We're three cats in a trench coat elevating tales and their tellings with editorial ink on our paws. We serve writers making scifi that doesn't play by the rules, fantasy that embraces the weird, and romance that dances with its own happy ending - any story that takes a flight of imagination. Our evergreen tradework and tools are built to empower storytellers with possibilities that help them grow and refine their craft. Because the journey from idea to finished work takes many twists and turns, and none of us are alone in running it.
Eventually a work moves beyond the simple tools and needs a human. When that happens, we want to be the expert hand you reach for. Whether that be with structure, prose, or simply a careful read before your work goes out into the world. Because every voice deserves to be heard at its best, and we won't see any of them left behind. See our Tradework for more.
And for those with a tale that can be told in unusual or adventive ways, we craft precisely strange outlets for their creative vision. From our partnerships are born fantastical things to read, to hear, to touch, to play - an experience aloft. Every one of our Tradework arrangements is an opportunity for a new production collaboration. Contact us directly for interest.
We also support creative groups that share our belief in community - because creativity doesn't blossom alone in isolation. As creatives we all gain valuable feedback, find our voices, explore vulnerability, and discover parts of ourselves through the connections we build. That collaboration is part of the art. Join in Communities that suit.
We're always keeping our hands busy here and abroad. Our Projects have some of the wider goodies.
A platform for writers to collect feedback from other authors, experienced critiquers, and those they know personally in a central place. People are too often expected by the industry to already know who to share their stories with for review or how to organize and work with the feedback they receive. Manuscript.Ink offers human-centric help in bridging that gap.
A literary journal of fiction and short plays, printed as substantial quarterly volumes. Emerging and established voices share pages across genres and forms in work that is emotionally precise, formally confident, and unafraid of strangeness. The quiet or domestic can sit beside horror or surrealism, each at home between the same covers. Here readers find stories that trends pass by.
