About
Made Up WordsWe bring you three fictional works a week, bright and burnished offerings to enjoy between the demands of life and work. [email protected]
Note from the editor
“Tell me a story,” we beg when we’re children. Does it ever really change? At Made Up Words we feed your story cravings with the finest fiction on Medium. Follow us and look for fresh writing in your feed every Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday. Writers: please read Made Up Words to get a feel for what we’re looking for, then check out our guidelines to learn how to submit your stories: http://bit.ly/21lGD46.
Editors
Contributing Editor
Tom FarrTom is a writer, storyteller and high school English teacher. He loves creating and spending time with his wife and three children. http://whisperproject.net
Art Director
Ned HosteBook and graphic designer, sharing thoughts, ideas, publishing, indie publishing and creative enthusiasm.
Contributing Editor
Grey Drane 🌀Translator of Italian, writer of words, editor of yours, wood chopper, water carrier, and a perpetual work in progress... http://iam.simplygrey.me
Editors of Made Up Words
We‘re the team behind this publication: https://medium.com/made-up-words/latest
Writers
Heather Skye
Jill-of-many-trades, master of none, but I have a pretty good time with the lot of them.
Nina Barlow
Madness is genius, it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than to be absolutely boring! Forensic Science and Criminology student with many pieces to write!
Kat Doherty
Kat is a creative writing student who doesn’t write as much as she should. She’s trying to be better about that.
Editors of Made Up Words
We‘re the team behind this publication: https://medium.com/made-up-words/latest
jayetomas
Writer. Wordsmith. Poet. Obsessed with all things hedgehog. The beauty of the story is in the journey, not the arrival.
James Gallagher
Posting my short stories and hoping they don’t drown. Terrified by how skilled and productive everyone else on Medium is.
alto
Canadian flight medic turned MFA grad turned researcher; poetics, literary non fiction, satire, stray dogs, & Starbucks do not displease me.
John Homan
Finding magic in the world through Percussion, Poetry and the People I love. IU Graduate working in the music industry. A celebrated master of self-deprecation.
Mike Robertson
Living on the bank of a major river, I’ve learned great respect for flow, relentlessness, and mud.
Bryan Schultz
Bryan is a copywriter, ad agency owner and founder of a nationwide restaurant talent search. He has previously taken abuse as a newspaper reporter and editor.
Zachary Walchuk
Writer with occasional opinions. Author of Replica, the sci-fi serial. Follow @zwalchukers for updates.
Ernio Hernandez
Writer | Playwright | Wordie ♡ ernio.com | Buy eBooks ☞ bit.ly/erniostore | Subscribe to emails ☞ bit.ly/eo-mail
benjamin weinberg
Writer, poet, and educator. Commercial fisherman, builder, and donut maker. South Africa, Maine, and Madrid.
Jack Herlocker
Husband & developer, tech writer & IT manager. I fill what’s empty, empty what’s full, and scratch where it itches. Occasionally do weird & goofy things.
Gutbloom
Tribune of Medium. Mayor Emeritus of LiveJournal. Third Pharaoh of the Elusive Order of St. John the Dwarf. I am to Medium what bratwurst is to food.
David Miller
"Nobody ever realizes they're a writer. They only think they're a writer." ~ Charles Bukowski
Lizella Prescott
Author-in-waiting, irregularly scheduled blogger, mom. Obsessed with domestic noir. Not really a lizard. www.lizellaprescott.com
Torgrim Kvernavann
Disillusioned and dishevelled government servant in Oslo. Tentatively trying my hand at writing fiction in a last ditch attempt to remain sane.
Nikki Bee Williams
Writer of fact and fantasy (and the realm between both!) Connect at www.gottabeewriting.com or @williamsbnikki on Twitter!
E.Viona
I write tales of the spooky, the weird, & the strangest of all, real life. Now trying something new. I hope you’ll join me. https://goo.gl/pZKcou
