A pixie and werewolf plan to thwart a prophecy; a medical mannequin attempts to foil a viral attack.
A girl befriends a spider, a janitor stalks a ghost, and Cupid makes a deadly mistake.
Exploring the psychology -and humanity- of outcasts, LOSERS AND FREAKS is worthy to its predecessor, SLUTS AND WHORES, which helped C.E. Hoffman earn a grant from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
Welcome back to the Big City, where you find magic -and friends- in the strangest places.
Out from Querencia Press.
Out Now:
Losers and Freaks
About the Author
C.E. Hoffman is a grant winner, Elgin Award nominee, Silver Honourable Mention in the Writers of the Future Award, Honourable Mention in the Muriel’s Journey Poetry Prize, and winner of the 2022 Defunct May Day Chapbook contest.
An author, poet, performer, screenwriter, publisher, and lyrical journalist, they wrote their first full-length novel at age eleven, and have continued writing ever since.
She's been published widely online and in print since 2010, and has edited Punk Monk Magazine/Press since 2012.
Their aim is not only to secure a career within the literary arts, but to create valuable content that extends beyond their reach and lasts beyond their lifetime.
Publications
Grants/Awards:
Muriel's Journey Poetry Prize- Honourable Mention 2024
Dark Winter Lit Contest- Shortlist 2024
SFPA Elgin Award- Nominee 2023
L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest- Silver Honourable Mention 2022
Defunct Magazine’s May Day Chapbook Contest- First Prize Winner 2022
Cult International Film Festival- Best First Time Filmmaker 2022
Alberta Foundation for the Arts- Literary Individual Project Funding 2022
Books:
Sluts and Whores (short story collection- 5th Anniversary extended edition)- Querencia Press (forthcoming)
Skeletons and Other Things in My Closet (poetry chapbook)- Anxiety Press (forthcoming)
Blood, Booze, and Other Things in Nature (poetry chapbook- extended edition)- Bottlecap Press 2025
Losers and Freaks (short story collection)- Querencia Press 2024
No Actual Sin (prose chapbook)- Defunct Magazine/May Day Press 2023
Ghosts, Trolls, and Other Things on the Internet (poetry chapbook)- Bottlecap Press 2022
Blood, Booze, and Other Things in Nature (poetry chapbook)- Alien Buddha Press 2022
Sluts and Whores (short story collection)- Thurston Howl Publications 2021
Miss Spiritual Tramp of 1948- (poetry chapbook) 2017
Stories etc:
Untitled (visual art)- L’étranger Jaarboek anthology (forthcoming)
Test Drive- Ranger Magazine Feb 2025
I Never Write From Prompts #1- Aggh! Magazine Oct 2024
You've Gotta Hang On To Me; I'm Tired of Losing (poem, recording)- Howl Open Mic Radio Show September 24 2024
our song came on... (poem)- Engine Idling July 2024
Cinders- Dark Winter Lit May 2024
A Burger Called Drama Queen- World Hunger Magazine May 2024
Permission to Live (CNF)- Sokut anthology May 2024
Sex or the Saw (cento poem)- Lenticular Lit March 2024
Adam Got to Name Everything Except This- Ode to Dionysus March 2024
Pupa by Sadee Bee (CNF)- Manic Pixie Magazine Nov 2023
Asking For a Friend- Litmora Oct 2023
Recipe for Averting Disaster- Roi Faineant Oct 2023
Uncanny Valley- Alien Buddha House of Horrors #6 anthology Oct 2023
I wanted to get away- D.O.R. Sept 2023
The Hold Steady Contributes to My Highs and Lows (CNF)- The Gospel of the Hold Steady anthology August 2023
SweatShop to NoWear- Bullshit Lit June 2023
Schrodinger’s Cats- Ergi Press June 2023
I Can’t Afford to Make Expensive Mistakes- Trash Wonderland June 2023
Show Don’t Tell (poem)- Trash Wonderland June 2023
To All the Girls I Wish I’d Kissed- Throats to the Sky Feb 2023
