The Author Who Sent His Story Out on the Blog Tour

Yesterday, readers of the literary website Juked were treated to the first chapter of Forecast, an online serial with a twist. You see, Shya Scanlon isn’t just publishing his novel’s 42 chapters in regular installments over the next five months—he’s lined up 42 different websites to host the story as it unfolds. The story, described by one advance reader as “part SF, part noir, part road narrative and part love story,” will appear in venues ranging from the Emerging Writers Network and Opium to the personal blogs of authors Jami Attenberg and Matt Bell. “My hope,” Scanlon writes, “is that if you aren’t familiar with them already, you’ll explore their rich offerings long after this project has concluded.”

Here’s the complete Forecast schedule; links to each chapter will be added as they’re put online; you can also get updated by Scanlon via Twitter.

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