An Unlikely Interview with Will Kaufman

Monday, December 8, 2014

Coping with Common Garden Pests uses the conceit of a home-grown gardening manual to tell a post-apocalyptic story, a rather unique twist on the genre. What came first, the format or the story idea? Did you always know the story needed to be told…

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Award Eligible Fiction 2014

Thursday, December 4, 2014

It’s that time of year again — awards eligibility posts are going up all over the web, and folks in the speculative fiction community are pondering what to recommend and nominate this year. In the interest of providing an all-in-one handy resource, here’s what…

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Announcing Unlikely Story #11: The Journal of Unlikely Cryptography

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

We’re delighted to announce the Table of Contents for the upcoming Journal of Unlikely Cryptography, which you’ll be able to read right here on this very website in February 2015. Jump Cut by Lauren C. Teffeau Those Who Gave Their Island to Survive by…

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Temporarily Closed to Submissions

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Unlikely Story is currently closed to submissions. We’ll reopen in January for our Unlikely Academia Issue. In the meantime, we’re catching up on submissions to the Unlikely Cryptography and Unlikely Coulrophobia Issues. We’ve now responded to all Cryptography subs, and we’re working our way…

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A Note About Submissions

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

We’re running a bit behind on responses at the moment, but we’re doing our best to catch up. As of right now, we’ve responded to all Cryptography submissions received on or before August 26, 2014. As a reminder, as of tomorrow — 10/2/14 –…

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