Reminder, regular submissions close at midnight tonight! Winter holiday submissions will be open for a week, starting November 10th!
In the meantime, assuming you’re not already in a sugar coma or weeping inconsolably about the suckitude of the Jets today, enjoy a suitably spooky story by the masterful Mike Sweeney over at the always awesome amphibi.us. It’s almost like they put the story up specifically for Halloween or something.
From the inimitable Ryan Werner and Our Band Could Be Your Lit:
In a special guest post, the greatest band ever meets the editor of the greatest lit journal ever, with deadly results. Sittin’ In: “Double or Nothing” by Jersey Devil Press editor Eirik Gumeny, as based on the song “Waiting For An Alibi” by Thin Lizzy.
I generally don’t post things about my own writing, but I haven’t pimped out OBCBYL in a while so I feel justified. (Seriously, if you haven’t sent him a song yet, do it. Just a song title and a band name and then Ryan will work his magic on it.) Also, Thin Lizzy really is the greatest band of all time.
Jersey Devil Press is proud to nominate the following stories for Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2011:
“To Do List,” by Morowa Yejidé
“Hand Me Down,” by Jim Walke
“A Robot’s Sonnet,” by Danger_Slater
They’re three damn fine stories by three damn fine writers and we’re doing what we can to get them the added attention the deserve. Best of luck to you.
In other news, we’re also pleased to announce the addition of Stephen Schwegler to the JDP staff. He’ll be on hand to help us read through submissions, as that impartial third party you hear so much about on the news. Apparently when you only have two people you sometimes end up with a tie, which sometimes ends up with shouting and veiled threats of violence. Steve’s also in charge of wrangling livestock, should that be an issue. We don’t think it will, but we’d rather be safe than sorry.