As a Journal
At least four times a year, Fiddleblack releases a selection of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction. The work we publish in our digital journal comes largely from unsolicited submissions from writers like you, or from writers whom we’ve grown to know through social media and conversations via email.
We often make no distinction between speculative work and the traditional literary work of other, similar journals. This isn’t to say we’re without desire for a certain kind of work. The characteristic spirit behind Fiddleblack is our pursuit of creative work that considers self and place with regard for spatial bounds and existentialism, respectively.
We’re also quite fond of our two native ideas: “antipastoralism” and “concept horror.” Consider either a possible arena for direct configurations of self and place. For a good idea of what else we’re interested in, read one of our issues from the list below.
Digital Issues
- Fiddleblack #4 · 05.01.12
In which we hear the story of an enmuraled man, and wherein we discover the endpoint of a dark Sisyphean highway.
- Fiddleblack #3 · 02.20.12
In which antipastoralism is exampled, and wherein we see highways and half ways, the real South and Jesus.
- Fiddleblack #2 · 11.11.11
In which a sheltered winter cabin grows quite small, and wherein the Earth opens up for a young man in the city.
- Fiddleblack #1 · 09.13.11
In which we find the violence of the sun, and wherein there is talk of mountains rockcovered and craggy like teeth.