Coming Soon:
Sluts & Whores
Anniversary Edition!
A jealous girlfriend trips on acid; a dead girl tries to remember her name; a spa worker is challenged to take control of her fate.
A haunted jeep parks in front of student housing; a sex worker grows wings; and a hitchhiker is picked up by someone she’d never expect.
SLUTS AND WHORES is an #OwnVoices 65K short story collection.
This revised and extended 5th Year Anniversary edition offers never-before-seen stories alongside old favourites, like the infamous “Fun Farm”, where an out of work psychologist suspects an app is too good to be true, and “GTFO #1”, which was adapted into an award-winning short film animated by Winston Rowntree.
Welcome to The Big City, a world where anything can happen— and often does.
Out soon from Querencia Press.
About the Author
C.E. Hoffman is a two time 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, and lyrical journalist, she wrote her first full-length novel at age eleven, and has continued writing ever since.
She's been published widely online and in print since 2010 and has edited Punk Monk Magazine since 2012. Recently, she relaunched her podcast Scribbles & Spills.
Her aim is not only to secure a career within the literary arts, but to create valuable content that extends beyond her reach and lasts beyond her lifetime.
Publications
Grants/Awards:
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Writer's Trust of Canada- Woodcock Fund 2026
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Muriel's Journey Poetry Prize- Honourable Mention 2024
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Dark Winter Lit Contest- Shortlist 2024
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SFPA Elgin Award- Nominee 2023
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L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest- Silver Honourable Mention 2022
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Defunct Magazine’s May Day Chapbook Contest- First Prize Winner 2022
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Cult International Film Festival- Best First Time Filmmaker 2022
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Alberta Foundation for the Arts- Literary Individual Project Funding 2022
Books:
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Sluts and Whores (short story collection- Anniversary extended edition)- Querencia Press (forthcoming)
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Blood, Booze, and Other Things in Nature (poetry chapbook- extended edition)- Bottlecap Press 2025
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Losers and Freaks (short story collection)- Querencia Press 2024
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No Actual Sin (prose chapbook)- Defunct Magazine/May Day Press 2023
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Ghosts, Trolls, and Other Things on the Internet (poetry chapbook)- Bottlecap Press 2022
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Blood, Booze, and Other Things in Nature (poetry chapbook)- Alien Buddha Press 2022
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Sluts and Whores (short story collection)- Thurston Howl Publications 2021
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Miss Spiritual Tramp of 1948- (poetry chapbook) 2017
Stories etc:
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Alien Poetry in Translation #2 (poem)- Polar Borealis Magazine (forthcoming)
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Alien Poetry in Translation #1 (poem)- Polar Borealis Magazine (forthcoming)
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Fuck You I Love You- Gems Zine (forthcoming)
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You Are (poem)- ALLY Magazine November 2026
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Sticky Note- Lucky Star Zine October 2026
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The Monster’s Inside: Ginger Snaps, Jennifer’s Body, and the Toxic Feminine (CNF)- Breaking the Grrl Zine October 2026
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Test Drive- Ranger Magazine Feb 2025
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I Never Write From Prompts #1- Aggh! Magazine Oct 2024
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You've Gotta Hang On To Me; I'm Tired of Losing (poem, recording)- Howl Open Mic Radio Show September 24 2024
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our song came on... (poem)- Engine Idling July 2024
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Cinders- Dark Winter Lit May 2024
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A Burger Called Drama Queen- World Hunger Magazine May 2024
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Permission to Live (CNF)- Sokut anthology May 2024
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Sex or the Saw (cento poem)- Lenticular Lit March 2024
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Adam Got to Name Everything Except This- Ode to Dionysus March 2024
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Pupa by Sadee Bee (CNF)- Manic Pixie Magazine Nov 2023
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Asking For a Friend- Litmora Oct 2023
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Recipe for Averting Disaster- Roi Faineant Oct 2023
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Uncanny Valley- Alien Buddha House of Horrors #6 anthology Oct 2023
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I wanted to get away- D.O.R. Sept 2023
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The Hold Steady Contributes to My Highs and Lows (CNF)- The Gospel of the Hold Steady anthology August 2023
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SweatShop to NoWear- Bullshit Lit June 2023
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Schrodinger’s Cats- Ergi Press June 2023
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I Can’t Afford to Make Expensive Mistakes- Trash Wonderland June 2023
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Show Don’t Tell (poem)- Trash Wonderland June 2023
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To All the Girls I Wish I’d Kissed- Throats to the Sky Feb 2023
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Our Safe Word is Panda- Queer Toronto Magazine Jan 2023
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Adam’s Apples- Space Squid Magazine Dec 2022
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Magnificent Shits (poem)- Alien Buddha Press Best Of 2022 anthology Dec 2022
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Fries- Roi Fainéant Press Oct 2022
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Beauty vs Beast- Suburban Witchcraft Magazine Oct 2022
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Histrionics (Why I Hate Selfies Pt. 2) (poem)- Mad Swirl Magazine Oct 2022
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Archer’s Paradox- Viridian Door Magazine Sept 2022
