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It’s been forever since we updated this page but we’re back with an interview with the grossest being we all know @decomprosed who is the co-founder of the Road Virus!

So, one of very own, and a brilliant writer and person we're incredibly lucky to call our friend, released a book today. The book includes poetry and songs(and obviously typos) he wrote from the time he was fourteen up until he was twenty-two. Mikey put himself out there and took a chance on this book, something EVERYONE should give him a round of applause for, but the awesomesauce doesn't even end there. I know, I know.

In addition to the aforementioned badassery, Mikey is also donating 100%, yes ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, of the money earned from sales to Helen's Fund at Recovery Resources. What's that, you ask? Helen's Fund helps those who wouldn't otherwise have the financial resources to get help with drug addiction. Addiction, the stigma, and access to better care and help is something I am rabidly passionate about, so of course I find this insanely awesome. Now hold on, let me go a little Billy Mays on y'all real quick, because...

WAIT, THERE'S MORE. Mikey has pledged to match the donations from book sales up to $500 EVERY YEAR FOR FOREVER. Who is this guy, am I right?

In conclusion, why would you NOT buy the book? That's right, you're probably tripping over yourself to buy it right now. Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06WD1F7WJ…

And, if you want a more detailed press release on it from Saint Mikey himself, you can find that here: https://www.reddit.com/…/5…/book_release_and_drug_addiction/

It's October. It's cold. The only things that are going to get you through this month are whiskey and reading. Trust me.

Here at 30 Press, we like to consider ourselves givers so here's your gift of Weekend Reading!

Every Friday, we try to act like we're literate and voice text with Siri (Google 4 lyfe) in hopes that this post happens.

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This week's selection is "The Devil's Toy Box" by Reddit user /u/MrClarenceWorley.

S.A. Decomprosed and his trusty sidekick Bookshanks picked this story out, and here's what they had to say about it:

"For me, this encapsulates what everyone is always going on about when they mention the "golden age" of NoSleep. It has the creeping feeling of dread, and perfectly captures the feeling of losing one's mind."

You can examine "The Devil's Toy Box" with your eye holes, for FREE, by following the link below.

Let us know what you think of the story!

https://www.reddit.com/…/comments/4n4wzg/the_devils_toy_box/

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Do you have a story that you feel everyone should know about? Tell us! It can be from anywhere online, written by anyone who won't sue us - even you! That's right. You'll be famous...ish. Or something.

We missed week 3, but how about you spend a quiet Sunday reading?

This week, our charming C.O.O. Ashley F. Holzmann has selected the story "I Wish She'd Just Been Cheating On Me," written by Reddit user /u/outfromtheashes.

Here's what Ash has to say about "I Wish She'd Just Been Cheating On Me"

This pick is for a variety of reasons. I love /u/outfromtheashes' work. I've worked with him before on projects and he writes consistently with heart. So I'm a little partial to his stuff, but it's justified. He's a good writer. I wish he would write more often--that's how much I enjoy his stuff. This is just one of many stories a reader will want to read by him. It is a part of a series, and I would encourage any reader to read the entirety of the series. Many of his stories have also been narrated on YouTube.

I Wish She'd Just Been Cheating On Me" is an excellent introduction to /u/outfromtheashes' work.

It is an ambassadorial piece. A taste of the honesty that comes with every story. There are moments in all of his stories that feel potentially biographical and personal.

Every time I see a new story go up by him, I'm captivated. His stories are raw and honest and emotional and worth the read every time.

You can read "I Wish She'd Just Been Cheating On Me" in its entirety, for FREE, by following the link below.

I know the weekend is half - over, sorry you guys! But, you don't really want to go outside...do you? No? Neither do I. How about some Weekend Reading instead!

This week's story is "Borrasca," written by C.K. Walker (a.k.a /u/The_Dalek_Emporer on Reddit), and was picked by our delectable Social Media Liaison - Mikey Knutson!

Here's what Mikey has to say about Borrasca and why he picked it:

"Have you ever read something that leaves such an impact on you that you HAVE to tell people about it because you want them to experience it? That's 'Borrasca' for me. I began reading it on a slow day at work and I couldn't stop. So many emotions. So many twists and turns. Questions. It was a roller coaster of emotion that I never wanted to get off of. Reading it inspired me to create larger works and not limit myself to a short, quick story with unanswered questions. I'm working on a larger project currently and my confidence in creating the world for it is entirely credited to seeing what C.K. Walker was able to do." Click the link below to read "Borrasca" online in its entirety for FREE.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/3e2zje/borrasca/…

Hi everyone! We're currently looking for the next cover for the Nosleep eBook. (If you don’t know about Nosleep, check out it out here: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/  for your fix of original horror stories) If you'd like to enter a piece of your art into the competition, all you need to do is click on the link below.

Cover Competition

Your artwork can have any theme you like so long as it's horror. 

Some details for all of you wonderful artists out there:

Don't include text. We'll do that.

Leave whitespace at either the top or bottom for said text.

Please submit two versions of the cover. A 72 DPI version for kindle, and 300 DPI version for CreateSpace. CreateSpace cover must also include a spine and back cover. The spine and back can be a flat color. We'll be writing on those bad boys, anyways. For the CreateSpace version, please follow these specifications. (5 by 8 size book, roughly 165 pages, black and white interior, cream colored paper.)

Submit either JPEG/JPG or TIF/TIFF.

Covers are due in a month! PM us with any questions you may have :)

Good luck!

Need plans this weekend that don't involve copious amounts of alcohol and/or family fun?

How about some Weekend Reading!

Every Friday, we'll be posting stories picked by our staff and some other contributors to help take your mind off of mowing the lawn and eating meatloaf (again).

This week's story is "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.

