The authors we promised to send approvals to, we sent, and paid. The result is before you: You may read it in the usual places: And now, we come to the necessity of announcing our new Submission Window: Dec. 1st 2025 – January 5th 2026 Only submissions received during this window will be considered for… Read More Unnamed Journal 44, Plus Submissions Announcement
So Unnamed Journal Issue 44, our Fall issue, should be out this month. We have sent emails to all the people accepted and not. If you didn’t make the cut this time, thanks for your submission anyway. It’s a pleasure to read all the stories and poems people create, and it’s an honor to be… Read More Unnamed Journal Update
So the Summer issue is out, and it is available in the usual places. And, naturally, Amazon. Now, some of you sent things to us for this issue and have not been told yea or nay. We recognize that this is annoying. But that’s because we got so many quality offerings that we decided to… Read More Unnamed Journal 43 Out Now: Plus Fall Issue Announcement!
Short stories are good. I’m a fan. Collections of short stories are great. Natural stopping points. But apparently no one buys them, or at least no one buys them except from Established Authors. Ernest Hemingway has probably sold more short-fic since he ate his shotgun than when he was alive. Branding is everything. Probably this… Read More Ernest Hemingway Can Kiss My Ass
Wild times, wild stories. A mysterious ascetic tries to solve an aristocrat’s poisoning, another chapter of The King’s Ransom, a devilish dialogue at a party, and poetry! Free for members of our Patreon, and available on Gumroad and Amazon.
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
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
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
When you create a paperback on Kindle Direct Publishing, the default trim size is 6×9. According to Reedsy, that’s a standard size for trade paperbacks, known as US Trade. The other standard size is 5X8, which Reedsy says is standard for novellas. As in, most of the books I’ve published. Those trim sizes make a… Read More Book Sizes and Countdown Deals
Content Blues 