Ijev1E

"36 PRIZE-WINNING WORKS of WAR POETRY, SHORT FICTION, and NON-FICTION from TODAY'S WARS!"

#veterans #warliterature #warpoetry #militaryfamilylife #shortfiction #anthology #middlewestpress

Book cover of "Giant Robot Poems: On Mecha-Human Science, Culture & War" anthology depicts giant humanoid mech overwatching a misty forest landscape at twilight. The book is depicted centered on an abstracted wooden 3D "digital" Christmas wreath of white, silver, and gold.

"Giant Robot Poems: On Mecha-Human Science, Culture & War" - Info: amzn.to/3xKtrjx

"In this timely anthology, 66 poets join forces to deliver visions on how humans, AI, and robots may learn to live, work, grow, and fight."

#robots #giantrobots #warpoetry #sffpoetry #middlewestpress

Book cover of "Things We Carry Still: Poems & Micro-Stories about Military Gear" features empty pair of unlaced buff desert combat boots against stylized teal-blue contour map design. Book appears centered against a background of a traditional evergreen Christmas wreath, featuring red bows and pine cones. Headline reads: "A Perfect Duffel-Stuffer !!!" and "Short Reads about Military Life !"

GREAT GIFT for VETERANS & MIL-FAMILY MEMBERS !!!

"Things We Carry Still: Poems & Micro-Stories About Military Gear"
- Info: amzn.to/47azYQE

"More than 50 emerging and established military writers unpack their stories of sacrifice, hardship, joy, and laughter in uniform!" #middlewestpress

From #MiddleWestPress !!!

Book cover of "Giant Robot Poems: On Mecha-Human Science, Culture & War" depicts a giant mechanical silhouette overwatching a misty forest landscape at twilight. The book appears against a digital cityscape.

"Giant Robot Poems: On Mecha-Human Science, Culture & War" Info: amzn.to/3xKtrjx

"If futurists and fiction-writers, warriors and wargamers can deploy their respective toolkits to probe potential threats and opportunities, why not poets?"

#warpoetry #anthology #sffpoetry #futurism #middlewestpress

Book cover of "Why We Write: Craft Essays on Writing War" is derived from WW2 propaganda illustration depicting U.S. troops marching from right to left. Cover appears on background image of U.S. troops landing on beach, waking toward viewer. Slide headline readsm "60+ Authors + Poets + More / Talk How to Write about War."

"Why We Write: Craft Essays on Writing War" anthology
Info: amzn.to/2OZktFN

Tap into PUBLISHING INSPIRATIONS, WRITING MARKETS, and CREATIVE TECHNIQUES with advice from MORE THAN 60 BEST-SELLING, ESTABLISHED, and EMERGING AUTHORS of military, national security, and war topics!

#middlewestpress

Book cover of Liam Corley's "Unwound: poems from enduring wars" depicts a rusted hulk of a small patrol boat abandoned in a brush-filled desert landscape. A cloudy grey sky is above. The slide headline reads, "Explore the Inner Realities + Homecomings" Also "In Print + On Kindle! On Sale Now!"

"Unwound: Poems from Enduring Wars" by Liam Corley
-In Print: amzn.to/3OuSkEa
-On Kindle: amzn.to/3LgReKD

"With care and precision, Corley’s poems probe the dark, interior corners of American heroic ideals, marriage, family, and homecoming."

#veterans #warpoetry #navylife #middlewestpress