Bananafish Editor Editions

Our friends over at Bananafish recently began a series of Editor Editions: short fiction written by magazine editors in the style of their particular magazine. I don’t think it’s too much to call it an ingenious alternative to an editor interview.

They invited me to take part and I jumped at the chance. You can find my short, “Last Minute,” here.

There’s a short blurb there about what we look for in a story, too. But, as always, descriptions only go so far. That’s the beauty of these Editor Editions. We can tell you want we want, sure, but it’s a lot more helpful to just show you.

Although you should still totally read the submission guidelines. Let’s not get crazy here.

Best of the Web Nominations

Jersey Devil Press is proud to nominate the following stories for Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2011:

“To Do List,” by Morowa Yejidé
“Hand Me Down,” by Jim Walke
“A Robot’s Sonnet,” by Danger_Slater

They’re three damn fine stories by three damn fine writers and we’re doing what we can to get them the added attention the deserve. Best of luck to you.

In other news, we’re also pleased to announce the addition of Stephen Schwegler to the JDP staff. He’ll be on hand to help us read through submissions, as that impartial third party you hear so much about on the news. Apparently when you only have two people you sometimes end up with a tie, which sometimes ends up with shouting and veiled threats of violence. Steve’s also in charge of wrangling livestock, should that be an issue. We don’t think it will, but we’d rather be safe than sorry.

JDP Titles Now Available for the Nook

If you happen to have a Nook then good news! All three Jersey Devil Press titles are now available for the Nook through Barnes & Noble’s website:

The 2010 Jersey Devil Press Anthology

Perhaps. by Stephen Schwegler

Exponential Apocalypse by Eirik Gumeny

And if you don’t have a Nook, well, good news anyway! There’s about a billion other ways to buy our books, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or our own store! So you really don’t have an excuse not to own all three.