Shouldn't Santa have sent the Bumblebeast as Rudolph's back up?
You’ve got a
Twilight Zone marathon to watch so we’ll keep this as brief as possible. First:
Chris Sims over at
Comics Alliance covers this
in wonderful detail, but we still want to remind the adults of the world not to laugh at small children who look goofy. One of them might be the Baby New Year who’ll run away forcing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (aided by Ben Franklin, a Caveman, and Frank Gorshin) to
do battle with a giant, ancient vulture in order to save all of time and space. ‘Cause that’s what happens when people are shitty to little kids who look different. So don’t be shitty.
Second (and completely unrelated): we’re doing another novella contest. We’ll throw an announcement up on Duotrope toward the end of January, but we’re telling you first because you read this site and therefore are awesome. You can check out last year’s rules to get a general idea of what we’re looking for, but note that for 2013, we’re upping the word limit to a minimum of 15,000 and a max of 25,000. Also, no runner-up this year, just a literary fight to the death for first place and publication in our June Issue. Novella contest submissions open February 1st and close March 31st. (Sending us a novella before that will piss us off and cause you to lose.) Go read last year’s winners and write something equally awesome (but obviously different.)
Third: we’ve also got special poetry and Lovercraft issues on tap for 2013. Get writing.
Fourth: our founding editor needs new lungs. Seriously. So help out if you can.
Can't Keep a Good Ninja Down
Fifth: back to novellas. Specifically,
Jimmy Grist’s amazing
“Keeley Kunoichi.” It fills up our
December Issue, is all kinds of amazing, and is far more satisfying than getting drunk. So read it tonight. Your liver will thank us.
Sixth: you should also read Laura Garrison’s “The Long Happy New Year of Dora Wellington.” It’s the best New Year’s story we know of that doesn’t involve a giant, ancient vulture kidnapping a baby.
Seventh: stop by Jack’s Music Shoppe and pick up a free copy of Ryan Werner’s Shake Away These Constant Days while their (very, very limited) supply lasts. Not near Red Bank, NJ? Got two bucks? Then Kindle, baby, Kindle.
Eighth: make a resolution…to follow JDP on Twitter. It’s free, easy, and makes us disproportionately happy. During 2012 over 300 new people followed us and almost forty of them stuck around after we rejected their story!
Ninth: video of Steve Austin fighting Bigfoot.
Tenth: that’s it. Be safe. Thanks for reading JDP. Have a great 2013!
