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Album of the Year

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Another year down, another pterodactyl not punched. I’ve had the same resolution for years now, but it never gets any easier to keep it.

Anyway, if you’re likewise feeling retrospective (or just hungover) you’d do well to re-read Gavin Broom’s excellent “Album of the Year,” from back in our eighth issue.

Speaking of Gavin and new issues, be sure to check out the second installment of his Waterhouse Review, including a story by yours truly. And — if you somehow missed it in the craziness that’s been the last few weeks — don’t forget that the newest issue of Jersey Devil Press is also up now.

Yes, it’s a lot of reading, but I have faith in you. Happy 2011.

P.S. We’ll be reopening submissions on Monday, January 3rd. Just sit tight ’til then.

Where Are They Now?

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December’s shaping up to be a busy month for past Jersey Devil Press contributors, so let’s get right to it.

Tom Mahony’s debut novel, Imperfect Solitude, was released last week by Casperian Books. It follows Evan Nellis, a neophyte biologist, as he navigates a brutal new job, a neurotic mother, his father’s mysterious death, an eccentric friend, a couch, some killer waves, and the wealthy developer that throws it all into conflict. You can find out more about the book — including an excerpt and reviews — on the Casperian Books site.

Over at Red Fez, a trio of our finest contributors has shown up with some new work. Navigate your way over there to find stories by Ally Malinenko, Danger_Slater, and Craig Wallwork.

Issue Ten of > kill author houses another trio, with truly magnificent shorts by Annam Manthiram and Micah Dean Hicks, and poetry by Noel Sloboda.

And let’s not forget about Mark-Anthony Taylor and TTA Press’s Advent Calendar. Each day from the 1st to the 24th of December, they link to a story on another website by one of their contributors in order to help out the writing community. A solid idea, and I’ve been enjoying what I’ve been seeing so far.

I think that’s it. For now, anyway.

Big Pimpin’

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Just a reminder that Holiday Half-Issue submissions are open until tomorrow at midnight! You’ve still got time to rock something awesome out! We’re looking for short, funny, winter/holiday stories. Christmas, Hannukah, New Year’s, abominable snowmen, the world’s largest slushball fight, that kind of thing. The half-issue will be released in the middle of December, just in time for whatever it is you’re celebrating.

Speaking of celebrating, Victor David Giron’s novel Sophomoric Philosophy was published today by Curbside Splendor and he couldn’t be more excited. You can find out more about the book — and order your copy — by clicking here.

Also released today was Shya Scanlon’s Forecast. Sure, he’s not actually associated with JDP in any way, but I met him at Monkeybicycle’s reading last month and he seems like a good guy. Also, the first sentence of the novel’s description is “The year is 2212, the weather is out of control, and Seattle is being rebuilt with electricity generated from negative human emotion.” If that doesn’t sound like something to be interested in, you might be reading the wrong magazine. You can find out more about Forecast at Flatmancrooked.

And since we’re just reminding the crap out of everything today, don’t forget that we here at Jersey Devil Press have our own books and our own magazine that need your love and money, too. Seriously, we’ll take either one.