In honor of the 20 amazing years of the existence of Newgrounds, and this project that has been near and dear to my heart for going on 5 years now, I am making April 25th, Pico Day, the worldwide release date for The Newgrounds Writing Anthology e-Book. 

If you guys are heading to NG Headquarters on the 25th for the party, I'll be there shoving a print copy of the book under each and every one of your pretty noses (assuming one nose per human) to get you to sign it. That's right, I want ALL OF YOUR HANDCOCKS!

You can preorder the e-book at any of these illustrious sites before the 25th: Amazon for kindle, iBook for iPhone or iPad, B&N Nook, Smashwords, KOBO

In 2012, members of the Newgrounds Writing community released what became Newgrounds' first print work of fiction to great acclaim. Now in digital form, the Newgrounds Writing Anthology has its sights set on the rest of the reading public. There's comedy, there's science fiction, there's meta-fiction, there's more... The Newgrounds Writing Anthology is a collection of short stories and poetry so diverse in genre and subject, description is rendered ineffable. Not for the faint of heart reader, The Newgrounds Writing Anthology features the work of seventeen authors from around the world, bound together by nothing more (and nothing less) than the desire to be a part of something good and creative, something in keeping with the Newgrounds call to arms: Everything, by Everyone.

Read for yourself.

With dazzling cover art by Jesse "Jouste" Turner. @jouste

Jesse made some incredible art for this book. Here's the front. For the back, you'll have to get the e-book.

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Edited by: me, @Gumonshoe, @Krissalus, and @deftandevil

Cover art: @jouste

And here's your storytelling cast of storytellers and poets!

@writersblock

@enamour

@godhammer

@Sentio

@Ekublai

@eoincamoore

@TheFarseer

@sharu

@krissalus

@crabcruncher81

@TheThing

@andyopus

@adamcook

@ice-crane

@letovox

@deftandevil

@RIGg0rmorTIS

For those of you not in the know: 

I won't say which decision is winning but the race in The Drunk Boys chapter 15 is TIGHT!

Chandler needs your help to decide what to do, his life and the life of the baby he has kidnapped depends on it!

Storyshift is a community-driven storytelling medium where I and a bunch of other writers and comic book artists tell a chapter of a story, let you decide what happens, and then we writer another chapter, and so on. It's fun for the whole world!

Anyone can vote. Just go to Storyshift here http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/634402

Here, I'll start you off with the first page from this week's chapter.

HAHAHAHA! April Fools'! You probably don't even love your parents, anyway, O' Child Rotted.

First thing's second,

2. The Drunk Boys has a NUUUUUDE chapter. Of course, by "nude", I'm speaking like a Tommy Pickles or Chuckie Finster might say the word "new".

Chandler has to keep Wilbur a secret from Darilis in------

THE DRUNK BOYS CHAPTER 15: BLACK MOTHERTRUCKING TRUCKERS

1. I'm going to PICO DAY 2015! It's Newgrounds' 20th anniversary party and in the 12 years I've been here I have never met another member of my Newgrounds family. On April 25th, that all changes.

In celebration (and let's face it, to have an ice breaker about the NWA Audiobook), I'm going to bring a copy of the Newgrounds Writing Anthology to the party for everyone to sign. 

So see you there.

@Krissalus is at it again. Hands in the air, it's a stick up!

Remember that Fleece Typhlosion Plush she posted on Etsy? Well, now she's moved on the making it out of minky for all you luxurious Pokefans. Minky is that material guys all secretly wish their girlfriends were made of.

Better get one before little Timmy Spurling snatches them all up!

I WANT ONE, MOMMY! I WANT ONE!

Uh-oh, here he comes!

Hey y'all, 

You want some virtual Nazi Gold? Here's your chance!

My friend, Gabriel Urbina, has this cool sci-fi podcast caled Wolf 359. He released its 14th episode last week. 

