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About Gypsum Sound Tales

We are a publishing house based out of Sydney, Australia. Writing is our thing, and, if you're here, we're guessing that it is yours too. Specialising in short stories and novellas, our aim is to get great fiction out into the public forum so that you, the reader, can enjoy it just as much as we have.

Our two digital publications, Colp and Thuggish Itch, are designed to give every author, no matter their experience or background, the opportunity to get their work out there. We'll give any submitted story a read so please don't hesitate to send your work through to us via the submissions page on our website.

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Colp: Feet Jun 5, 2022

by Gypsum Sound Tales, Alyson Faye, Ann McCurdy, Carlton Herzog, Christina Nordlander, Denice Penrose, DJ Tyrer, Frank Sawielijew, Gabriella Brand, Julia Lewis, Mark Tulin, Matthew Fowler, Peter DiChellis, Rayna Bright, Robert Allen Lupton, Leonora Lewis, Shaun Avery, Tim Borella

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My sister hates feet. I don’t know why, but they have always made her cringe and cower. My brother and I found it amusing enough that we would send her photos of our feet whenever we could. Personally, I find feet a little intriguing. There is something about them that can be both attractive and repulsive. Toenails, though, well, that’s a whole different story…

Feet is Colp’s tenth collection (ten books, ten toes), and it is great that we were able to feature several stories that were not horror-based or pieces of speculative fiction.

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Thuggish Itch: Viva Las Vegas Aug 15, 2018

by Gypsum Sound Tales, Jennifer Rossman, Max Sparber, Brendan Foley, Hillary Lyon, Alex Zalben, Victor Krulle, Timothy Pulo, Martin Alvarez, Marlin Bressi, EDWARD KARPP, CLARK ROBERTS , TERENCE HANNUM, CHRISTOPHER NADEAU, ROBERT ALLEN LUPTON, RUSS BICKERSTAFF, RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, LUKE SPOONER

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Las Vegas, Nevada: a city with so much to offer and so much to hide. The Mirage with its hellfire and brimstone. Paris with its ceilings painted in a continuous day. The rhythmic and hypnotic motion of the Bellagio’s fountains. A city with everything one might want and then some.

Thuggish Itch’s first collection, Viva Las Vegas, contains sixteen horror and sci-fi stories from sixteen inspired authors, all of which delve beneath the city of Las Vegas’s bright lights and serve up a glimpse of what may lie within.

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Thuggish Itch: By the Seaside Mar 17, 2022

by Gypsum Sound Tales, Jackson Kuhl, Daniel Robichaud, Hillary Lyons, Rory Spickett, R D Doan, Jack Seymour, Michelle Mellon, Donna Munro, Liam Spinage, Damascus Mincemeyer, Daniel R Robichaud, Desmond White, Donna J. W. Munro, Frank Sawielijew, John Leahy, Katherine L.P. King, Kelly A. Harmon, Jack Callaghan, Liam A. Spinage, Lisa H. Owens, Maggie Nerz Iribarne, Margaret Karmazin, Martin Alvarez, Matt McGee, Maxwell Marais, Michael Pollentine, Michelle Brett, Robert Allen Lupton, Robert Petyo, Spencer Lee Sumwalt, Thomas Nicholson, Tim Anderson, Warren Benedetto

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I’ve always been fortunate enough to live within a fifteen-minute drive of the beach. As children, we would be there all the time, tackling waves on our boogie boards or shielding our pile of hot chips from the marauding seagulls. While visits may not be as frequent now that I’m an adult, there is still something calming about heading out into the surf. Well… most of the time.

By the Seaside is the eighth Thuggish Itch collection, and although lockdowns and rapid antigen tests slowed down its progress, we are proud to present these stories from a mix of frequent collaborators and GST first-timers.

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Thuggish Itch: Theme Park Mar 8, 2019

by Gypsum Sound Tales, Thomas Vaughn, Eleanor Sciolistein, W.T. Paterson, Hugh McStay, Hillary Lyon, Lawrence Berry, Robert Lupton, Michael Leonberger, Lukas Kolb

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On a visit to one of the parks in the north of the country, my father and I lined up to ride a roller coaster that had been themed around a 90’s action film. It was the ride of the moment, one of those ones where you sat hanging on the outside rather than sitting inside an enclosed car, and it seemed like every man and his dog had lined up with us.

