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Unlikely Story [#12, October 2015, The Journal of Unlikely Academia] ed. Bernie Mojzes & A. C. Wise (Unlikely Story LLC, 192pp, ebook, cover by Patricio Betteo) 3 · Editors’ Note · [The Editors] · ed 5 · Follow Me Down · Nicolette Barischoff · nv; illustrated by Patricio Betteo 31 · Minotaur: An Analysis of the Species · Sean Robinson · ss; illustrated by Thomas Christopher Haag 39 · The Librarian’s Dilemma · E. Saxey · nv; illustrated by Liam Quin 65 · The Dauphin’s Metaphysics · Eric Schwitzgebel · ss; illustrated by Diane Dellicarpini 85 · Soteriology and Stephen Greenwood: The Role of Salus in the Codex Lucis · Julia August · ss; illustrated by Jakub Niedziela 103 · And Other Definitions of Family · Abra Staffin-Wiebe · nv; illustrated by Edvard Derkert 129 · Candidate 45, Pensri Suesat · Pear Nuallak · ss; illustrated by Kevin Martin 149 · The Shapes of Us, Translucent to Your Eye · Rose Lemberg · ss; illustrated by Jon Bibire 154 · Interview: Nicolette Barischoff · Anon. · iv 159 · Interview: Sean Robinson · Anon. · iv 162 · Interview: E. Saxey · Anon. · iv 165 · Interview: Eric Schwitzgebel · Anon. · iv 170 · Interview: Julia August · Anon. · iv 174 · Interview: Abra Staffin-Wiebe · Anon. · iv 177 · Interview: Pear Nuallak · Anon. · iv 181 · Interview: Rose Lemberg · Anon. · iv

Unlikely Story [#12.5, June 2016, Journal of Unlikely Observances] ed. Bernie Mojzes, A. C. Wise & A. C. (Unlikely Story, LLC, online, cover by Linda Saboe) Details taken from magazine website. Editors’ Note · [The Editors] · ed The Death of Chaos · Anne M. Gibson · ss Old Customs · Rajiv Moté · ss The City & the Man; The Man & the City · Joshua A. Dilk · ss Little Government Gets Us Nowhere · Rhonda Eikamp · ss "Fear Death by Water" · Arkady Martine · ss Ship of Fools · Heather Morris · ss Burning Day · Charles Payseur · ss

Unnerving Magazine    (about)

Unnerving Magazine [#1, December 2016] ed. Eddie Generous ($10.00, 62pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Editor’s Note · Eddie Generous · ed 5 · Maison d’Oeufs · Joshua Chaplinsky · ss 9 · What Returns, What Remains · John F. D. Taff · ss 17 · Rumpelstiltskins · J. J. Roth · vi 19 · Interview with Richard Thomas · Anon. · iv 24 · The Glittering Point · Stephen S. Power · ss 28 · Gas · Alana I. Capria · ss 33 · Twinwalkers · Sean Patrick Hazlett · ss 38 · Q&A with Reggie Levine · Anon. · iv 40 · Q&A with Adam Howe · Anon. · iv 43 · Eighty-Eight · Anke Kriske · ss 48 · Peculiar Paradise · J. D. Horn · ss 56 · Look · Epiphany Ferrell · ss 58 · Jump in Bed and Cover Up Your Head · J. L. Knight · vi 59 · Reviews · [Various] · rc 62 · Eddie’s Standout Reads · Eddie Generous · ms

Unnerving Magazine [#2, March 2017] ed. Eddie Generous ($10.00, 68pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Tuesday’s Dead · Stephen Kozeniewski · ss 20 · Two-Party System · James Newman · ss 23 · Dust of Farewell-Summer: The Small-Town America of Ray Bradbury · Gwendolyn Kiste · ar [Ray Bradbury] 30 · Hot Déjà Vu · Sarina Dorie · ss 33 · Interview with Nicole Cushing · Anon. · iv 37 · Greenman’s Children · Aaron J. French · ss 42 · Festival · Aaron J. French · ex; from forthcoming novel (CreateSpace May 2017). 47 · Interview with Stephen Laws · Anon. · iv 50 · Last Wish · Stacy Cotton · ss 56 · Lipstick · Jessica McHugh · ss 59 · Q&A with T.E. Grau · Anon. · iv 62 · Best of 2016 · Anon. · ms 64 · Reviews · [Various] · rc

