Processing: How Josh Riedel Edited Thirty Cabins

Author photo by Joanna MorrisseyProcessing is Counter Craft’s semi-regular interview series where I talk to authors about the craft and writing processes behind their work. You can find previous entries here.This week I’m chatting with author and editor about his cool new zine project Thirty Cabins. Riedel asked a bunch of writers (including me) to write flash fiction stories based on a 1918 cabin planning catalogue and then created a beautifully designed zine from the results. It has a great line-up of writers, including many here on Substack such as , , , and . If this kind of project sounds up your alley, check out the Thirty Cabins Substack. You can preorder the zine here.I talked to Riedel over email about making zines, literary cabins, and planning volume two. A picture of my contributor copyThirty Cabins is a collection of flash stories inspired by a century-old cabin planning catalog, Sunset’s Cabin Plan Book (1918). How did you come across the catalog? And when did you come…