Our Safe Word is Panda- Queer Toronto Magazine Jan 2023
Adam’s Apples- Space Squid Magazine Dec 2022
Magnificent Shits (poem)- Alien Buddha Press Best Of 2022 anthology Dec 2022
Fries- Roi Fainéant Press Oct 2022
Beauty vs Beast- Suburban Witchcraft Magazine Oct 2022
Histrionics (Why I Hate Selfies Pt. 2) (poem)- Mad Swirl Magazine Oct 2022
Archer’s Paradox- Viridian Door Magazine Sept 2022
No Really Though- Trash Wonderland Sept 2022
Get Away From That Car- Sage Cigarettes Sept 2022
I Did Something Truly Visionary (cento poem)- Red Ogre Review Anthology August 2022
Tan (poem)- New Generation Beats Anthology August 2022
Any Storm in a Port- Mad Swirl Magazine July 2022
Love Letter to Masturbation- Angel Rust Magazine July 2022
Babygirl- Anxious Nothings anthology (Anxiety Press) May 2022
Atomic (not a Blondie reference) (poem)- Winamop Magazine May 2022
Moonburn- Filth Magazine March 2022
Missing The ‘E’ On My Keyboard- Mad Swirl Magazine February 2022
5 Things My Cat Taught Me About Life (CNF)- Mind on Fire Books January 2022
First Date #5- Schlock Magazine December 2021
I’m Bad At Titles- Weird Girl Magazine September 2021
Listless- Weird Girl Magazine September 2021
Forward to JubJub Juice (short story collection by Neil S Reddy) August 2021
GTFO #1- Maudlin House October 2019
Fly, My Pretty- Vaughn Street Magazine September 2019
Blue Blood (My Fairytale) (poetry)- Punk Poetry June 29, 2019
My Right (Of Passage) (novel excerpt)- Cliterature Journal June 22, 2019
I Am Not A 7-Eleven- Maudlin House June 3, 2019
I Am He- Litro NY April 14, 2019
Bloom (Blowjobs) (poetry)-Pink Litter August 8 2018
Nice Day to Get Laid (poetry)- Punk Poetry. Com July 20 2018
Too Many Dreams- Trampsetters (now called Trampset) Oct 23 2017
#Whatever- Boyslut Magazine September 2017
Forget About Me- The Weekenders Magazine April 2013
Past the Finish Line- Streetcake Magazine February 2013
My Name Is- ppigpenn Magazine January 2013
Pore Nat- The Delinquent December 2012
B&E- Black Lantern Magazine November 2012
Can, Sir- Boyslut Magazine November 2012
The Only Untitled- Linguistic Erosion Magazine November 2012
Between Lines/Legs- ppigpenn Magazine November 2012
Thunk- Five 2 One Magazine October 2012
View- Larks Fiction Magazine October 2012
Subject 291- Shrodinger’s Mouse October 2012
Double Knot- The Mustache Factor June 2012
Under Sunglasses- Salt Magazine May 2012
Therapy- Negative Suck March 2012
17 or 20 Steps to the Left- Ginger Piglet Magazine February 2012
You Tell Me- Used Gravitrons February 2012
An Intriguing Resignation Letter- True Dark Anthology February 2012
Victim #16- Carnage Conservatory February 2012
Ache- Crack the Spine February 2012
You’re A Woman Now- Off The Rocks Magazine January 2012
Mr. Noface and the Soul Stealer- Dark River Press December 2011
Grey- Temptation Magazine November 2011
Waiting for the Right Connection- Postcard Shorts November 2011
A Friend, the Spider- Arcane anthology 2011
The Silence of Trees- The Earth Comes First Magazine June 2011
Darkness You Need- Oysters and Chocolate Magazine May 2011
China White- Dark Valentine 2011
The Closest Thing to Perfection- Every Night Erotica September 2010
Cotton Candy and Graveyards- Dark Gothic Resurrected Magazine 2010, 69 Flavours of Paranoia 2010
Nonfiction:
Columnist @ Joyzine Oct 2022- Present
Columnist @ Razorcake Fanzine Sept 2014- Jan 2023
Columnist @ See Rock Live Oct- Jan 2019
Columnist @ Bigger Than Beyonce (now disbanded) Jan 2010- Jan 2016
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Testimonials
C.E. Hoffman is a fearless writer.
JACK WANG
Danuta Gleed Award Winner