Books! They’re Like the Internet in 3-D!

Because everything's better in 3-D.

Books! They have tangible mass!

Books! You can turn the pages!

Books! They’re like the Internet but with fixed starting and ending points. And a third dimension!

Books! It’s what all the cool kids will be stuffing in their backpacks this fall!

And we’ve got ‘em! Coming July 31st, it’s the most anticipated sequel this summer not involving the word “Rises.” Eirik Gumeny’s original Exponential Apocalypse was the defining text for a certain sub-segment of one element of part of a generation and now he’s done it again. Exponential Apocalypse: Dead Presidents drops at the end of the month but you can read a free preview online now.

But wait…we’ve got more amazing printed material. The New Yorker says of Ryan Werner…well, The New Yorker has never said anything about Ryan Werner but that’s only because The New Yorker kinda sucks ass. (Well, maybe the cartoons. But the incessant capitalization of “The” every time you say the title? Seriously?)

Anyway, we’re here to tell you Ryan’s a one-man inferno of awesomeness and (seriously) one of the most important flash fiction writers out there today. Which is why we’re so damn excited to be publishing his first collection this September. Check out “Wide Right Game” in the current issue of JDP for a taste of what’s in store from Shake Away These Constant Days. Then head over to his blog and tell him how excited you are for his book.

Because books rock. In 3-D! With covers that close and open!

July Issue Redux

"TextureX" by Coyle Parker

Fair warning, the July Issue covers some rough ground.

Asking your stepfather to behead a prophet because you’re bored? Check.

Self-mutilation in pursuit of your art? We’ve got that.

Meeting your future wife by discovering her father’s corpse? Uh-huh.

A blind woman doing something seriously unpleasant with a hot melon scoop? Unfortunately.

Honestly, when the nicest story concerns two guys beating the crap out of each other with oboes, you know you’re in for a dark ride.

And that’s before we even get to Aaron Frigard’s contribution, which probably warrants its own black box warning.

So brace yourself, this one isn’t for the faint of heart. But we think you can handle it. After all, you’re a dedicated JDP reader and that means your middle name is practically “highly inappropriate.”

(Or Robert. Maybe Beatrice. Very possibly Tiberius )

Anyway, enjoy Issue 32 of Jersey Devil Press.

Text a friend before and after reading just so they know you’re alright.

Sandy…It’s the July Issue

Asbury Park, Fourth of July (well, technically the Third)

Wait…what’s that?

Is it the guy across the street setting off the fireworks he brought back the last time he visited his cousins in North Carolina? And…and did that last Roman Candle set his hedge partially on fire?

And…and…down the block? Is that guy listening to that old Maxell tape of the ’88 KROQ Springsteen show from Stockholm? While he dumps Kingsford briquets into the Weber Smoky Joe?

Hmmm…

And, next door? Is that your other neighbor so drunk he’s delivering Bill Pullman’s Independence Day speech word-for-word from his back deck? And did he just nail the “right to exist” part?

Wait a second!?

There’s humidity so thick you can actually taste it…and…and…there! The Aurora’s rising behind us!

Do you know what that means people??!

Could it possibly be?!?!

We're probably too small for Bruce to sue.

YES!!!

It’s Fourth of July in Jersey!!!!

So crack open the latest issue of the ass-shaking, love-making, Spice-freighting, Slave-Leia-ing, light-sabering, LEGENDARY J-D-P MAGAZINE!

J-D-P MAGAZINE!

July Issue Online Here!

PDF Here!