Vexillology is a fancy word for Flag Design. It has become, in the age of Internet Rhetoric, a subculture with a very specific aesthetic. I could explain, or I could let this famous old video do it: I enjoy this because I have long held the “State Seal on blue” design with aristocratic disdain. Also… Read More Vexillological Nerd Fights, or Why Maryland has Objectively the Best State Flag
A new issue will be incoming in the Month of April. Consequently, submissions are now closed. We will open them again, for the July issues, starting May 15th. This means that we will be finishing our evaluations of all submissions, and sending emails to those that submitted, whether we accept your work or not. Thanks… Read More Unnamed Journal Updates
There is no greater rite of passage as a homeowner than a flooded basement. It is a reality unique to the existence of modern indoor plumbing, which exists in the guts of the house beyond the ability of most homeowners to maintain or have awareness of, hanging over you like a cracked dam (the Sword… Read More This Week In the CD Changer — Basement Survivors Edition
One of the first things I ever wrote, when I was a wet-behind-the-ears college freshman, was a one-act describing the wild nights I had observed more than taken part in. This was called Send in the Clowns, and because sophomore year we were trying to do a one-act festival, it got put on. I had… Read More The Return of The Collegiate Plays
We’re up on all the platforms, per the norm: This has 2 stories, a poem, and the 7th chapter of The King’s Ransom
Larry Correia has planted a flag on the mouldering corpse of George R.R. Martin’s literary career. There’s a fisking in the linked article, which involves MSN.com relitigating the whole Sad Puppies/Hugos drama from ten years ago, because they want to sell the narrative that Correia and Martin are rivals, explaining this mockery. Correia fisks the… Read More The Ruins of Westeros
I first saw Wicked on Broadway near the end of Idina Menzel’s run with the show. I thought then that the show was interesting technically, well-acted, had quality songs, and that I didn’t engage with the story in any way. Recently I watched the film of Wicked, Part One, and got pretty much the same… Read More The Thing With Wicked
Hello, folks, it’s January. New Year, New volume and New issue of Unnamed Journal. It will be out this month. A new, 7th Chapter of The Kings Ransom will appear, along with some other fine works. Which means that, as of Jan 1st, the Submissions window will be closed. We got a lot of submissions… Read More Incoming Unnamed Journal and Submission Windows
Peter Jackson, huh? I guess that means it’s not Amazon. I could be into this. Anime Lord of the Rings? How has that not already been done? I mean it kind of has, right? This looks really cool. I like the character design. FUCK YEAH HELM HAMMERHAND LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOO Helm’s Deep wooooo wait Who’s the… Read More Reacting to the “Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” Trailer in Real Time
This has been up for a couple weeks, and it’s already sold pretty good. It’s got some solid stories and writing in it, all of it from submissions. Thanks to all who did submit. We’re probably going to close submissions for the January issue at the end of this month. That’ll give us some time… Read More Unnamed Journal 40: Abyss Outreach
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