Blog Tag - Fiction

Spittoon Turns Eight Plus Eighth Issue of Spittoon Literary Magazine Launched
Submitted on May 23, 2023
It has been a long time coming but Spittoon Literary Magazine Issue Eight is here. Plus this year the magazine launch has been perfectly coordinated...
With Spittoon Finally Able to Hold Events Again, Here’s a Little Bit of Background on the Literary Group
Submitted on Jul 14, 2022
Literary fans of Beijing, it is time to celebrate! Spittoon is back with their first live reading event since Beijing’s semi-lockdown put an end to...
Spittoon Presents: Locusts
Submitted on Nov 11, 2020
Spittoon Presents: "Locusts" by Anisha Joshi, a haunting tale of a childhood season, almost surreal and almost psychological, and also not so easy to...
R Stuck at Home? Time to Read Up on Beijing with These Essays and Articles
Submitted on Feb 04, 2020
Beijing’s recent snowfall wasn’t enough to result in a snow day, but it doesn’t matter: most of the city’s offices and schools are having people stay...
Spittoon Presents: "Normal Earl"
Submitted on Sep 22, 2019
This work of fiction is provided by our content partners Spittoon Collective. You can read more content just like this from Beijing's creative...
Spittoon Presents: Night and the Pickle
Submitted on Jul 03, 2019
This work of fiction is provided by our content partners Spittoon Collective. You can read more content just like this from Beijing's creative...
Spittoon Presents: Pay Your Respects
Submitted on May 19, 2019
This work of fiction is provided by our content partners Spittoon Collective. You can read more content just like this from Beijing's creative...
Spittoon Presents: The Shambling Horror
Submitted on Mar 10, 2019
This work of fiction is provided by our content partners Spittoon Collective. You can read more content just like this from Beijing's creative...
Spittoon Presents: Track III
Submitted on Jan 13, 2019
This work of fiction is provided by our content partners Spittoon Collective. You can read more content just like this from Beijing's creative...
Nosedive Into the Universe of Spoken Word With Spittoon Collective
Submitted on Sep 17, 2017
If there was ever a reason to complain about the lack of diversity in Beijing's literature world, it's surely not now. The world of words has been...
R Party Time for Poets at Launch of Second Spittoon Magazine
Submitted on May 14, 2017
Spittoon is now well established as one of the prime movers in Beijing’s flourishing literary and artistic scene. Last year we reported on the...
Beijing Author's New Novel Named to BBC's 10 Books to Read in December
Submitted on Nov 30, 2015
Well, look at that. The BBC just named Beijing-based author Carly J. Hallman's The Year of the Goose one of the 10 books to read in December, and it...
The End: All Of Your Beijing Short Stories Compiled
Submitted on Mar 11, 2013
Our Beijing Stories shorter-than-short fiction contest is now closed. The winners will be announced in the near future but while we await the...
Keep It Brief: Enter Our Short Story Contest!
Submitted on Feb 26, 2013
Our Beijing Stories contest, in association with the upcoming Bookworm Literary Festival, rumbles on. We've received around 30 submissions so far...
Stranger Than Short Fiction: Enter Our Story Contest!
Submitted on Feb 21, 2013
Have you entered our Beijing Stories contest yet? Come on, all you need to produce is 140 characters of pure prose about Beijing. We reckon everyone...