We're a Hot Mess with a mission to create a platform for writers to read great, interesting, and entertaining short fiction. We want to help writers of short stories get their short fiction out into the world. So, if you're looking for some interesting reading matter with a new short story every two weeks, please consider joining our community. Go to hotmessfiction.com and tell us what you think of the new site! “A Forkful of Bad Dudes” will be released by our first sponsor, Snarled Sip. Snarled Sip is our very first sponsor in the world of short fiction, and we are excited about that! If you sign up at their website (which is snarledsip.com), you will receive a snarl of bad dudes and a free copy of my short story “One Week of Unplanned Vacations.” You will also have the opportunity to be one of the first readers and judge of future entries. Thank you to our awesome sponsors who make Hot Mess possible: I would like to mention one thing: if you support the Hot Mess fiction community and are able to help with the cost of the website by buying anything from the above links, please use the links below to help keep the Hot Mess going: Subscribe Get Involved! Feel free to pick up any available items from the studio for free or as a donation to support artists. We are a nonprofit and do not charge for downloads of any of our eBooks, original paintings, sketches, prints, zines, etc. However, your art purchase of any of our products does help in the success of the Hot Mess Inc. blog and helps ensure we can continue to provide art and print editions of our books. Our Etsy store has over 6000 unique prints, eBooks, and artwork created by nearly 200 contributors. To make a purchase from Etsy.com, enter HotMessPrintsVintageEtsy into the search box and you will be forwarded to our Etsy store to view and purchase from. You can also help support Hot Mess Inc by making a purchase from any of the links in our blog. We receive about 5% of each purchase you make on the following sites through our Amazon Affiliate program. For each purchase made at these links, a small percentage of that purchase price is credited to the artist and goes directly to supporting the artist and the Hot Mess website. Thank you for your support. Get Involved! We have some wonderful art and artists who are donating their time, talent, and work to our blog. We are happy to share their talents and creations with you for free or you can support the artists and Hot Mess by purchasing their art, special editions, or new releases. Visit any of these links to see the wonderful art available or click on the picture to visit their websites. The first two links are for artists who are new to our blog and have graciously donated some of their amazing artwork. The third link is a special edition of a collection of paintings we are publishing called: “You’ve Got Heart… Let’s Talk About Art“ This is a collection of art about important issues and how we as individuals can positively make a difference in our local communities and our world. The book can be purchased directly from the artist at this link. The fourth link is an eBook we published called “Paint and Draw Your Politicians.” This eBook can be found at this link and includes a drawing of your elected officials, their party affiliation, and your elected officials’ voting record. This book is currently available for download in PDF form or in EPUB format. The fifth link is an EPUB file of our new book, “Zines and Artist’s Books.” This is an ongoing project we are creating as an archive of our art and zines in an eBook format. This book will be downloadable in the eBook formats available for download now. This project is still under construction, but when it’s finished you’ll be able to buy the eBook from this link. The sixth link is the artists’ own site where they sell their original art, prints, and books. The seventh link is the Zinelibrary, the home of a library of the best of contemporary writers. (Note: This link is not currently being used to sell books.) The eighth link is the author’s site. We would also like to mention that the original paintings we use on our blog can be found for purchase on our site at the link below: And now, the ninth and final link, where you can read the complete text of our book, “Zines and Artist’s Books.” The first two links above are for artists who are new to our blog and have graciously donated some of their amazing artwork to help support our cause. Hot Mess, Inc. is currently on Kickstarter. We want to give everyone who is reading this blog the opportunity to get involved with our project. We’re only halfway done with our Kickstarter project, and if you pledge to our project in any amount you’ll be helping us finish our projects sooner. You can find our project at the following link: The first two links are for artists who are new to our blog and have graciously donated some of their amazing artwork to help support our cause. Hot Mess, Inc. is currently on Kickstarter. We want to give everyone who is reading this blog the opportunity to get involved with our project. We’re only halfway done with our Kickstarter project, and if you pledge to our project in any amount you’ll be helping us finish our