“You two can’t get on," said one of the ride workers. "Too tall. Your feet will scrape along the concrete, or it’ll take your leg right off.”

This comment stuck with me over the years, and at times I would wonder just what would have happened if we had managed to sneak onto the ride. Nothing good I imagine.

Thuggish Itch’s Theme Park is a collection of sixteen short stories that delve into the weird, wonderful and sometimes dark world of carnivals, fun fairs and theme parks. Lower your lap bar, strap yourself in, and prepare for the ride…

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Thuggish Itch: Hospitality Sep 27, 2019

by Martin Alvarez, James Berry, Lawrence Berry, Megan Davies-Ostrom, Radar DeBoard, Kieran Judge, Walter Kwiatkowski, Ash Lim, Jeremy Megargee, Robert Allen Lupton, Eugene H.A, Matthew M. Montelione, Robert Petyo, Evi Tcaniks, DJ Tyrer, Trevor Zaple

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Please ring bell if the desk is unattended. The hospitality industry is one that I rely on quite heavily. I like to travel, I like to eat out, and prefer to take public transport as opposed to driving anywhere myself; particularly in a busy city like Sydney. These people just make things so much easier, and I feel that sometimes we end up taking them for granted. So, thank you. Thank you to anyone reading this who may have served me a meal, made me a drink or driven me home at the end of a long night.

Thuggish Itch’s fifth collection, Hospitality, features sixteen short stories from some of our favourite authors. From haunted hotels and tainted lunch buffets to an unwanted guest in a restaurant fish tank, each story pays homage to the industry.

Gypsum Ground Tales Dec 19, 2019

by Gypsum Sound Tales, Susan Abramski, Aryan Bollinger, J.F. Capps, Valerie Hunter, Vivian Kasley, Victor Krulle, Robert Lupton, Hugh McStay, Fernando Medici

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Established in 1957, the Quémado copper mine can be found 10 km (6 miles) north of Barvina, Chile and is the world’s third biggest producer of copper. The mine is currently the property of the Vonco Mining Corporation Limited, a British company with several holdings across South America and northern Africa. The mine has been in consistent use since its establishment, but still manages to produce 335,000 tonne of copper each year as well as sizeable amount of molybdenum and rhodium. It consists of several smaller pits, smelter, refinery and an open pit—one of the world’s largest—measuring in at 4 km (2.5 miles) long, 3 km (1.8 miles) wide and over 920 m (0.6 miles) deep.

For Gypsum Ground Tales, we have put together the stories of some of our favourite authors, each of which is set in and around the fictional Quémado copper mine in northern Chile. Each story reflects the style of its author and, when all put together, flesh out the city of Barvina and its residents. I hope you enjoy them, thanks for reading.

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Colp: Solitude Sep 27, 2019

by Gypsum Sound Tales, Evan Baughfman, James Carlson, Edward Hagelstein, Valerie Hunter, Tim Jeffreys, Robert Kibble, Matthew Montelione, Donna Munro, Rory Say, Silja Nielsen, Mark Towse, Erica Shcaef, Robert Allen Lupton, Jeremy Megargee, Morrison

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Sometimes, being alone is a wonderful thing. Time to think, to reminisce, to prepare for what comes next. Other times, it’s a brutal nightmare; the sheer lack of human interaction sending one into what feels like an endless downward spiral.

Colp’s sixth collection, Solitude, contains fifteen stories, each of which provides a portrayal of what it is like to be alone; whether that be through the eyes of an old man wandering the halls of a retirement community late at night, the actions of a soldier traumatised by war or the thoughts of a young lady who truly feels that she has no one.

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Colp: Big Jul 8, 2019

by Gypsum Sound Tales, David Turnbull, Charles Wyatt, North Cady, Rachael Dickzen, Randal Greene, David Talon, Jill Hand, Brendan Smith, Robert Petyo, JC Martínez, Randal Eldon Greene, Robert Allen Lupton, Victor Krulle, Luke Spooner

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My wife and I watched a monster movie back in December, right around Christmas time. Normally, that wouldn’t have been my preferred film genre of choice, but it had been a long day full of food and family and, for whatever reason, this one managed to hold my attention.

