Our friends at Chamber Four have come a long way since launching in January of 2009. In the past two years they’ve published hundreds of book reviews and weekly columns and special features, and their readership continues to grow. And what started as a site focusing on the merits and drawbacks of e-publishing has now put its money where its mouth is and released its very own fiction anthology.

The Chamber Four Fiction Anthology contains 25 of the best stories published on the Internet since 2009, chosen by the C4 Eds. It includes pieces from such journals and sites as PANK, AGNI, Boston Review, and Granta, and features writers like B.J. Hollars, Ron MacLean, Angie Lee, and the ubiquitous Steve Almond.

You can download it here for free, and it’s also available in paperback from the Harvard Book Store.

To provide additional insight into the stories, the C4 Eds are running an interview series with several of the writers from the Anthology. And here, co-founder Nico Vreeland discusses what the C4 staff learned during the publishing process.

Also, late last week the guys announced that they’re taking submissions for the first issue of their very own literary magazine.

Smells like some friendly competition is afoot. Or unfriendly, depending on how aggressive they get …