Imagine this if you will...
Humanity, a wild seed, floating through the vastness of the cosmos searching for fertile soil on which to cultivate. At the very least it is a search for knowledge to bring back home. Home happens to sit third from a star they call Sun. For years they have pointed radio transmissions, giant lenses and even sent satellites in all directions looking for others whom they might exchange and engage with. They have yet to find anything. What man is unaware of is that this planet, Earth, isn't their natural home. And on Thursday they will be visited by those they’ve called Gods who have come, to once again, send these seeds toward other potential gardens. Not all wild seeds survive. Those that do rarely then flourish. Old Gods discovered. New Men borne.
Whether inspired by the paranoia themes that soak our collective fears, the monsters that would haunt and make us question our own humanity or the unknown frontiers that we dream to discover, Science has always been a part of our storytelling.
We will find the supernatural and the saintly often times disguised within the two masks of comedy and tragedy. This seems to be our future if only because of our past. Man has built empires and religions on this fiction.
Le Jolie Rouge has become unfroze from an interstellar holiday and is looking to tell the stories of.
In short: the focus of this future press will be more akin to science fiction than any other form.
As like with all past issues of LJR you have total freedom of words and how they convey your work. You are responsible to keep all works submitted original, which is not to say that a signal or homage to the travelers before you cannot be paid.
Be aware of the loss in quality that generations breed when it comes to printing this zine. Meaning, materials used need to be able to translate onto the printed page... pencils are a bad example of a good print, ya dig?
NOTE: we press and bind at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, profile. Submissions should be kept to 6 pages max due to the size constraints. At the deadline we will decide which submissions are published at our discretion, however we are not biased to any form.
Submissions can be sent electronically to lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com
If your submission is not electronic, email us and we will make an arrangement.
We can also be contacted at (313)718-1064 where you can leave a voice message, audio submission or text message sized short story.
If you have any questions, please ask.
The deadline for this issue’s submissions is September 17th 2012 @ 21:00
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