Silver Current Press
The independent press I founded to publish the kind of literary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that big houses rarely take a chance on anymore — including my own.
Visit the pressA Guide for Readers, Writers & Students
All My Sites
One writer, one small press, and a scattering of classrooms and reading rooms across the internet. This page is the map — where to go for the books, the courses, the submission guidelines, and everything in between.
The Press & The Salon
Where the Books Get Made
The publishing house, its literary gathering place, and the library it curates.
The 2601 Literary Salon
Named for a Boston street address that keeps resurfacing in my fiction, this is where serious readers and writers gather for courses, craft talks, and a standing invitation to argue about books.
Enter the salonThe Mulhern Story Library
A growing shelf of short fiction, chosen and annotated the way I’d hand a story to a student and say, “Read this one twice.”
Browse the library
Teaching & Courses
Where the Craft Gets Taught
Three decades of classroom experience, distilled into courses, companions, and a live tool built for my own students.
The Art of Telling
Ten sessions built from thirty years in the classroom — the exact sequence I use to turn a promising sentence into a finished story.
Explore the courseThe Art of Telling Companion
The workbook that travels alongside the course — exercises, annotated examples, and the homework I actually assign.
Open the companionProfessor Mulhern’s Whiteboard
A live, real-time whiteboard built for my own classroom — where a lesson on metaphor can turn, mid-sentence, into a full-class discussion.
Open the whiteboard
For Writers Considering Submission
Before You Send Your Pages
Field guides written from the other side of the slush pile, one for each form Silver Current Press publishes.
Memoir & Personal Essay Submissions
What actually happens to a memoir manuscript after you hit submit — written for writers tired of guessing.
Read the guideShort Story Submissions
A short-story writer’s field guide to Silver Current Press — what we’re looking for, and what quietly gets a manuscript rejected.
Read the guidePublishing Poetry
Notes from the other side of the slush pile, after decades of reading — and judging — poetry submissions.
Read the guide
Press, Booksellers & Readers
Everything Else You Might Need
Press Kit
Everything a journalist, reviewer, or bookseller needs in one place — bios, high-resolution covers, and the blurbs booksellers actually quote.
Open the press kitAmazon Author Page
Every book I’ve published, gathered under one listing — the fastest way to see the whole shelf at once.
See the booksThe Author Site
Books, essays, sample writing, and the press kit — the home base this very map lives on.
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