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volume two, issue one

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:00:42 +0000

Welcome to issue number seven of Normal Words, the first edition of our second publishing year. First up in this edition, author CP Chang brings us a tale of football, winning, losing and betting big in “Gambler’s Edge.” Then, in poetry, we present Joseph Goosey’s “Laminate Rectangles.”

Submissions for issue eight are now open, and thank you as always for reading.

volume one, issue six

admin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:11:38 +0000

Welcome to the sixth issue of Normal Words, in which we present yet another pair of firsts for this publication. In Fiction, Kenneth Pobo’s “Goldfish Cherry Pie” is the first piece of flash fiction to grace these pages, while in Visual Ernest Williamson III’s trio of pieces marks our first gallery of non-photographic works.

Submissions for issue seven are now open, and thank you as always for reading.

volume one, issue five

admin — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:56:40 +0000

Welcome to the fifth and first photo-lyric issue of Normal Words. In this edition, we present short doses of words and images, the former in a trifecta of poetry by Howie Good, and the latter in the excellent photographic work of Chris Woods.

Submissions for issue six are now open, and thank you as always for reading.

volume one, issue four

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:55:36 +0000

. . . and tonight, we happily announce the launch of Normal Words issue four, offering up another one-two of excellent short fiction.

In “Maybe a Love Story,” New York-based Mindy Hung examines the consequences of distance and the tease of proximity in even the most mundane of exchanges. Then, in “The Siren,” Ben Passmore offers a portrait of a love both gone and gone wrong and a whole world washed out to sea.

Submissions for issue five are now open, and thank you as always for reading.

volume one, issue three

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:25:31 +0000

Welcome to the de facto Chicago Fiction issue of Normal Words, this time featuring a pair of short stories from a pair of Third Shore writers.

In “Hitting the Sled in Furniture City,” David Peak takes us to the heart of Michigan with a story of father and sons in the most uncertain of times; Devin McCrate’s “In Brownsville, Amidst Luxury” then heads south for a haunting reminiscence on the unforgettable and the unspeakable.

Submissions for issue four are now open, and we thank you as always for reading.

volume one, issue two

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:15:36 +0000

Welcome to the second issue of Normal Words.

This time around, we proudly showcase some wonderful photographic work by Erin Drewitz, and a hilarious look back at bringing up Baby by Lisa Gus.

On a personal note, we’d like to thank everyone who’s checked in since our launch date in February. The true measure of any publication is its readership, and this one has seen more in the past month than we thought it would in the next six. Time is short and precious, and we know there are many things out there you could give yours to; consider us honored you chose to give it to us. We will do our best to ensure this remains a fair trade.

Submissions for issue three are now open, and we thank you as always for reading.

volume one, issue one

admin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:15:03 +0000

Welcome to the debut edition of Normal Words. Today we launch with a short story by Ira Brooker and two pieces by Chicago-area poet Kathryn Dennett.

Unlike so many other journals out there, we have no intention or claim of redefining genres or systematically murdering mainstream tastes or anything else because to be quite honest that sounds like nothing less than a boring war that can’t be won.

Rather, all we aim to do is publish good work and leave you, reader, feeling a little better off for having stopped by.

Submissions are always open and we thank you for reading.