The Shrug
Experimental literature
theneweryork.com
The Shrug is straight out of Santa Monica, California. They keep their mission straightforward and concise: "We publish experimental literature in print & online. We pair every story with a piece of art. Not highbrow, not lowbrow; we're no-brow. We do not publish poetry or novels. We're excited about the future of books, reading, and writing. Our submissions are 100% blind and open year-round."
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Pages (PDF): 108
Publisher: The Shrug
Purchase includes: PDF
IN THIS ISSUE
The fourth issue of The Shrug is the first printed in full color. Formerly theNewerYork lit mag, this pocket-sized book is packed full of bizarre and exciting short fiction such as divorce papers, a prayer, unanswered interviews, yelp reviews, fictional definitions, horoscopes, and art from our diverse contributors. There are enough lit mags out there with poetry and short-stories, The Shrug has everything else.
Experimental without being pompous, and ignoring cult of personality in favor of quality and creativity, The Shrug 4 will serve you a unique reading experience.
This book is designed by our in-house designer Nils Davey, is funded on Kickstarter, and fits, quite perfectly in your back pocket.
Writers include Carabella Sands, Christine Tierney, Gerar Edizel, Shelly Weathers, Manuel Abreu, Ghada Khalil, Jeff Friedman, Richard Penner, Sara Woods, Jesse Bradley, Alice Atlas, Evan Allgood, A.M. O'Malley, Nadia de Vries, Brad Garber, Max Miroff, Mollie Boutell, Steve Vermillion, Michael Shirzadian, Ani Bakhchadzyan, Kait Heacock, Chuck Young, Gessy Alvarez, Andy Valentine, J.H Yun, and Joelle Schumacher.
Artists include Kim Roselier, Jeannie Lynn Paske, Nils Davey, Stefan Zsaitsits, Stephen Lipman, Aniela Sobieski, Ben Stainton, David Lee Price, James Gallagher, David de las Heras, Karl James Mountford, Jake Kean Mayman and Ryan Humphrey.
Pages (PDF): 88
Publisher: The Shrug
Purchase includes: EPUB, MOBI & PDF
IN THIS ISSUE
Our weirdest and most beautiful collection yet. This wonderful collection of 60+ pieces of experimental short-fictions and art fits in your back pocket for battery-less, portable entertainment. Dive through narrative worlds with dashing speed! There are letters, flash-fictions, monster profiles, fictional definitions, manifestos, sonnets in morse code, lists, quizzes, classified ads, rejected baby name submissions and other absurdities.
Recommended by Margaret Atwood
"An inspiring exercise in exploring new forms of expression."—Nara Chin, CoolHunting.com
"[A] truly wonderful repository of experimental and alt lit."—Dan Holloway, The Guardian (UK)
"One of the most fun places to read alt lit."—Sonja Todd, The Millons
"Artfully refined and design, [...] exposing a revolution in short-narrative."—LA Canvas