Quote: “Preschool attendance in Morocco has surged from 23% in 2018 to 73% in 2024 after a nationwide early-education reform.” Dana sez, I was lucky enough to visit Morocco in 2013 and I thought then that it was a place just beginning to go boom. You go, Kalal! Vietnam is reducing poverty through education, too.…
Pre-order Hardcover → Pre-order Kindle US → Pre-order Kindle UK → Yet another teeny excerpt… “Tom. Been a while.” “John. You look sober.” “It happens.” “Good to know.” Launching from the Poisoned Pen Bookstore on February 28, 2026. Buy for Kindle US → Buy for…
Some great news–a Friend of Storyknife has pledged to match dollar for dollar up to $35,000 in this year’s fall challenge! Click here and hey, presto, double your donation!And on behalf of the Storyknife residents of 2026,thank you all so much for your support! And–ta dah!–here are all the writers from 2025!
I once got a temp job just because I could rattle off this alphabet from memory. She said proudly. (h/t Laughing Squid) Quote: “A decade after the Paris Agreement, global greenhouse gas emissions are barely rising, up just 0.3% a year since 2015, compared with 1.7% before.” Amazing and heartening news. (Fix the News) Nifty, and…
“A roofer’s personal politics comes into play heavily when choosing jobs.” One of the best written scenes in film history. (h/t Smoke Signals, in a terrific post that makes me think I was born into the wrong generation.) Heh. (h/t Laughing Squid) “It’s the Internet, Stupid.” Post by Francis Fukuyama on how we got here.…
Meet the Storyknife writers in residence of 2025. It was our honor and our privilege to provide them with a place of their own in which to work, supported by a staff dedicated to their safety and comfort and secure in the knowledge of your support. Would you like to help put that same expression…
Pre-order Hardcover → Pre-order Kindle US → Pre-order Kindle UK → Another teeny excerpt… “How would you like to become a Harvey Girl, Miss Wright?” “I’m sure I wouldn’t like it at all, sir.” Launching from the Poisoned Pen Bookstore on February 28, 2026. Buy…
Pre-order Hardcover → Pre-order Kindle US → Pre-order Kindle UK → A teensy excerpt… “Run, Georgie, you sumbitch! Run before I give you a new hole to drain out all a your bullshit!” The laughing man stopped laughing. “Run my ass, Johnny O’Leary, I’ll die before I run!” Launching from…
We gotcher tees and totes and mugs and hoodies right here, and with every purchase you’re making a donation to support the women writers of Storyknife: [not to distract you from your shopping, but many more photos here] I myself just bought me a zip front hoodie, which may be my favorite article of clothing…
Pre-order Hardcover → Pre-order Kindle US → Pre-order Kindle UK → Crack! Bang! Boom! Dea gratia, the final edit of The Harvey Girl went to my editor this week. Right here and now allow me to declare my undying gratitude to copyeditor Liz and editor Greg for their help in making it…