One Story managing editor, creative writing teacher, and writer of her own work: Lena Valencia wears many hats. She zooms on in to the Damn Library and Drew and Christopher pick her brain on writing scary things, what makes a good One Story submission, and how she tries to listen to the advice she gives her students. And we talk about her recent publications in Catapult’s Tiny Nightmares and Epiphany lit mag. Plus, we discuss Megan Cummins’ If the Body Allows It, and the underground world of the university/small press ecosystem. Hooray for short stories!

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