We’ve got unicorns smoking cigarettes and pooping rainbows. We’ve got serial killers interviewing for jobs in hell. We’ve got pickpockets facing down their own legend. We’ve got witches brewing love potions in graveyards. We’ve got freaking Dionysian orgies. With amazing Conrad-inspired cover art by Matt Kish, Issue 40 of Jersey Devil Press is the stuff of myth,Continue reading “Jersey Devil Press is legendary”
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Where everybody knows your name
It’s that time of year again: all the cool people are headed to the annual conference of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs — my beloved AWP. This year it’s in Boston, another of my favorite conference cities, and once again I’m bummed I can’t make it. I just have to one year leftContinue reading “Where everybody knows your name”
Oh yeah. Jersey Devil went there.
The new issue of Jersey Devil Press is live. And you’re going to want to see this one. We’ve got guys masturbating to ducks, a killer relationship in Death Valley, emails from Nietzsche, Gig Young’s Oscar statue, an infinite break-up in an art gallery, a cheerleader obsessed with Jane Austen, sex in the burning ashesContinue reading “Oh yeah. Jersey Devil went there.”
A whole string of announcements
I know, gang. I’ve been awful about updating the blog lately. Call me busy — with editing, with teaching, with tutoring, with a slew of other projects. But I’m not alone. Some friends of mine have been quite busy lately, too! Matthew Burnside, whose fiction I have become a huge fan of, has a newContinue reading “A whole string of announcements”
Taking off my shoes; putting on another hat
I have a new job, gang. I’m now serving as production editor at Unshod Quills, where I join the excellent Dena Rash Guzman, Wendy Ellis, Donald Rilea, Holly Hinkle, and Brian Tibbetts. I’m proud as hell to be part of a magazine that has already published work by Patrick Bahls, Rusty Barnes, Matthew Burnside, Matty Byloos, Chloe Caldwell,Continue reading “Taking off my shoes; putting on another hat”
More math: a booklist
Yesterday I added up all the writing and writing-related stuff I’ve been up to this past year. But I left off the most important writing-related activity that isn’t actually writing: reading. That’s because it’s so big and so important it’s another post altogether. So here, this is what I read in 2012: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations RustyContinue reading “More math: a booklist”
Jersey Devil Press will sneak up behind you undetected
December is a twofer: in addition to our special International Human Rights Day issue, Jersey Devil Press is also running our regular monthly issue. Except it’s anything but “regular” — this one’s another novella issue, and it’s a fistful of awesome! Why? Because of one stealthy, lethal word: Ninjas. Also: Football. That’s right. Ninjas andContinue reading “Jersey Devil Press will sneak up behind you undetected”
Jersey Devil Press. Keeping it real.
Ordinarily, when Jersey Devil Press releases a new issue, our editor does the official intro on the website and I just spout off whatever I think about the issue here on my blog. But this issue’s special, and really, I can’t say much about it better than Mike Sweeney already has, so I’m just goingContinue reading “Jersey Devil Press. Keeping it real.”
Duotrope charges fees, and Missouri Review (of all places) complains
There are many internets, and I browse several iterations. But if you’re reading my blog, chances are you frequent the internet that writers know and love, and so you probably know that this particular internet has exploded this weekend. The culprit: Duotrope, who has announced they’re ceasing free operations and are switching to a subscriptionContinue reading “Duotrope charges fees, and Missouri Review (of all places) complains”
Hurricane Sandy vs. the big bad Jersey Devil
Jersey Devil Press, y’all. Superstorm Sandy ran over us like a goddamn steamroller, and you know what? Screw that storm! We’re still here! Seriously, our content editor, Mike Sweeney, lives in Jersey and rode that bitch out. He spent five days without electricity, surrounded by wreckage, and what did he do with the little powerContinue reading “Hurricane Sandy vs. the big bad Jersey Devil”
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