Workplace Romance Cover Reveal

 COVER REVEAL TIME!

Our 13^th anthology, Shades of Workplace Romance, is in the final stages and will be released THIS month in time for summer romance. 

August 2025 – Shades of Workplace Love

Love takes work so why not find love at work?

Sometimes work life balance promotes love life issues. So, join us in analyzing high pressure situations with career advancements for highly motivated people, evaluating water cooler talk spiked with gossip, and watching as strategies are optimized for satisfying demands with a rate of return that becomes incalculable but leaves you wanting more! Whether love is on a deadline or not even on your mind, hire Write Volumes to find you Shades of Workplace Love!

Thanks to @_1cupofjojo_for our 13th stunning cover design! (You’re fabulous, Jojo!!!) Check out her website: www.jhoselindominguez.com 

If you would like to be a part of our ARC team and receive a free book we will have details in the next post!

Next HORROR Submissions Deadline - 8/25/25

Did you think we were stopping? Don't be paranoid. 

We’ve been a little quiet lately since we are working behind the scenes on our 13^th anthology Shades of Workplace Romance which will launch in early July!

Love takes work so why not find love at work?

 

And not to stop a good thing, we wanted to announce our next open submission theme will be Paranoia Horror!

 

Anthology submissions due date Aug 25, 2025

Shades of Horrific Paranoia

Is there anything to truly fear? 

Send us your stories questioning reality. These stories involve an atmosphere of slow-building yet escalating unease exploring themes of fear, distrust, and psychological instability while creating tension through isolation, distrust, unreliable narration, existential dread, societal pressure, alienation, surveillance, and unseen threats—whether supernatural or psychological. 

• Horror can span apocalyptical, paranormal, serial killers, or ordinary people at their breaking points. 
• Characters can include paranormal, human, alien, etc while the time period can be past, contemporary, future, or anything in between.

SUBMIT TODAY!

NEXT ROMANCE SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE 2/23/25

 

Good news: 

The next theme deadline has been extended. Please spread the word. We want to read your work, so submit today!

 

Workplace Love submissions due February 23!

 

Love takes work so why not find love at work? Yes, workplace romance short stories! Explore complexities & challenges of finding love in contemporary urban professional settings where the workplace, business, or industry provides an extra layer to interact & develop relationships Email submissions: writevolumes@gmail.com

 

For more theme details and submission process please go here for more info: https://www.writevolumes.com/p/submit.html

 

Submission fee is FREE, and we pay in fully edited piece, gratitude, and community.

 

Please note next Horror theme will be provided soon, and that deadline will be August 25, 2025.

OCCULT DAY OCCULT BOOK $O.99 DEAL

For the rest of November, we’re lowering our Shades of Occult Horror ebook price from $4.99 to $.99! So, buy one for your friends, or enemies, today!

Shades of Occult and Horror Anthology

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLG26YC5

7 writers + 7 choices = 7 ways to hide & shriek

Remember what hides in the dark, doesn’t always stay there…

Synopsis: With an otherworldly focus you never know if myths, alchemy, or natural magic will help or harm. But you must make the choice yourself for you are in control of your fate… or are you?

 Please note, we’ve heard you and are working on the paperback for this book, too!

Thanks to @_1cupofjojo_for another stunning cover design! (You’re fantabulous, Jojo!!!) Check out her website: www.jhoselindominguez.com  

And if you could leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads we’d appreciate it!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200292065-shades-of-occult-and-horror

Spooky Reading Pics

 

With our new friends at Oak Park Art League (OPAL) we had a fabulous time at the spooky reading on October 19, 2024. Bryan and Phoebe worked tirelessly to create a scary good time at an all-day extravaganza. A haunted loft, intriguing artwork with an art fair, children’s games, even the house had a spooky feline makeover. There were many delicious treats including smores over a campfire!

 Margot McMahon, a member of OPAL and a Write Volumes’ author, read “Sorrows Whisper Still” found in Shades of Ghostly Horror.

• Margot’s work can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Margot-McMahon/author/B0983X68KG

We’re grateful Write Volumes was invited to join OPAL for this terror-rific event. Thanks to all of those who attended. And if you couldn’t make it, maybe you can come next year!

For more info on OPAL and their mission to be a welcoming center of artistic inquiry, creative expression and more click here: https://www.oakparkartleague.org/

12^th ANTHOLOGY LAUNCH:

Shades of Ghostly Horror

6 authors + 6 stories to haunt you = What you’re dying to read!

Let the spirits move you!

Price will increase in November so grab your copy TODAY!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK8THWH9

Halloween Launch – Shades of Ghostly Horror Anthology

 Happy November!

While Halloween has passed, we have a treat for you!

 12^th ANTHOLOGY LAUNCH:

Thanks to our wonderful staff and the support from people like you, Write Volumes’ 12th anthology launched on 10/31/2024 with a special deal of $1.99 through November!

 

Shades of Ghostly Horror

• 6 authors + 6 stories to haunt you = What you’re dying to read!
• Let the spirits move you! 

 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK8THWH9

Thanks to @_1cupofjojo_for another stunning cover design! (You’re incredible, Jojo!!!) Check out her website: www.jhoselindominguez.com 

 

Price will increase at the end of November so grab your copy TODAY!

Fall Festivals and Pictures!

 Happy October 2024!

 

It’s been busy not just for Write Volumes but our authors as well. I think it’s important to celebrate, not just our successes, but hard work in general. Regardless of the outcome, hard work is hard and, while we may not see the fruits of our labor as quickly as one hopes, we did the work and that is the main area under our control! (Sometimes it’s the only thing we can control… or is control an illusion?!!)

 

So, I thought you would enjoy:

• ·  Printer’s Row Festival with Fannie Price and Margot McMahon Pictures
• · Annette Cyr’s Art Show and Yale Women Talk Pictures

 

FESTIVAL PICS

 

Printers Row is a large outdoor book and writing festival in Chicago which took place first weekend in September. On Saturday Sept. 7, 2024, Write Volumes and a couple Write Volumes authors were in attendance at the Chicago Writers Association table.

Fannie Price and Margot McMahon engaging with readers and other writers while having fun!

 

You can find Fannie Price’s books here:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Fannie%20Price/author/B002YSQO4M

 

You can find Margot McMahon’s books here:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Margot-McMahon/author/B0983X68KG

 

A big THANK YOU to all of those who stopped by. We appreciate your support!

 

ANNETTE CYR’S ART SHOW

In September 2024 Annette Cyr had an art show at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. “24 Hours” is a multi-canvas painting. Each canvas is of the same motif, painted a different hour of the day and night, beginning with 1 AM in upper left corner, ending with 12 AM in bottom right.

“24 Hours” becomes a study of awareness and perception, time and change. At its heart, “24 Hours” questions our perceptions. What do we really see before the mind decides what must be there? “The true mystery is reality.” — Annette Cyr

 

“24 Hours” is an extension of Annette’s "Year of Light" painting series begun in 2020 during Covid times which Annette describes in her Shades of Positively Pandemic short story also called “Year of Light” which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

 You can find Annette Cyr’s story here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098RMFMGR/ 

 You can find Annette Cyr’s website here:

http://annettecyr.com

 Thank you for sharing your time with me!