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I’m delighted to announce Issue #5 of the Journal of Unlikely Entomology! This is our fifth full-length issue, but including our mini issues, it’s our seventh issue overall. We’re moving into our third year of publication now, and it’s almost starting to feel like we know what we’re doing. Whether or not that’s true, we’re having a heck of a lot of fun doing it!

Issue #5 features fiction by Nicole Cipri, Cat Rambo, Lew Andrada, Pam L. Wallace, Jesse William Olson, Michelle Ann King, and Nicola Belta, accompanied by art from Justin Aerni, AkuraPare, Rasa Dilyte, Sarah Emerson, Brigitte Fredensborg, Linda Saboe, and Athina Saloniti.

I’m incredibly proud to be a part of this wonderful publication. I hope you enjoy our art and stories, and I’d love to hear what you think of them this time around!

Up next we have the Journal of Unlikely Architecture, our first one-off, non-buggy, special theme issue, which we aim to publish in August 2013. The issue isn’t finalized yet, but we have a fantastic line-up of authors and stories thus far, which we can’t wait to share with you. Following that we’ll publish Issue #6 in November 2013, and we’re currently open for submissions for that issue and beyond. After that? Well…stay tuned for further announcements, because we have exciting plans up our collective sleeve. (Yes, we share one sleeve. What of it?)

In the meantime, go read Issue #5. I may be biased, but I promise you it’s brilliant, and you won’t be sorry!

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I’m delighted to announce the ToC (order subject to change) for Issue #5 of the Journal of Unlikely Entomology! The issue will be out in May, and feature:

Ecdysis by Nicole Cipri
Spiders, Centipedes, and Holes by Cat Rambo
The Space Between by Lew Andrada
Silent Drops of Crimson and Gold Rain by Pam Wallace
The Lonely Barricade at Dawn by Jesse William Olson
Jeanette’s Feast by Michelle Ann King
B by Nicola Belte

Thank you to all our contributors, and thank you to everyone who submitted work for consideration. We’re currently reading for Issue #6, which is due out in November, so keep those stories coming!

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The Journal of Unlikely Entomology’s fourth issue went live this weekend. Head on over, check it out, and let us know what you think! The table of contents for the issue is as follows:

The Famous Fabre Fly Caper by M. Bennardo, Illustrated by Linda Saboe
The Candy Aisle by Joanne Merriam, Illustrated by Dag Jorgensen
In Your Own Backyard by Michael D. Winkle, Illustrated by Bryan Prindiville
Invasives by Sunny Morraine, Illustrated by Katie Rose Pipkin
Deep, Dark by Jonathan Maberry, Illustrated by A.L. Sirois

While you’re enjoying our current issue, keep in mind we remain open to regular submissions for our next issue, and submissions for our special one-off architecture issue. We look forward to reading your work!

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A bit of a signal boost here…

There are just a few days left before the deadline for The Journal of Unlikely Entomology’s ‘Hello, World’ mini-issue. We’re looking for flash fiction dealing with bugs, and something new coming into the world. The full guidelines are available here.

What are mini-issues, and why should you care? Well, they’re like our full issues, but smaller, and more focused. The stories are ideally around 1000 words (but we’ll consider stories up to 2000 words), and combine bugs and a theme we’ve arbitrarily chosen. For an idea of what we’re looking for, check out our Valentine’s Day mini issue, published in February 2012.

Intrigued? You should be. Send us your flash fiction by July 1st. We’re looking forward to reading it!

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I’m so very pleased to announce that the Journal of Unlikely Entomology Issue #3 is now live! Not only is it our third issue, it is our anniversary issue. The line-up is as follows:

My Day Came by Conor Powers-Smith, Illustrated by Eleanor Leonne Bennett
War Beetles by J.M. McDermott, Illustrated by Linda Saboe
The Performance by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Illustrated by Mariusz Siergiejew
The Familiar Buzz of Gone by Cate Gardner, Illustrated by Kyle Conway
Dragonfly Miscalculations by Steven L. Peck, Illustrated by Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
Skitterings in Corners by Juliet Kemp, Illustrated by Svetlana Sukhorukova
Drift by Amanda C. Davis, Illustrated by Natasha T-Z. P

I can hardly believe it’s been a whole year. I’m amazed and gratified at the response the Journal has received thus far. We’ve been lucky enough to publish work by incredible authors and artists, gotten positive reviews, and even earned some wonderful accolades. Recently, Ellen Datlow included John Medaille’s So Speaketh the Trauma Gods on her list of Honorable Mentions for the Best Horror of the Year Volume 4. Not only that, the Journal of Unlikely Entomology’s Art Director, Linda Saboe, received a shout-out in Ellen Datlow’s introduction to the aforementioned anthology for her artwork.

Furthermore, the Story South Million Writers Award recently announced its list of Notable Stories for 2011. Not only did Mari Ness’ Love in the Absence of Mosquitoes, and J.M. McDermott’s Arachne make the list, but the Journal of Unlikely Entomology itself snagged a runner-up nod for best new online magazine of the year!

So… Thank you to all the authors and artists who contributed to the Journal of Unlikely Entomology in its first year. And thank you to everyone who submitted work, and everyone who read our first few issues. We look forward to bringing you more incredible fiction and artwork in the year to come, and we hope you’ll continue to stick with us, reading our stories and sending more wonderful work our way!

On a related note, I’d like to point out (in case you didn’t know) the Journal of Unlikely Entomology has a facebook page. We also just launched a brand new twitter account. We’re @GrumpsJournal if you’re so inclined to follow us.

Again, thank you to everyone who has helped make our first year so fantastic, and please stick with us for year two! Now, if you haven’t already, and even if you have, get on over to the Journal of Unlikely Entomology and read Issue #3!

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