Category: Twisted Sister Call to Arms

  • Twisted Sister Editor’s Page – Thoughts On Writing, Again

    Welcome to Twisted Sister’s Thoughts On Writing, Again. Most of us are gearing up for NaNowWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), an annual event held in November where writers of all shapes and sizes attempt to craft the great American novel within 30 days. Or at least word-vomit a reasonable attempt. So in the spirit of…

  • Twisted Sister — What the heck is feminist horror* anyway?

    Twisted Sister — What the heck is feminist horror* anyway?

      (Ed. Note – horror should read horror/dark fantasy/crime/noir/scifi/weird/strange/magical stuff where really sexy or bad things happen to somebody or something) So the question is where does the feminist side of things come in? You’re gonna hate us for saying this, but you know it when you see it, and see it when you don’t…

  • What the heck?

    You might notice we’re making some changes around Twisted Sister. We’re proudly showcasing the freaks and weirdos who make things run around here – that’s you, my friends, our beloved contributors. Truly, we couldn’t do it without you. (And yeah, we know we’re still missing a few peeps here and there, so if it’s really…

  • Twisted Sister Wish List — We Want YOU!!

    Hey there, you twisted little things, We’re looking for you. Got some flash? Some poems? Some short stories or reviews? Don’t know what to do with them? Send ’em our way. We want you. (or at least your work.) Just shoot us an email to twistedsisterlitmag@gmail.com or use the handy-dandy form over here, copy and paste and…

  • Twisted Sister People’s Choice Issue

    You said it, we did it – welcome to the People’s Choice Issue of Twisted Sister, where, like everything else around here, things are pretty twisted. Our rules were simple – vote as often as you liked, for whoever you liked (including yourself). Votes were cast through the WordPress ‘like’ button, Twitter, and good ol’…

  • Twisted Sister People’s Choice Issue

    Holy moly, look at you all – you folks look fantastic out there. And we love you for it. We love the way different voices come together to create something truly special here at Twisted Sister. We’d like to thank our followers and contributors – on the site, around Twitter (and some even stalk us…

  • ESSAY – Balls, Revisited

      What sucks in life is when you’re pretty good at one or a couple of things, so people assume you are naturally able to do these things even when they throw all kinds of handicapping elements in the way. Scenario – run a fledgling lit mag on the kitchen counter while you’re trying to…

  • Twisted Sister — A Moment of Pause

    Thank you and welcome Have you ever seen a performer on stage look out at a crowd, and then blush and stammer, and go, awe, shucks, look at you all, you look fantastic — thanks for coming out to see us play tonight, we’ve got something special for you here… No? Then get out and check…

  • We Want YOU!

    We want you! Or, we want your stories that is. A short story is like a bomb exploding inside your brain – and that’s what we want. Give us your best – thrillers, scares, blood, guts and gore – give it fast, and give it hard. Give us those well written f*cked up pieces that…

  • ESSAY — Balls

    To write, you gotta have balls. And to write a lot, and thusly write well, you gotta have really big ones; balls so preposterously enormous they virtually drag on the ground. You gotta have balls big enough to say, “I’m gonna put my damned life on hold, and the lives of those around me, and…