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51 Stories in 51 Weeks: Week One

Sometimes blood is thicker than water

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #154 mini meltdown

Today is going to be short.

lisa rabey writes stuff issue #15 hybrid

Dear Internet, When I look for lit mags and sites to publish to, I tend to hover towards fiction. Even though my fiction writing is sparse (and often needs a...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #153 Ope!

A Northern Michigan Hello

lisa rabey writes stuff issue #14 writing sex

Dear Internet, Big news! I’m kicking off a new project called 51 Stories in 51 Weeks. I announced it on my other newsletter last week. To sum: I’ve decided...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #152 messy people

all truths are the truth

Weekly Dispatch Blotter Highlights: Issue #88 Someone came up caller’s driveway twice, to put a lemon on a vehicle

Crazy things happening around the County

lisa rabey writes stuff issue #13 imposter syndrome

Free Adobe Stock image. Dear Internet, I read Aeryn Rudel’s blog, Rejectomancy, on the reg. The other day he wrote Path to Publication about one of his...

51 Stories in 51 Weeks: Introduction

Dear Internet, Happy Monday chums! I have a new project starting on June 12 (my birthday) that I’m super excited about. Called 51 Stories in 51 Weeks, I’ll...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #151 bodies in motion

ONE DAY SOON, I WILL BE A CRONE

lisa rabey writes stuff issue #12 50, Midwest. Creative. Married.

Dear Internet, There I was the other night, lying in bed looking for my next read. I pull up Libby (the Libby app connects with your library’s ebook...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #150 We are untold stories

lisa rabey writes stuff issue #11 Middle-aged heroines

Free Adobe Stock image. Dear Internet, My apologies for skipping the last few weeks. Week 1, I was still in vacation mode and week 2, I got married! I spent...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Special Issue #2 May the Fourth Be With You

Wedding #2 is in the books

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #149 cool slutty daddy vibes

whatta man, whatta man, whatta mighty good man

A Most Unreliable Narrator Special Issue #1

I'm an adult now

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #148 The White Lotus

No, I did not lose a kidney.

lisa rabey writes stuff issue #10 swears

Free Adobe Stock image. Dear Internet, I had not planned on sending out an issue today as I was on vacation for the last week and I didn’t get an opportunity...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #147.5 All ugly thoughts are gone

I'm sure we'll all be friends

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #147 tips and wills

We dug coal together

lisa rabey writes stuff issue #9 interlude

Free Adobe Stock image. Dear Internet, When you read this, I’m going to be laying near a pool drinking Singapore Slings and that will be my only chore for a...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #146.5 And she listens like her head’s on fire

Like she wants to believe in me

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #146 Perfect Weather to Fly

The days were shaping up, frosty and bright

lisa rabey writes stuff issue #8: writing as a love

Free Adobe Stock image. Dear Internet, On Friday night I finished and submitted a piece, based on Vincent Van Gogh’s The Bedroom, for Ekphrastic Review. It’s...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #145 it was justified

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #144.5 Tech Update

Due to circumstances beyond my control, this Substack’s new address is https://amostunreliablenarrator.substack.com. If you filter, please update your...

lisa rabey writes stuff issue #7 indie publishing

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash Dear Internet, It’s been a slow week. I was busy after work every night but one last week. Evenings tend to be my prime...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #144 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

That's nobody's business but the Turks

lisa rabey writes stuff issue #6.5 The Lisa Chronicles Vo 1 1998

Dear Internet, As promised, here is the forward for The Lisa Chronicles, Vol 1 1998. Enjoy. In May 1997, I moved, for a boy, to San Francisco to gain riches...

lisa rabey writes stuff issue #6 Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here

submission update I’m up to 29 submissions, 11 rejections, 2 acceptances, and 1 withdrawal from those 29. As I write this, I received a rejection with...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #143 irrationally and frightfully stupid

I don't know how to feel if you live in Brooklyn

lisa rabey writes stuff issue #5 authors and their domains

[Housekeeping: Goddammit. Sorry gang. Changed my newsletter name AGAIN. I also picked up a website: lisarabeywritesstuff.com. Sorry, sorry, sorry if you...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #142 When I was young I knew everything

And she a punk who rarely ever took advice

stories, tales, and stuff issue #4 charming and a good vibe

Dear Internet, I got immediate feedback for that piece that I entered into the contest I mentioned recently. I knew the story was not going to place, but for...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #141 cotton candy colored covers

Say that three times

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #140.50 editor wanted

i spel real gud

Weekly Dispatch Blotter Highlights: Issue #87 Caller hit a deer this morning

Didn’t want to report it because he wanted to go ice fishing.

stories, tales, and stuff issue #3: still naked and wanting

(Housekeeping: if you filter newsletters, the new address is storiestalesandstuff not lisawritesstories. I’m submitting work under a pseudonym as well as my...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #140.25 link update

February 26, 2023

Dear Internet, Since I assume you all wait with baited breath every week and click on my links (not really), I need to have an update as the writing link...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #140 ac-chent-thu-ate the positive

February 26, 2023

E-lim-i-nate the negative

lisa writes stories Issue #2 Aubrey Jones gets a life

February 22, 2023

Dear Internet, After having conversations on and offline these past few weeks about Aubrey Jones Gets a Life (the working title I’ve settled on so I can stop...

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #139.5 I Walk the Line.

February 22, 2023

Greetings from Nashville, TN!

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #139 Oi! Oi! Oi!

February 19, 2023

Music saves lives

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #138.25 lisa writes stories

February 14, 2023

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #138 Some writing tales to tell

February 12, 2023

Also, Legend of Zelda.

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #137.5 It's me.

February 8, 2023

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #137 When people stop being polite

February 5, 2023

And start getting real

Weekly Dispatch Blotter Highlights: Issue #86 Loud music next door and someone singing into a microphone

February 1, 2023

Just another week in Leelanau County

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #136 exposition, exposition, exposition

January 29, 2023

Show. Don’t tell.

A Most Unreliable Narrator Issue #135 brain macros

January 22, 2023

Will I be a satisfied adult one day? Probably not.

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