Bad movie. Good poem.
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.
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.
Good news. Thanks to a man named Deadeye Dick we have fulfilled our longstanding goal of finding a Cthulhu mythos story with dick jokes. Thanks, Deadeye.
Deadeye Dick’s contribution is just one of many amazing stories to grace the pages of our upcoming special issue in which we challenged writers to mash-up one literary style with something Lovecraftian (as Neil Gaiman so brilliantly did in “A Study in Emerald.”) So far we’ve got a weird Western, the Necronomicon on HGTV, some shit that’s just straight up scary, and Puss in Boots. That’s right, we said, “Puss in Boots,” motherfrakkers. Plus Deadeye Dick’s story.
So how cool is this issue going to be? So cool you’ll want your story in it too. And we have room for maybe one or two truly outstanding pieces, so get to the typing. Midnight on May 1st is our deadline, which leaves you two weeks to get that story finished and submitted.
Be sure to read the guidelines for “Write Lovecraft Like Neil Gaiman” first and remember: Neil Gaiman is not allowed to enter. But you are. Unless you happen to actually be Neil Gaiman, in which case, how about a ReTweet, huh?
JDP wants you to write Lovecraft like Neil Gaiman! bit.ly/Qk0XjYIt’s a Call of Cthulhu for Submissions!
— Jersey Devil Press (@JDP_Magazine) November 26, 2012