Unnerving Magazine [#3, July 2017] ed. Eddie Generous ($10.00, 66pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The One Thing I Wished for You · Paul Michael Anderson · ss 18 · Snuffles · Mary Crosbie · vi 20 · Entropy Major · Mike Thorn · ss 24 · Losing Your Fear · Bill Adler, Jr. · ss 29 · Red Room Magazine [Cheryl Mullenax; Randy Chandler] · Anon. · iv 33 · The Botany of Desire · Betty Rocksteady · ss 39 · Daddy · William Marchese · ss 43 · Fracture · Erica Ruppert · ss 46 · A Place Both Wonderful and Strange: The Suburban Gothic Worlds of David Lynch and Shirley Jackson · Gwendolyn Kiste · ar [David Lynch; Shirley Jackson] 51 · Drowning Author Seeks Guide to Success [Gina Panettieri; Jess Landry; Pete Kahle] · Eddie Generous · iv 57 · The Grimhaven Disaster · Leo X. Robertson · ex; from forthcoming novel (CreateSpace August 2017). 59 · A Disturbance · Leo X. Robertson · ss 62 · Reviews · [Various] · rc

Unnerving Magazine [#4, October 2017] ed. Eddie Generous ($14.00, 80pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Luddid House · Madison McSweeny · ss 11 · Babysitting for Authors · Kevin David Anderson · vi 14 · Boy Takes After His Mother · Max Booth, III · ss 19 · Black Balloon · Christopher Shultz · ss 23 · By the Gun of Desire · Thomas Joyce · vi 26 · A Day Sea · Israel Finn · ss 30 · Halloween Q&A with Stephen Graham Jones · Anon. · iv 32 · Mud · Somer Canon · vi 35 · Bishop · William Cooper · ss 43 · 7 Steps to Unarmed Zombie Self-Defense · Dustin LaValley · ar 52 · Me Too · Meg Hafdahl · ss 56 · Trick · Andrew Cull · ss 60 · Why I Don’t Let My Kids Go Trick or Treating · Elliotte Rusty Harold · ss 63 · Staying Alive Among the Beasts · William Meikle · ss 69 · In Disguise: Cool Characters from Horror Fiction That Would Make a Killer Halloween Costume · Gwendolyn Kiste · ar 75 · Sylvia Spool · George Edwards Murray · ss 79 · Under the Influence · Renee Miller · ss 88 · Halloween Q&A with Mark Allan Gunnells · Anon. · iv

Unnerving Magazine [#5, January 2018] ed. Eddie Generous ($14.00, 80pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Glug Glug · Aaron J. Householder · ss 7 · Red Room · Christa Carmen · ss 16 · Porcelain Skin · Gary Buller · ss 22 · Q&A with Owen King · Anon. · iv 26 · Ghoul · John C. Foster · ss 30 · Succubus Blues · Sara Codair · ss 32 · No Happily Ever After Here: Death and Dismay in Fairy Tales · Gwendolyn Kiste · ar 38 · The Worst · David Busboom · ss 42 · The Changeling · Stephen S. Power · ss 47 · Shades of Igumi Mare · K. P. Kulski · ss 55 · Publisher Spotlight: Coffin Hop Press · Anon. · ar 57 · The Weight of Her Smile · Jake Marley · ss 59 · Q&A with Christina Henry · Anon. · iv

Unnerving Magazine [#6, April 2018] ed. Eddie Generous (Unnerving, $8.00, 64pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Birthday Boy · Amy Lukavics · ss 17 · The Needle and the Damage Done · Brandon Nolta · ss 21 · Bloodletting · Melanie Rees · ss 31 · My Mother Digs for Worms · Charlotte Huggins · ss 34 · Q&A with Robin Triggs · Eddie Generous · iv 38 · Featured Interview with Jo Fletcher · Eddie Generous · iv 44 · The Hauntings and the Moments · Amanda C. Davis · ss 50 · Publisher Spotlight: Sinister Grin Press · Eddie Generous · ar 53 · Ready for Zombies · A. M. Call · ss 56 · Q&A with Josh Malerman · Eddie Generous · iv 59 · The One Who Survives: The Final Girls of Film and Fiction · Gwendolyn Kiste · ar

Unnerving Magazine [#7, August 2018] ed. Eddie Generous (Unnerving, $8.00, 64pp, tp) Details taken from magazine website. As If You Never Were · Charlie Bookout · ss Of Human Sympathies · Jessica McHugh · ss The Elevator Game · Mark Allan Gunnells · ss Feature Interview with Daniel I. Russell · Anon. · iv Three Birds · Tapanga Koe · ss A Goth for All Seasons: Exploring the Subgenres of Gothic Horror · Gwendolyn Kiste · ar What’s in a Name · J. H. Moncrieff · ss 20 Questions with Paul Tremblay · Anon. · iv