Originally published by the New Yorker in 1948, this story follows the events occurring in a small, contemporary American town surrounding the yearly "lottery" where...well, I don't want to spoil it for you! 😉

Check out the link below for a free, online version of the story that's available for your reading pleasure.

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Also, do you have a story that you feel everyone should know about? Let us know! It can be from anywhere online, written by anyone who won't sue us - even you! Send us a message and next week you might just see your name and your story right here. That's right - you'll be kind of famous...ish. Or something.

Let us know how much you love (or hate) the story in the comments!

http://sites.middlebury.edu/…/f…/2010/09/jackson_lottery.pdf

You can find the original Facebook post here:

That sounds like one of the simplest questions you can ask a writer. "Why do you do it?" That should be a one-off, ten second answer and then you would move onto the next question...in theory. At least for me, why I write is a lot more complicated than what can be mustered up in ten seconds.

Let me start here.

Life is...interesting. No matter how thoroughly you plan out what you want to do it won't ever happen exactly how you picture it. Ever.

Will you reach your goals if you work hard enough? Absolutely.

Will you reach them in the ways that you planned to reach them? No.

Here's a few of the endeavors I've had over the years on my path:

Rockstar. Writer. Rapper. Chemist. Storm Chaser. Video Game Developer. Comic Artist. Chiropractor. Massage Therapist. Therapist for Cerebral Palsy. Reggae Bass Player. Doctor. Motivational Speaker. Movie Director. Script Writer. Journalist. Professional Baseball Player.

I'm 25. In my short, short life I have made reasonable attempts at every single thing listed above. I've accomplished two: writer and massage therapist.

I had plans to reach each goal, sure. Well thought out, thorough plans that I spent unimaginable amounts of time developing. Even backup plans in case my main plans failed! Yet still, I've accomplished two. Honestly, I let my massage therapy license expire because I no longer had interest in practicing. Good pay but my heart wasn't in it. Writing is the only thing that's stuck. That's one.

I've been writing since the fourth grade. I have somewhere in the ballpark of thirty notebooks cataloging my works from the past sixteen years or so. Poems. Songs. Stories. Ideas. Speeches. Letters. My entire life is in those notebooks. From all the gripes with my childhood to the bad breakups to becoming a dad. Rage-fueled words and alcoholic slurs. Tear stained pages with typos included. Every moment, every emotion...it's all in my writing.

Out of all of the plans I've made and all of the paths I've been down, writing has always been there. I've always worked hard at it - without noticing and without having a plan.

My path to becoming a writer has been filled with plans to become other things amongst other unexpected events. Life doesn't follow a plan. Life does what it wants to do, like ocean tides. Reaching your goals isn't about following your plans - it's about finding your surf board and learning to ride the waves. Writing is my surf board.

-Mikey

[Note:] We’ll be updating our social media with short bios from the staff soon, so look for that in the near future :3

Hey you guy,

I wanted to do an update here so everyone could continue riding the hype train with us.

First things first, thank you all for the amazing support we've received thus far!

We are working daily toward this project. Seriously. Every day is another day toward making this happen.

We will come in here from time to time to post cool content and also give updates to the crowd, but if you want the daily news, here is a link to all of the social media sites we're rocking and rolling on

And yep, that is a subreddit! /r/30Press is officially a place.

A few people have asked about donating money, and you can donate to the current Nosleep eBook site here.

If you want to wait a few weeks, we're building the new site right now and once that launches we will also be launching a Patreon page. It will include some very cool stuff for the fans who want to support the cause. Though it may not launch with all of the goodies, we're going to be creating and making tshirts and posters based off of book covers, bookmarks, giving away signed copies of books, and really setting the community up with some cool content.

Some exciting things coming soon! Again, thanks for being awesome.

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Edit: PS!

We'll be doing a formal intro of the entire team pretty soon. These guys are amazing and we seriously couldn't ask for better folks to jump along for the ride with us.

You can see the original post on /r/NoSleepOOC

This company was founded by a trio. Kristopher, Raff, and I have all worked together on a variety of projects over the last few years. Some folks know us under our Reddit handles: /u/EtTuTortilla, /u/Human_Gravy, and /u/AsForClass.

We are working on the website and will be building everything else up, as well. This will be a publishing company before all else, and we are going to begin with the horror genre being the primary focus. We have plans to expand it out eventually, but all things take time.

We'll be bringing in a few other folks to help us with the social media experience. We don't want to simply provide services and intermittent content. We want to also provide a stream of entertainment.

The guys and I still have our solo projects. I have a few solo things and group projects I've led that will be coming out under my As For Class company. So don't worry, this isn't a replacement company, this is a joint effort at becoming a powerhouse for other adventures that the three of us would otherwise not be able to accomplish on our own.

We are beginning things by partnering with the Nosleep Subreddit. At 7 million users, Nosleep is one of the largest collected horror audiences on the internet and throughout the world. We have talked at length with their mod team (Kristopher being a moderator of the sub, himself) and we will be taking over the eBook projects for the sub.

eBooks will still be free, as that's something we believe should continue. What we will be doing, however, is creating paperbacks from now on. The money we collect from the eBooks--and other projects that we will announce in time--will go toward sponsoring Nosleep competitions with prizes, offering payments to the authors we publish in the eBooks, and expanding out to larger projects to help provide a growing platform for the Nosleep community.

Many authors use Nosleep to gain their audiences. We aim to assist them in their endeavors and be a stepping stone on their way to the top. Our contracts will be incredibly in favor of the authors, and we will be there every step that the authors want us to tag along for. If that's simply a mentoring capacity, we will gladly be there.

Feel free to ask questions. There is much in the works, and the future is bright. Thanks for tagging along with us, because we're all very excited.