LOCPress

Fiction published with intention.

LOCPress publishes works of fiction that explore systems,
identity, and choice. Some stories contain heavy themes.
Readers are invited to choose what and how they read.

The Silver Line coming soon.

Currently publishing

The Silver Line

Silver Lockhart didn’t disappear – she escaped. After years inside a closed, brutal system that trained her to survive at any cost, Silver surfaces in Saint Lake, a quiet coastal town in Maine, determined to live unnoticed. She builds a security consulting business, rents a room in a modern house at the edge of the woods, […]

Process, practice, and perspective

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Hi, I’m Elena.

Hi, I’m Elena I write stories. I also run LOCPress, which is where I publish them. That includes short stories, serialized fiction, poetry, experiments, and anything else that needs somewhere to live. Some of it is edited by professionals. Most of it is not. LOCPress isn’t a traditional publishing company, and I’m not trying to […]

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Stories from LOCPress

Written on their own terms.

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Reader choice

Read with the information you need.

LOCPress stories may include violence, trauma, coercion, addiction, and other heavy subjects. Content information is available so readers can decide what, when, and how they wish to read.