Boned Every Which Way 2016

by Nate Ragolia (Editor), Mimi Hayes (Contributor), Ashley Heaton (Contributor)

Launched in January of 2016, BONED is an online literary collection with a single unifying theme: skeletons.

This theme touches something that's deeply embedded in all of us: Bones are our past, and also our future. Bones represent death as well as immortality, mixed with regrets about the pleasures and beauty of the flesh.

With 52 original short stories, poems, essays, and scripts by 29 writers, BONED Every Which Way will take you into the depths of horror, to strange futures, through contemplations of the human spirit, and leave you in stitches. In short, there’s something for everyone in BONED.

“We started this project with the ambitious and silly idea that skeletons could inspire an infinite amount of writing. Turns out, it worked even better than we could have imagined. I’ve had the honor of editing deep, introspective poetry, hilarious scripts, and haunting stories. And I found a little inspiration myself.” - Nate Ragolia, editor-in-chief

SPACEBOY TO THE RESCUE: Profits from sales of this book will benefit the Bone Marrow Foundation.

BONED Every Which Way 2016 includes writing from Ruby Begonia, Brian Dickson, Simon Edgett, Stephanie Escobar, Kirsten Ferguson, Race Garber, Alex Grady, Shaunn Grulkowski, Mimi Hayes, Ashley Heaton, Jared Horney, Jon-Barrett Ingels, Pam Jones, Amanda Christie Leiss, Jennifer Moore, Dean Moses, Michael J. O’Connor, Jessica Proett, Nate Ragolia, Brian Rivera, Aaron Rodriguez, Diane Root, Jordan A. Rothacker, Mikey Sivak, Math Trafton, Antoine Valot, Daniel Valot, and Jeffrey Wolf.

312 pages, Paperback

Published July 6, 2017

About the author

Nate Ragolia is the author One Person Can't Make a Difference (2022), The Retroactivist (2017) and There You Feel Free (2015, 2021). He was editor-in-chief of BONED: A Collection of Skeletal Writings from 2015-2020, and is currently co-founder and publisher at Spaceboy Books LLC. Way back when, he wrote and drew two webcomics, The Illiterate Badger, and The Right Corking Adventures of Cecil Larkbunting & Alastair Wakerobin. These days, he hosts the podcasts A Vague Idea and Roll For Blank, and co-hosts Debut Buddies. In his free time, he's writing the next book, contributing short stories to a variety of publications and collections, playing video games, and trying to smile his way through the apocalypse with his dogs and wife.