Raise your hand if you’ve ever paid money to look at something floating in a jar.

Laydeez and Gentledudes, step right up and witness the wonders of the fifty-sixth issue of Jersey Devil Press, where Everything Is Astounding and Nothing Is As It Seems!

Clap and cheer for C.R. Dobson and his amazing albino beaver! Quake in your boots before Sean Ealy’s alternative royal family! Prepare to question the laws of gravity when things get topsy-turvy with J-P Humann! Hold your breath as JDP veteran Bruce J. Berger does some heavy exterminating! Let Gary Moshimer, also returning to this hallowed stage, capture your imagination with a swarm of delicate wings! Marvel at the aesthetic feats performed by Buzz Siler, this month’s cover artist!

Read it online or download the .pdf.

You Won’t Believe Your Eyes.

I am a leaf on the wind.

Get ready, speculative poets, because this announcement is going to blast your argyle booties into the next galaxy: JDP’s monthly magazine submissions are now open to poetry as well as fiction!

Check out the poetry guidelines on our main Submissions page, then submit!

There’s no way to sugar-coat our fifty-fifth issue, other than printing it out on edible paper, dipping it in chocolate, and decorating it with rainbow sprinkles. (Will someone please get on that?)

These speculative stories deal with some pretty heavy themes, and the Grim Reaper wields his scythe like a paranoid and highly-caffeinated Jedi’s light saber throughout. That being said, for an issue with so much death, we think you will find a surprising number of life-affirming moments, or at least interesting new ways of thinking about the end. Three of the stories are set in the future, and one is set in the afterlife. Sort of.

Read it online or download the .pdf. Make sure you check out the lovely cover art, too.