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An Unlikely Hiatus
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Hello, gentle readers. It’s been a while since we’ve posted an update, and as such, this announcement may not come as a surprise. Unlikely Story is officially going on hiatus in 2017. At the moment, day job demands have made it impossible to devote the amount of time to Unlikely ( Read more... ) -
Award Eligible Works 2016
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Award season has kicked off with the opening of the nomination period for the Nebula Awards. As a handy reference guide, here’s what Unlikely Story published in 2016.
Clowns: The Unlikely Coulrophobia Remix is eligible as a whole in the anthology category for awards that have ( Read more... ) -
Journal of Unlikely Observances Issue 12.5, April May June 2016
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Table of Contents
The Death of Chaos by anne m. gibson
Old Customs by Rajiv Moté
The City & the Man; the Man & the City by Joshua A. Dilk
Little Government Gets Us Nowhere by Rhonda Eikamp
“Fear Death By Water” by Arkady Martine
Ship of Fools by Heather Morris
Burning Day by ( Read more... ) -
Announcing The Journal of Unlikely Observances ToC
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It may not be April Fool’s Day anymore, but it’s still April, so it counts, right? At long last, we’ve made our final decisions for Unlikely Story #12.5: The Journal of Unlikely Observances. Now we’re delighted to unveil (in no particular order) the ToC:
Burning Day by Charles ( Read more... ) -
Foolish April
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At Unlikely Story, we take April Fools very seriously. We had every intention of sticking with tradition and having a new issue out to celebrate the day. Obviously, that isn’t going to happen. But don’t despair! The Journey of Unlikely Observances will still be published, just ( Read more... ) -
Submissions Open
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Submissions are now open for our April Fools’ Mini-Issue - The Journal of Unlikely Observances.
This time around, we’re looking for short fiction of up to 2000 words that explore the rituals and festivals and symptomology from which April Fools’ Day derived. For more details, see ( Read more... ) -
The Clowns Have Landed!
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The road to the circus has been a long and winding one. We may have gotten lost and taken a few wrong turns along the way. You see, we packed the mini full of clowns, but it turns out there was no room left for the map with all those red squeaky noses, bow ties, and rainbow wigs ( Read more... ) -
Award Eligible Work 2015
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It’s been… a year. Since its inception, Unlikely Story has undergone several changes, and 2015 was another metamorphosis year for us. We launched our first Kickstarter campaign, and had the best intentions of publishing our first print anthology within this year. Alas, the clowns ( Read more... ) -
An Unlikely Interview with Rose Lemberg
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The Shapes of Us, Translucent to Your Eye deals with several important themes, namely visibility and who has access to education. Did your own academic background inform this story in any way, or is it a more general, widespread societal issue you wanted to address in your story ( Read more... ) -
An Unlikely Interview with Pear Nuallak
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Candidate 45, Pensri Suesat explores, among other things, art, authenticity, academic culture, gender, mythology, and varying expectations of those inside and outside a culture. What drew you to these themes and combining them in this particular way? Did you draw on your own ( Read more... )