Issue 41 Can Go Sleep at Home Tonight if It Can Get Up & Walk Away

We’ve had lots going on this month, with old JDP friend Stephen Schwegler putting out a new book, our Lovecraft and poetry issues hurtling along towards their closing dates, and our founding editor breaking the sound barrier. But we don’t want to neglect the bedrock of the JDP nation: our monthly magazine. So let’s hear it (again) for our fantastic April Issue, which explores the age-old question of identity. Just who the fuck are you?

Five magnificent stories by Andrea Danowkski, Thomas Broderick, Haley Johnson, Nicola Belte, and Nick Sawatsky. Read it once, read it twice. And if you see something you like, show the writers some love. Commenting is free, people.

NaPoWriMo isn’t over yet

Bad movie. Good poem.

We’re a bit late with this one, but there’s still over a week left in National Poetry Writing Month, which is damn convenient since we’re doing a poetry issue this summer.

You’ve got till June 1st to submit your work to what’s shaping up as a really cool issue. Be sure to check out the guidelines first.

We’re especially keen for metrical verse with a speculative element. So rhyme, dammit, rhyme! (But, you know, in a structured way.)

Need inspiration? Check our io9.com’s list of ten great scifi poems.

An Audible Apocalypse

Like most of you, we’re excited that next month we’ll finally be able to enjoy The Great Gatsby as F. Scott Fitzgerald originally envisioned it: in 3-D! Not to be left behind, JDP’s most popular title, Exponential Apocalypse, is now available in, uh, 1-D. Wait, is sound a dimension? Fuck it, the point is they made an audio book out of Eirik Gumeny’s debut novel, read by Lee Ann Howlett, and you can get it NOW over at Audible. I think I speak for everyone at JDP when I say, “How fucking cool is that?”

The Gumenymania continues as Eirik has also released a chap book, Boy Meets Girl, through Kattywompus Press. We’re told that it’s uncharacteristically lacking in poop jokes and f-bombs, but we’re down with that. Consider it his Nebraska and go get your copy.