Some of our Greatest Hits . . .

As you may have seen on Tweeter or the Facebooks, we have a still-quite-warm-off-the-press JDP Anthology available!

This new collection features eighteen great pieces we’ve published in the last five years from seventeen of our favorite writers. Some of them are funny and irreverent, while others are very sweet, but we’re confident that together they meet or even exceed the rigorous standard of weirdness we strive to provide for our readers.

So if you were looking for the perfect gift for that special oddball in your life, the search is over. You can score a digital copy for $2.99 or a print version for $7.99.

For more reading thrills, be sure to check out this year’s Pushcart nominees and our latest issue! We’re ecstatic to have so many talented contributors.

It’s December, and we’re happier than a chickadee on a peanut-buttered pinecone to present the perfect read for the shortest day of the year: an all-poetry-and-flash issue. Some of these pieces invest ordinary settings―a grocery store, a movie theater, a kitchen―with a remarkable sense of place. Others go for striking imagery―a scorched Venetian mask, a spinning pie, a black balloon. This month’s cover collage is from Renaissance woman Deanne Richards.

To avoid ruining a quick but intensely memorable read with a long-winded introduction, I will conclude by observing that Issue 73 would pair well with a crackling fire and a warm slice of gingerbread.

Snuffle it online or lap up the .pdf.

We’re psyched to announce our Pushcart Prize Nominees for this year:

Brooke Glass-O’Shea, “We Break Up in Multiple Universes”

J. D. Hager, “Brontosaurus”

Ashley Hutson, “My Friends Live on My Bed”

Michael Mingo, “The Action Never Stops at Action Park”

Matthew Myers, “Where’s the Best BBQ in This Town?”

Sloan Thomas, “The Nature of Johnny’s Medicine”

We also want to extend a virtual laurel and hearty handshake to ALL of our writers and readers–we don’t publish anything unless we love it, and there’s no point in publishing anything unless someone is there to enjoy it.

Please keep those submissions coming! We’re still accepting submissions for the Sherlock Holmes issue through December 30, 2015, and we’re always open for regular submissions.