Issue 1 comes to life with Darby Larson's "Electroencephalography" where an experiment in robot-building goes terribly awry. And if you've ever woken up with an unexpected physical deformity?say, an arrow in your heart?you'll truly enjoy the next story. There's also a smattering of flash fiction and psychedelia; a straight-out story where things aren't what they seem, poetry that takes you from the perverse to the sublime, some magic realism, science fiction, and a few letters to another species thrown in for good measure. We haven't forgotten those of you with a literary bent. In addition, the artwork in this issue is particularly strong, with oil paintings, watercolors, photography, and photo illustrations complementing the words with which they are paired. Please let us know what you think of Issue 1, and thanks for reading GUD.
Sue Miller lives in Connecticut with an assortment of goldfish. She's layout editor for GUD Magazine and instigated Issue 1. She has been an editor for Night Train, Story Garden 6, and NFG. Having a very short attention span, she's a fan of flash fiction. Sue spends her time circumnavigating the globe and dropping in on the unsuspecting. Learn more about her at her website. Etc.
eclectic and lovely. and I helped copy-edit it. :) particular favorites: stories from darling, tidhar, hamilton, conn, shawl, and procter; nonfiction from dumais. (and dumais was particularly fun to edit. not that that influences my recommendations.)