It's currently up for voting on Podcast Land's publicity contest. He's in 2nd place and it would be awesome if you guys pushed him over the top so it could be featured on the Podcast Land Podcast. Heck, it might convince him to be it up on the Audio Portal. Just go here and up-vote it, please! Thanks!

http://podcastland.com/podcasts/212965/wolf-359#vote

Summary: Life's not easy for Doug Eiffel, the communications officer for the U.S.S. Hephaestus Research Station, currently on Day 448 of its orbit around red dwarf star Wolf 359. He's stuck on a scientific survey mission of indeterminate length, 7.8 light years from Earth. His only company on board the station are stern mission chief Minkowski, insane science officer Hilbert, and Hephaestus Station's sentient, often malfunctioning operating system HERA. He doesn't have much to do for his job other than monitoring static and intercepting the occasional decades-old radio broadcast from Earth, so he spends most of his time creating extensive audio logs about the ordinary, day-to-day happenings within the station. But the Hephaestus is an odd place, and life in extremely isolated, zero gravity conditions has a way of doing funny things to people's minds. Even the simplest of tasks can turn into a gargantuan struggle, and the most ordinary-seeming things have a way of turning into anything but that. Wolf 359 is a radio drama in the tradition of Golden Age of Radio shows. Take one part space-faring adventure, add one part character drama, and mix in one part absurdist sitcom, and you get Wolf 359. New episodes are released every two weeks.

As y'all know @KrisSalus makes some pretty awesome stuff for her Etsy Store.

Today, she put up her favorite Pokebuddeh, Typhlosion (see explosion + typhoon).

Don't complain it's expensive, this beast is a foot tall and sits in your freaking lap like dis!

It's so much fun. Flying dinosaur fights, hover-roller blades, Chicago-style spaceships.

It's absolutely silly, but go in with the right mindset and this thing will take you places you can usually only go while under the influence.

This spaceship...

Is based on the Tribune Tower in Chi-city

Do yourself a favor.

Remember the song "It’s Been Awhile” by Staind (And it’s BEEN awhile!)? Well, did you know that Aaron Lewis wrote that song about the 14th chapter of The Drunk Boys?

Man, did that guy have some foresight or what!?

But seriously, I’m hoping to have a streak of 3 or 4 chapters in quick succession for the Drunk Boys. It only gets crazier from here. I like it quick and crazy, and I’m sure you do, too.

Read it now on Storyshift!

In chapter 14: Chandler’s head may be mended on the outside but his impulsive behavior and (let’s face it) insane decision to hitchhike across the country with an orphaned infant definitely leaves questions about what’s going on inside. Or it should.

As always, you guys are the voters, this is the world you’ve created.  Can you take on the responsibility of getting Chandler and Wilbur to a happy ending? Is there even a happy ending to get to?

It’s a triple-choice combo in Chapter 14! Only on Storyshift!

Oscar Nominations for Best Animated Feature Film

This year's competition is going to be F*cking intense. It says alot when a movie as great as THE LEGO MOVIE doesn't even get a nom. A lot of people might cry foul on that, but judging by what I've seen from Song of the Sea, and the Tale of Princess Kaguya, I would be careful rushing to that judgment. 

Anyway, here they are. 

The mind-blowingly artistic and narratively deep Ghibli film from Isao Takahata ("Grave of the Fireflies")

The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Next we will probably go down as the masterwork of director Tom Moore ("The Secret of Kells")

The Song of the Sea

Different, exciting movies! That's what I love about animation. Well, let's round it off with the latest from the best stop-motion studio this side of Aardman..... Laika ("Coraline", "ParaNorman")

The Boxtrolls

Next, we have Disney taking a big, fat, ol' page out of Pixar's book with 

Big Hero 6

And last, but certainly not least, we have the drop-dead gorgeous sequel to How to Train Your Dragon. This is actually the only film on the list I have seen and it was fantastic.

How to Train Your Dragon

So there you have it.