Ride a Bike. Read a Book

Inside Issue Two we have added a small LJR tag to be used as a spoke card or bookmark.

All tags feature the cover of Issue One on one side and an illustration from inside that same issue on the other; hyperfine transition of neutral hydrogen.


All tags come pre-laminated inside a plastic sleeve which is perfect for preventing wear and protecting against weather.

For more information on how to obtain a copy of LJR Issue Two please read earlier posts.

As always, send any submissions, questions, addresses, ideas to Lejolierouge.zine@gmail.com

Onward,
Ride or Die.

*Above title stolen from the knuckles of
Jesse Ramsey; musician, cyclist, ex-boxer, and chief rider in a gang named Chapped Taints.

Issue Two Available Now!

We are pleased to announce that issue two is now available! Availability will be expanding throughout the week as our access to copy machines improves. Again, we appreciate everyone that contributed as well as everyone who supported issue one.

le jolie rouge.

featuring:

“Ditch, Bitch and Stitch” AND “Horoscopes” BY KURT D. MONETTE

“Bury White” BY CHRIS SPICER

“David Flynn” BY TYSON F. SLEETE

“On Anarchy Part Two” BY JOHN MARCHIONE

“Strike Anywhere Matches” BY A.M. Wheeler

“The Bells of the Old Mariner’s” BY E.C. COOK

“The Evaluation Group” BY DAVID ALLEN

“Papaver Rhoeas Chapter Two” BY W. TRUFFAUT

Untitled Submission BY JENNIFER PRICE

An anonymous submission argued into publication.

All illustrations by Daniel Davies unless part of a submission.

Edited by John Marchione and Daniel Davies

Issue two. Third Quarter 2010

announcing issue two!

Brothers and Sisters!

We come to you indebted. Issue one of le jolie rouge was beyond what we could have expected. We had hoped to foster a community of writers in an open forum for Michigan and the Midwest. What resulted was the shipping of issues to both coasts and many places in between. The feedback encouraged us even further. It is with great pleasure that we announce issue two.

The weather is warm. The Sun has returned and we all have stirred from our hibernation and shielding the light from our eyes, emerged into the splendor of summer. Here at the offices, we can think of one thing in particular that defines the summer months. The bicycle. Bikes are a huge part of our life. They are our means of transport, our favored pastime. They allow us to fly through the streets and feel the warmth of the Earth as we travel. They are the most efficient form of human transport. Our feet meet the pedals and the turning of gears is a vehicle for catharsis. They can forge together the elements of unforgettable memories, they can sew together a fragile psyche. They can live up to grandiose literary sentiments. Let us celebrate the velocipede!

For issue two, we encourage you to focus on, or involve, the bicycle in your submissions. This is not to imply that submissions completely ignoring this suggestion will be ignored. Quality is quality and we are interested in publishing quality pieces. We continue to support all forms of submissions and only in the instance of size restrictions will bicycle themed pieces be given precedence. However, we hope to accomplish the goal of an issue devoted to such an extraordinary machine.

Submission Guidelines:

The format for submissions is open to you, this meaning all genres of the printed arts are welcome. Submissions should be kept to 4-5 pages at max due to size constraints for the zine. At our 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.co

m. If your submission is not electronic, email us and we will make an arrangement.

The deadline for submissions is Sunday, July 4th

Issue No. 2 of Le Jolie Rouge will be made public on July 16th.

Yours,

the editors.