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No Really Though- Trash Wonderland Sept 2022
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Get Away From That Car- Sage Cigarettes Sept 2022
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I Did Something Truly Visionary (cento poem)- Red Ogre Review Anthology August 2022
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Tan (poem)- New Generation Beats Anthology August 2022
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Any Storm in a Port- Mad Swirl Magazine July 2022
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Love Letter to Masturbation- Angel Rust Magazine July 2022
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Babygirl- Anxious Nothings anthology (Anxiety Press) May 2022
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Atomic (not a Blondie reference) (poem)- Winamop Magazine May 2022
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Moonburn- Filth Magazine March 2022
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Missing The ‘E’ On My Keyboard- Mad Swirl Magazine February 2022
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5 Things My Cat Taught Me About Life (CNF)- Mind on Fire Books January 2022
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First Date #5- Schlock Magazine December 2021
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I’m Bad At Titles- Weird Girl Magazine September 2021
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Listless- Weird Girl Magazine September 2021
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Forward to JubJub Juice (short story collection by Neil S Reddy) August 2021
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GTFO #1- Maudlin House October 2019
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Fly, My Pretty- Vaughn Street Magazine September 2019
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Blue Blood (My Fairytale) (poetry)- Punk Poetry June 29, 2019
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My Right (Of Passage) (novel excerpt)- Cliterature Journal June 22, 2019
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I Am Not A 7-Eleven- Maudlin House June 3, 2019
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I Am He- Litro NY April 14, 2019
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Bloom (Blowjobs) (poetry)-Pink Litter August 8 2018
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Nice Day to Get Laid (poetry)- Punk Poetry. Com July 20 2018
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Too Many Dreams- Trampsetters (now called Trampset) Oct 23 2017
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#Whatever- Boyslut Magazine September 2017
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Forget About Me- The Weekenders Magazine April 2013
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Past the Finish Line- Streetcake Magazine February 2013
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My Name Is- ppigpenn Magazine January 2013
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Pore Nat- The Delinquent December 2012
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B&E- Black Lantern Magazine November 2012
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Can, Sir- Boyslut Magazine November 2012
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The Only Untitled- Linguistic Erosion Magazine November 2012
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Between Lines/Legs- ppigpenn Magazine November 2012
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Thunk- Five 2 One Magazine October 2012
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View- Larks Fiction Magazine October 2012
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Subject 291- Shrodinger’s Mouse October 2012
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Double Knot- The Mustache Factor June 2012
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Under Sunglasses- Salt Magazine May 2012
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Therapy- Negative Suck March 2012
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17 or 20 Steps to the Left- Ginger Piglet Magazine February 2012
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You Tell Me- Used Gravitrons February 2012
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An Intriguing Resignation Letter- True Dark Anthology February 2012
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Victim #16- Carnage Conservatory February 2012
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Ache- Crack the Spine February 2012
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You’re A Woman Now- Off The Rocks Magazine January 2012
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Mr. Noface and the Soul Stealer- Dark River Press December 2011
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Grey- Temptation Magazine November 2011
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Waiting for the Right Connection- Postcard Shorts November 2011
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A Friend, the Spider- Arcane anthology 2011
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The Silence of Trees- The Earth Comes First Magazine June 2011
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Darkness You Need- Oysters and Chocolate Magazine May 2011
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China White- Dark Valentine 2011
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The Closest Thing to Perfection- Every Night Erotica September 2010
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Cotton Candy and Graveyards- Dark Gothic Resurrected Magazine 2010, 69 Flavours of Paranoia 2010
Columnist Positions:
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Joyzine Oct 2022- Present
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Razorcake Fanzine Sept 2014- Jan 2023
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See Rock Live Oct- Jan 2019
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Bigger Than Beyonce (now disbanded) Jan 2010- Jan 2016
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Testimonials
C.E. Hoffman is a fearless writer.
-Jack Wang, Winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award
The human spirit remains fresh-voiced, optimistic and youthful in Hoffman’s imaginative writing.
-Martin Millar, Winner of the World Fantasy Award
This is the kind of writing that inspires fandom.
-Alexandrine Ogundimu, author of The Longest Summer (CLASH Books)
A remarkable talent.
-Lorina Stephens, OnSpec Magazine
Achingly real.
-Dave Higgins, editor of Outsiders Within
An essential voice in Canadian literature.
-Winston Rowntree, author of Shirley Estar Goes to Heaven
Short, sour-sweet, and witty.
-Holly Lynn Walrath, EIC of Interstellar Flight Magazine
An ecstatic “Fuck You.”
-Nicole Morning, author of Selftitled (Trident Press)
Sex and the City meets Black Mirror.
-Alana M Kelley, Maudlin House Magazine
A writer to watch for.
-Justin Bookworm, Razorcake Magazine