Unnerving Magazine [#8, 2018] ed. Eddie Generous (Unnerving, $13.00, 88pp, tp) The “Inspired by Stephen King” issue. Details taken from magazine website. 7 · Why a Stephen King-Inspired Issue: An Explanation · Eddie Generous · ed 12 · Birth · Lisa Quigley · ss 16 · Do You Have His Number? · Hunter Shea · ar 19 · You Mean August Nineteen, Twenty-Fifteen? [Paul Tremblay] · Anon. · iv 20 · Make It a Double · Sean M. Thompson · ss 26 · Feature Interview with Hans Lilja · Anon. · iv 31 · The Unbearable Weight of Knowing · Joshua Chaplinsky · ss 36 · Oh My God, It Meant Everything [Alma Katsu] · Anon. · iv 39 · Feature Interview with Stu Tinker · Anon. · iv 42 · Catfish · Geneve Flynn · ss 44 · Into the Wild: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon · Alison Littlewood · ar 47 · Q&A with the Writers of Silverwood: The Door [Brian Keene; Stephen Kozeniewski; Tony Valenzuela] · Anon. · iv 50 · All Summers End · Tom Deady · ss 56 · It Was a Big Ask [Bev Vincent] · Anon. · iv 59 · Stephen King Saved My Life · Chris Sorensen · ar 62 · His Name Was Love · J. S. Breukelaar · ss 68 · They’re Looking at Me Like I’m Fucking Crazy [Caroline Kepnes] · Anon. · iv 70 · Crystal-Lynn · Eddie Generous · ss 79 · Night Shift Revisited: A Personal Retrospective · Gwendolyn Kiste · ar 83 · Symphony of Agony · Dave Thomas · ss 86 · I Was Lost and Searching for What to Do Next [Richard Chizmar] · Anon. · iv

Unnerving Magazine [#9, (February) 2019] ed. Eddie Generous (Unnerving, $8.00, 46pp, tp) Details taken from magazine website. 2 · Welcome · Eddie Generous · ed 5 · Pyre for the Almost Dead · Sara Tantlinger · ss 13 · Another Side of Gustav Holst · Christopher Stanley · ss 16 · I Was Really Scared [Jessica Harper] · Anon. · iv 17 · It Grows Inside · G. V. Anderson · ss 21 · Violence and Violins: 60 Years of Psycho · Gwendolyn Kiste · ar 26 · Skin Deep · Liz Schriftsteller · ss 31 · On Neil Gaiman’s Masterclass · Eddie Generous · ar [Neil Gaiman] 36 · Hollowness · Paul Michael Anderson · ss 45 · I Was Literally Shitting Myself [Sarah Pinborough] · Anon. · iv

Unreal Magazine    (about)

Unreal Magazine [v1, (March) 2019] ed. Daniel Scott White (Longshot Press, $8.95, 208pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Overture · Daniel Scott White · ed 7 · Adaptation · Martha Wells · nv 37 · In Her Fingerless Hands She Hold the Ice and All the Oceans · Tais Teng · nv 63 · Shadow’s Weave · Yoon Ha Lee · nv Beneath Ceaseless Skies May 26 2016 91 · Immortal · Adithi Rao · ss 111 · The Drifter · Jessica Needham · ss 127 · Lure · George Salis · ss 131 · Midnight Murmurs · J. D. Astra · nv 155 · Lawrencium · Liz Kellebrew · ss 159 · A Most Practical Imperative · Joe Taylor · ss 167 · Destry · Emily Devenport · ss 181 · The Possessed · David R. Grigg · ar 191 · The Myth and the Phule · Eric Del Carlo · ar [Robert Lynn Asprin]

Unstuck    (about)

