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Thirty Cabins

A collaborative fiction project reimagining--and re-inhabiting--a century-old book of vacation cabins

Newsletter · By Josh Riedel · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Introducing Classifieds (opens the original)

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    Hi Cabin Friends,Just a short email from us today to introduce you to a new project and remind you of our event in LA tomorrow, at Bar Henry in Echo Park.Introducing ClassifiedsAfter the success of Thirty Cabins—the first print run is nearly sold out!—we’re embarking on a new project. It’s called Classifieds.We’re inviting writers to submit fictional classified ads under the topics Pets, Lost & Found, Computers/Tech, Matters of the Heart, Services (miscellaneous), Legal, Health, Rentals (Wanted

  2. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    CABIN miscellany – a story by Lincoln Michel (opens the original)

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    Happy Thirty Cabins publication week! In celebration, we’re sharing the story that concludes Volume 1 of Thirty Cabins, ’s “CABIN miscellany.” It’s the only story in the zine that is not titled after a cabin. Instead, Michel draws on the cabin miscellany section of Sunset’s Cabin Plan Book, which offers “a score and more of cabin ideas” for inventive ways to decorate and furnish your cabin. The characters in Michel’s story are the lucky inheritors of a few of these unusual objects.After the stor

  3. Issue · Sep 1, 2026

    Thirty Cabins is out today! (opens the original)

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    Thirty Cabins is out today! Thank you to the contributors, everyone who preordered copies, and everyone who helped spread the word about our little zine.In addition to our online store, the zine is now available at bookstores in Portland, SF, LA, and Austin (full list below). Jae Towle Vieira's cabin story was shared in Electric Literature. Ed Park gave us a shoutout

  4. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    How to design and print a zine (opens the original)

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    Last winter, when I began to pitch writers on contributing to Thirty Cabins, I described a zine1 much different from what will arrive in your mailbox this week. To mark publication week—Tuesday, September 1 is our official pub day!—I wanted to recount the process of designing and printing the zine, in hopes that it’s useful for any of you interested in pursuing your own publishing projects.– JoshIn the early days of researching print options for

  5. Issue · Aug 22, 2026

    A Break From Routine (opens the original)

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    Today we’re sharing a guest essay from Thirty Cabins editorial assistant Emma Riskin. Emma is a poet exploring intimacy and transformation. She lives in Portland, Oregon. – JoshThe other day I started researching artist residencies again. I dream that a residency might endow me with the gift of focus. I’m too easily distracted by incoming messages, clutter, and the various pulls of responsibility. Each residency offers a similar affordance: a break from routine, the opportunity to explore withou

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