Last Minute

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Jersey Devil Press

Our newest installment of Exponential Apocalypse’s The First Twenty-Two is up: “Last Minute,” set during the second apocalypse.

There was an asteroid on a direct trajectory with Earth. The impact will shatter the planet, one specialist had said.

The globe’s top scientists convened. They hastily figured out a way to move the Earth, change its orbit. The endeavor wasn’t safe, and it certainly wasn’t foolproof, but it was unanimously decided to be better than nothing.

This was originally written for the late, great Bananafish Magazine as an Editor Edition. You can read the whole story here.

The Dark Side of Denise Willson

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Jersey Devil Press

Our newest Brilliant Disguise story is here and standing on your lawn with a baseball bat: “The Dark Side of Serendipity,” by Denise Willson, based on Springsteen’s “Secret Garden.”

They’d made love before, Claire and Cameron, numerous times in fact. But this time was different. Any reservations she’d had about their relationship had been lost in lust, a connection unlike anything she’d ever experienced. Last night they’d parked overlooking the city lights and uttered words they’d never confessed.

You can read the whole story by clicking here.

Submissions Now Open

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Jersey Devil Press

All right, let’s do this. Submissions to Jersey Devil Press are now open. You know the rules — and if you don’t, they’re right here — so get writing. Monica, Steve, and I are waiting with bated breath.

Also, and this is kind of important, we are now using Submishmash to handle submissions. It’s free, shiny and it makes our lives easier. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

To get a feel for what we want, check out our newest issue or our archives. We’d like to think you’re already reading JDP, but, if you’re not, lie to us.

P.S. To the handful of you who submitted stories while we were closed — despite our telling you, in bold print, not to — feel free to try again. As much as we’d like to hold a grudge, we deleted the e-mails and we don’t remember your names. At the very least, please update your Duotrope stats. You’re kind of making us look bad.

As always, thank you to everyone who makes their way here, even accidentally. Whether you read us regularly, submit to us occasionally, follow the rules or don’t, we appreciate that of the eight billion web pages available to you, you stuck around for at least a few clicks.