Nemonymous

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First issue cover
First issue cover

Nemonymous is a "megazanthus" (a portmanteau word combining magazine and anthology) that publishes short fiction. It originates in the United Kingdom and is edited by British writer D.F. Lewis.

This publication is unique in that all stories are published anonymously, with the identities of contributing authors being normally withheld until the following issue comes out. This arrangement temporarily strips the reader of any prejudices surrounding the author's name (including popularity, gender and place of origin), and thus levels the playing field for the writer.

So far, six issues have been released.

Contents

[edit] Nemonymous One

The first issue of Nemonymous, which began as a biannual magazine subtitled A Journal of Parthenogenetic Fiction and Late Labelling, appeared in November 2001. The missing bylines were announced six months later, in Nemonymous Two.

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  • "A Smile in the Sky", Gary Couzens
  • "The Friends of Mike Santini", Terry Gates-Grimwood
  • "The Quiet House", Allen Ashley
  • "With Arms Outstretched", Daniel Pearlman
  • "Breaking Rules", Avital Gad-Cykman
  • "The Gravedigger", Lawrence Dyer
  • "Alone", Shawn James
  • "The Idiot Whistled Dead", Simon Clark
  • "The Unmiraculous Life of Jackie Mendoza", Tamar Yellin
  • "Across the Hills", Tony Mileman
  • "All for Nothing", Rhys Hughes
  • "Double Zero for Emptiness", Mike O'Driscoll
  • "Strobe", Paul Kane
  • "Balafer de Vie", Lida Broadhurst
  • "Mansions of the Moon", Jeff VanderMeer
  • "Gamlingay Churchyard", A. D. Harvey

[edit] Nemonymous Two

Nemonymous Two, whose stories are loosely connected by an overarching theme of effacement, came out in May 2002 and is the first to disclose the names of those published in the previous issue. Nemonymous Two is notable for containing the only story so far that, by request of the author, will remain indefinitely anonymous. The magazine also features a piece titled "Four Minutes Thirty-Three Seconds", which consists of roughly four and a half blank pages in reference to John Cage's famous composition 4' 33".

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  • "Climbing the Tallest Tree in the World", Rhys Hughes
  • "Mighty Fine Days", Antony Mann
  • "The Assistant to Dr Jacob", Eric Schaller
  • "Buffet Freud", Dawn Andrews
  • "Ice Age", Iain Rowan
  • "The Vanishing Life and Films of Emmanuel Escobada", Anonymous
  • "Berenice's Journal", Richard Gavin
  • "Showcase", Sarah Singleton
  • "Eyes Like Water, Like Ice", Jai Clare
  • "Earthworks", Simon Kewin
  • "Striped Pajamas", Margaret B. Simon
  • "The Drowned", Joel Lane
  • "Adult Books", Robert Morrish
  • "Nothing", John Travis
  • "The Secret", G. W. Thomas
  • "A Spot of Tea", Janet L. Hetherington
  • "White Dream", Neil Bristow
  • "Four Minutes Thirty-Three Seconds"

[edit] Nemonymous Part Three (gold coin)

Subtitled A Megazanthus for Short Fiction and released in April 2003 with cover art by JaNell Golden, Nemonymous Part Three marks the series transformation into a magazine and anthology hybrid. Also starting with this issue, the publication cycle became annual.

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  • "The Bluest of Grey Skies", Michael Kelly
  • "Practice", Jeff Holland
  • "Genie", Tamar Yellin
  • "Gerald and the Soul Doctor", David J. Brown
  • "Otterwise", Lucy A. E. Ward
  • "Sirens", Brendan Connell
  • "The Rest of Larry", Monica O'Rourke
  • "The Ballerina", Lavie Tidhar
  • "Shark in a Foggy Sea", Colin Hains
  • "Scrounge", David Mathew
  • "Twilight Music", Regina Mitchell
  • "Mobile, Phone", Brian Howell
  • "The Small Miracle", Rhys Hughes
  • "Digging for Adults", D. Harlan Wilson
  • "Insanity Over Creamer's Field", Joe Murphy
  • "Warp", Len Maynard and Mick Sims
  • "Sleeping Beauty", Tom Williams
  • "Lucia", Paul Evanby
  • "In the Steam Room", Tamar Yellin
  • "Chemo", Terry Gates-Grimwood
  • "The Place Where Lost Things Go", Jorge Candeias (translated from the Portuguese by Luís Rodrigues)

