Goodbye Opossum

I am sad to report that the hybrid literary journal Opossum, a beautifully designed "marsupial" which published a story of mine last year, has ceased publication. This is, unfortunately, a not uncommon fate of literary journals, especially those bravely founded by individuals and small editorial teams without university backing. Opossum not only featured gorgeous cover art leading one into the fiction and poetry, but in most of its issues included a 7" single, as the auditory was very important to the editorial team.

According to the former editor, "If we published your work or you are an educator and you want a box of Opossums, send me (opossum.jedgar@gmail.com) your address and I will ship it out to you via media mail in the coming weeks. Opossum was used in at least two university classes as an example of a literary journal and of mixed media in literature, so if you want issues for a class, let me know and they will come. After this first round, I will open it up to the general public."