Journal of Unlikely Cryptography Issue 11, February 2015

Monday, February 9, 2015
Lights of Encryption by Andrew Ostrovsky

Table of Contents Jump Cut by Lauren C. Teffeau Dropped Stitches by Levi Sable It’s Machine Code by Curtis C. Chen Those Who Gave Their Island to Survive by Barry King The Confession of Whistling Dixie by Fiona Moore The Joy of Sects by…

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Announcing: The Journal of Unlikely Coulrophobia, coming soon to a Big Top near you!

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Come on in! Step right up! Welcome to the greatest show on earth, ladies and gentlemen. One moment… I’m being told the performers are still putting their faces on. Clowning takes a lot of work, you know. In the meantime, it’s my pleasure to give…

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An Unlikely Interview with Michael Wehunt

Monday, January 19, 2015

“Bookends,” as suggested by the title, uses the emergence of periodical cicadas to frame two of the most significant events of your main character’s life. The very nature of periodical cicadas feels deeply mythical with its cycle of birth/death/rebirth calling to mind various hero…

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An Unlikely Interview with Victorya Chase

Monday, January 12, 2015

At its core, Gemma Bugs Out seems to be a story about characters in transition — between human and insect, between grief and acceptance, between fear of commitment and love. It also seems to be a story about characters struggling to find their place…

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An Unlikely Interview with Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

Monday, January 5, 2015

You have a talent for writing really nasty protagonists. Your main characters in both Miranda’s Wings and The Wall Garden (which appeared in a previous Unlikely Entomology Issue) seem to carry shades of Poe and Lovecraft. Your characters are not sympathetic, they do terrible…

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