About midway through, at that climatic part where they finally reveal the monster fully for the first time, a thought hit me. Why are these monsters never really that big? I asked my wife. Sure we get sea beasts with tentacles that stretch for tens of metres and skyscraping-climbing primates that tower over the average human, but where are the primates that are the size of a skyscraper? Where are the sea beasts with tentacles the thickness of a train carriage?

Big is home to a collection of stories that feature large, enormous or gigantic characters and concepts and, in this situation, it is most definitely a case of bigger is better.

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Colp: A Little Bit of Nonsense Jan 15, 2019

by Gypsum Sound Tales, Evan Baughfman, Aaron Besson, Aryan Bollinger, Steve Carr, Sarah Gribble, J.R. Hayslett, Tom Howard, Elise Warner, Sarah Liddle, Meg Candelaria, Dan Crawford, John A. DeMember, Connor Greenaway, Neil James Hudson, Carl Hughes, Victor Krulle, Robert Allen Lupton, Nick Manzolillo, Jeremy Megargee, Stuart D. Monroe, Ng Lena , Tori V. Rainn, B.T. Petro, Timothy Pulo, Max Sparber, M.R. Tapia, DJ Tyrer, Elise Warner, Stanley B. Webb, Zoe Woodard

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At least once a year since I first started writing, I have put together a story that once finished, I simply file away in a folder entitled ‘Completed’ where it is never seen or heard from again. Not because they were bad, but because they were just so different that there was nowhere else to put them. They would be devoid of a genre, a theme, and would sometimes read like an alcohol-infused dream. But they were good stories all the same. One day, I got to thinking 'maybe other authors out there have stories that are just too weird to fit conventional themes?' It turns out that I was right...

A Little Bit of Nonsense contains exactly that: a handful of short stories that are otherwise to obscure and too nonsensical to find a home anywhere else. Enjoy.

Colp: Black and Grey Mar 3, 2020

by Gypsum Sound Tales, Martin Alvarez, Scott Chaddon, Alyson Faye, Zach Friday, Tabitha Gidcomb, Carlton Herzog, Emma Lindhagen, L.B. Knighton, Erick Mancilla

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Colp’s seventh collection, Black and Grey, contains fifteen stories that celebrate the art of tattooing. Each looks at the profession and process in a different way and, when viewed as a package, do a good job at capturing the buzz of the tattoo gun and the grimace on the first timer’s faces. You never know, maybe one of them will inspire you to get a little ink done yourself.

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Thuggish Itch: Close the Gate Feb 9, 2020

by Gypsum Sound Tales, Kenneth Bykerk, James Carlson, Matthew Clarke, Michael Clark, Scott Couturier, Megan Davies-Ostrom, Mark Dubovec, Regina Kenney, Walter Kwiatkowski

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Just before the tunnel is a gate. A gate that is locked up tight with several thick chains and even thicker padlocks. Signs line the chainlink fence scream ‘Keep out’ and ‘Close the gate’. Not that unusual I hear you say; a chained up gate, there must be thousands of these all over the place. But this gate leads to nowhere. There is no building, no industrial property or driveway that leads to a house in the distance. Just a patch of yellowing grass and not much else. Each time I drive passed, I wonder what the point of the gates are, and why it was so important that they remain closed.

Thuggish Itch’s sixth collection, Close the Gate, features eighteen short stories from a group of authors from all over the world. There are some great stories here, all of which involved gates, doors and rooms that should remain closed (but are invariably opened).

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Gypsum Sound Trails Sep 6, 2019

by Gypsum Sound Tales, Susan Abramski, Aryan Bollinger, Richard Beauchamp, J.F. Capps, Lauren Hayhurst, Vivian Kasley, Robert Lupton, Hillary Lyon, Fernando Medici

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West Moreton, Arizona, USA, 1874.

A tumbleweed twists and turns on Main Street as Boone Markwell and the rest of the Markwell Gang head for the saloon and the liquor that waited within. The day is long and there is much to be done before the sun sets behind the mountains. On the other side of the road, the shopkeeper bows his head, opting to stare at the dusty ground than make eye contact with the gunslinger. A dog barks in the distance, followed closely by a woman's yell, and Boone feels his finger slip to the butt of his revolver; the movement smooth and instinctive.

For Gypsum Sound Trails, we invited some of our favourite collaborators to write their own western centred in and around the fictional Arizonan town of West Moreton and its inhabitants, including the infamous Markwell Gang. Each story reflects the style of its author while helping create a realistic western community.

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