We’re Going Quarterly!

Butt, watch out for the Ass Crack Bandit . . .

Butt, watch out for the Ass-Crack Bandit.

With one hundred issues under our utility belt, we’ve decided to try the quarterly thing for a while to give some of the other literary magazines a chance to catch up.

But don’t panic, because we’re not going anywhere, and we’ve already got some great pieces lined up for our one-hundred-and-oneth issue, which will be dropping like a beet in July. (They’re slippery after you peel them, okay?)

In the meantime, follow us on the Tweeters @JDP_Magazine for sparkly treasures from the archives selected by our social media Jedi, Mike Sweeney. And we are still open for submissions, so keep sending us your scrappy misfit stories, flash, and poems!

One. Hundred. Issues.

JDP cover April 2018It’s time to get happy, folks. Let our one-hundredth issue put a smile on your face, a bluebird on your shoulder, and a sunbeam on your butt.

We’ve got poetry from Matthew Byrne and C. G. Thompson; fiction from John Gabriel Adkins, Carolyn A. Drake, Kimberly Kaufman, and Elliott Zee; and cover art from Kerry Cole–all on the theme of Happy Endings.

Be delighted online or let the .pdf enchant you.

March Ado About New Things

JDP cover March 2018If you’re still nursing a green beer hangover and/or battling a leprechaun infestation, we can help (or at least provide a welcome distraction). Please note the recommended tea pairings for the pieces in our ninety-ninth issue, each of which possesses a lovely, quiet oddness and is perfect for reading to your cat.

Poem – “The Stenographer,” by Alec Hershman: jasmine green tea

Flash fiction – “Puffer,” by Bruce Shields: Lapsang Souchong

Poem – “The Lady of the House,” by Daniel Galef: Lady Grey

Flash fiction – “Strange Affliction,” by Rob Tyler: chamomile

Cover art – “Welcome to the Surreal,” by Ava Wadleigh: orange pekoe

Get lucky online or charm the .pdf.