Unstuck [#1, 2011] ed. Matt Williamson (Unstuck Books, 352pp, tp) Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. fc. · Highland Reservoir II · Timothy J. Fuss · cv Monument · Amelia Gray · ss Ancestors · Kiki Petrosino · pm The Ones You Want to Keep · Matthew Vollmer · ss Dokken · Matthew Derby · ss Inside Out · Judson Merrill · ss Cloudberry Jam · Karin Tidbeck · ss Death and the All-Night Donut Shop · Rachel Swirsky · ss Second Grade · Charles Antin · ss Big Feet · Leslie What · ss My Ideas Have Set Nothing on Fire—Yet · Zack Savich · pm Peer Confession · John Maradik & Rachel B. Glaser · ss You and Your Cats · Lindsay Hunter · ss The Coat · Aimee Bender · ss R · Helen Phillips · ss Sea Air Breezy; Nothing Dreadful · Kaethe Schwehn · pm The Eel · Rennie Sparks · ar Air Liners · Sharona Muir · ss Fontanel · Marisa Matarazzo · ss Six Flags · Meghan McCarron · ss The Carrot · Arthur Bradford · ss Apes · Joe Meno · ss The Cottage on the Hill · J. Robert Lennon · ss The Horses · Patrick Haas · pm Wonderblood · Julia Whicker · ss The Golem · Dan Rosenberg · pm The Dobbs House · Randy Schaub · ss The Rain Falls Down and Hits Us, So Down’s Where We Must Be · Andrew Friedman · ss

Unstuck [#2, 2012] ed. Matt Williamson (Unstuck Books, 575pp, tp) Details taken from online listing. fc. · Neon Steps · David Gilliber · cv The Crocodile · Leanna Petronella · pm The Screw That Holds the World Together · Collin Blair Grabarek · nv Escaped Zoo Animals · Dean Young · pm Croesus and the Great Duck · Walter Flaschka · ss The Hummingbird · Leanna Petronella · pm Professor Fire’s Charm · Adetokunbo Abiola · ss Asterius · Daniel Hornsby · ss The Grasshopper · Leanna Petronella · pm Maria and the Mice · Charles Antin · ss [Poets Caught by a Lasso] · Tomaaž Šalamun · pm Brands of Girl · Cathy Vandewater · ss The Beginner in a Yoga Class · Julieta García González · ss The Butterfly · Leanna Petronella · pm Difficult at Parties · Carmen Maria Machado · ss Aokigahara · Jeffrey Pethybridge · pm my mother is a singing fish · V. V. Ganeshananthan · ss A Model Made Out of Card · Gabriel Blackwell · ss Prodigal Electrons Return to Shine · Matthew Zapruder · pm The Virtues · Ed Park · ss Lurky Seven · Leila Mansouri · ss The Visit · Tomaaž Šalamun · pm Three Tales of a Very Windy Town · Lyubomir P. Nikolov · ss The Unicorn · Leanna Petronella · pm Moonlet, Her and the Other One · Rikki Ducornet · ss Vergiss Mein Nicht · Catherine Dufour · ss The Love Decay Has for the Living · Berit Ellingsen · ss My Usual · J. Robert Lennon · ss The Cockroach · Leanna Petronella · pm The Water Spider · Marcel Béalu · nv; translated from the French (“L’Araignée d’Eau”, 2014). Cassie · Daniel Wallace · ss Dogs · Pete Coco · ss Suddenly I Was Awake Inside the Allegory of Rebirth · Shamala Gallagher · pm Everybody’s Bluffing · Miles Klee · ss The Bloodworm · Leanna Petronella · pm No One Was There · Kate Bernheimer · ss The Great Loneliness · Maria Romasco-Moore · ss Secret Identity · Jonathan Lethem & John Hilgart · ss The Language of Nim · Erik Anderson · ar Family Mart · Elizabeth Browne · ss Good Stock · Tomaaž Šalamun · pm Seven Stories · Jedediah Berry · ss The Boy Who Went to the Northwind · Anon. · ss 1899, as by J. Christian Bay The Elephant Token · Brian Conn · ss Visitors Are Rare on This Island · Dean Young · pm The Love Song of Goosealot and Henevere · Dani Rado · ss The Season for Cranes · Genevieve DuBois · ss The Gift · Mary Ruefle · vi The Island Unknown · Matthew Cheney · ss Sant Andrea, Red Island · Tomaaž Šalamun · pm An Account of My Neighbors, Being the People Who Stop Me from Working · Edward Carey · ss Twilight · A. D. Jameson · ss The Untranslatables · Caitlin Horrocks · ss The White Horse Girl and the Blue Wind Boy · Carl Sandburg · ss Rootabaga Stories 1922 Foundling · Elizabeth McCracken · ss Ahmad the Grocer Discusses the Cat Crisis, Jerusalem Circa 1979 · Steve Almond · ss Hearts · Mathias Svalina · ss What’s Your Fucking Problem? · Robby Nadler · ss Empire Guide to Naming Colonies in Africa · Iheoma Nwachukwu · ss Biography · Vinny Lopez · ss Hunting · Donald Revelll · pm Yeti Lovemaking · Ling Ma · ss Snake Plant · Paul Lisicky · ss Static, and Sometimes Music · David J. Schwartz · ss