Breathing New Life Into the Written Word

In case you missed it the other day, there’s a nice little article about electronic magazines and how the internet is actually helping literature.

Literature lovers are using the web to break down barriers to both reading and writing. Netizens are hooked on E-zines that feature both amateur and established writers.

Not to mention, they pimp Short, Fast & Deadly in the same paragraph as the New Yorker.

If you have less than a minute to spend on reading, Short Fast and Deadly, a project by Joseph Quintela offers you poetry that could fit into a Twitter message (140 characters or less) and prose that doesn’t extend beyond a paragraph. Pressure of this sort does wonders for creativity and Quintela releases a fresh virtual issue every week.

Way to go, Joseph.

Interview at Literary Lollipop

Looks like we got our act together just in time. There’s an interview with us — both of us, for once — up at the Literary Lollipop. Click here to read it.

I’m just glad we were finally able to get Monica into the conversation. She’s far more interesting than Eirik!

Speaking of more interesting than Eirik, happy 61st birthday Bruce Springsteen! We launched our magazine last year on the same day we went to one of his concerts. Clearly fate has brought us together again.

Back in Business… Mostly

OK, so, the site’s up and running, and my eyes haven’t started bleeding yet, so that’s good news on both fronts. Feel free to poke around a bit and let us know what you think.

All the .pdfs of older issues are available through the Archives tab. Individual story pages are not yet back on the site, however, save for those from Issue Twelve. Different permalinks now, too. Sorry about that. I know it’s a pain in the ass, but I’m sure it’s not the first time it’s happened.

Anyway, we’ll have all the stories back up in the next few days. At the absolute latest it’ll be Wednesday, when Issue Thirteen debuts. Again, sorry for the inconvenience, but, other than that, it looks like we’re good.