​publications featuring emerging authors

Our mission is to help emerging writers become authors
These publications and others may be purchased here or on Amazon. Visit our Books page.

A novel about family relationships and mother-daughter estrangement.

Autumn 2024 Issue of Scary Stories

Spring 2025 issue of love gone bad stories. Various authors.

Written as a collaborative by the Marion County Writers Workshop

Award-winning novel by Michael Van Natta, founder of the Marion County Writers Workshop

how we can help emerging writers with goals, inspiration, and opportunities

Writers/Authors - Get your short story published  
The Back Roads Literary Review is an anthology of themed short stories published twice a year. Submit your work at no charge and If your story is accepted, we publish it along with a variety of other writers. When you become one of our authors, you get a free copy plus the option to buy more at a discount from us to sell through your channels. You keep all the profit from books you sell.

Marion County Writers Workshop
We also offer weekly critique workshops via zoom. Mix of men and women, fiction genres of any kind.
When: Thursdays, 6:30pm Central time.

 More info: Visit our About page.

What is Back Roads Literary Review?
Readers: why should you purchase?
When you purchase a book you not only get enjoyment of themed short stories, but you support emerging writers. Fictional stories are peered reviewed for quality. The theme of the stories vary per issue. Reading these stories is a good way to preview and follow a variety of authors. if you like their style, you can find more books by them.

Books may be purchased on this website or Amazon.com

​Visit our FAQ page. for more information about what we do.

PRE -ORDER NOW! Releases April 15

Back Roads Literary Review
​Spring 2026 (Vol 4, iss 1)
This anthology of short stories by various authors publishes twice a year. Spring 2026 issue will be available in April 2026.