[edit] Nemonymous Part Four (Glass Onion)

Nemonymous Part Four: A Megazanthus for Parthenogenetic Fiction and Late-Labelling was published in May 2004 and comes in completely white covers, with no lettering on the outside save for the words "nemonymous part four" on the spine.

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  • "Apologising to the Concrete", Jay Lake
  • "Creek Man", Jamie Rosen
  • "The Death Knell", S. D. Tullis
  • "Determining the Extent", Adrian Fry
  • "Embrace", Keith Brooke
  • "The Frog's Pool", Jetse de Vries
  • "Generous Furniture", Trent Jamieson
  • "Leaves Like Hearts", Rachel Kendall
  • "Like a Slow Motion War", Allen Ashley & Andrew Hook
  • "My Burglar", Gary McMahon
  • "Maledict Michela", Brendan Connell
  • "Nocturne for Doghands", Joe Murphy
  • "The Painter", Dominy Clements
  • "The Rorschach-Interpreter", D. Harlan Wilson
  • "Sexy Beast", Tony Mileman
  • "Vole Mountain", Andrew Hook
  • "The Withering", Bruce Golden

[edit] Nemonymous Five (Nemo Book)

Nemonymous Five is designed in red, being a Dickian version of the old-fashioned memo books which can be found in the United Kingdom. "NEMO BOOK," as it is titled, was released in July 2005 and contains the following stories:

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  • "The Robot & The Octopus", Tony Ballantyne
  • "Driving In Circles", Iain Rowan
  • "Running Away to Join the Town", Paul Meloy
  • "Solid Gold", Rachel Kendall
  • "George the Baker", Anonymous
  • "The Hills Are Alive", S. D. Tullis
  • "Huntin' Season", Monica O'Rourke
  • "Well Tempered", Neil Williamson
  • "The Scariest Story I Know", Scott Edelman
  • "New Science", Gary McMahon
  • "Soul Stains", Robyn Alezanders
  • "Grandma's Two Watches", Lavie Tidhar

[edit] Nemonymous Six (tacet)

Nemonymous Six doesn't actually exist, and it probably never will. "The Non-Existent Edition," as it's dubbed by the editor, was announced in May 2006 as existing in the tradition of stories such as 'The Vanishing Life and Films Of Emmanuel Escobada', 'Four minutes thirty-three seconds' and 'Mighty Fine Days' (in Nemonymous 2) and 'The Painter' (in Nemonymous 4), plus the blank cover of Nemonymous 4 and other features of previous editions. Nemonymous Six is a drogulus.

[edit] Nemonymous Seven (Zencore! - Scriptus Innominatus)

Nemonymous Seven is an 'encore' to the tacet edition and was published during June 2007 in the form of an anthology paperback. For the first time in the history of Nemonymous, the authors' names are shown within the book (i.e. on the back cover but not in the same order as the contents list of story titles). These stories were correctly assigned to the authors on 9 December 2007 and are now shown below. (This book also includes a list of the authors' names from 'Nemonymous Five' correctly assigned to the stories therein.)

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  • "Torsion" - Ekaterina Sedia
  • "MMM – Delicious" - Reggie Oliver
  • "Undergrowth" - Mark Valentine
  • "Fugly" - Patricia Russo
  • "The Nightmare Reader" - S.D. Tullis
  • "The Secret Life of the Panda" - Nick Jackson
  • "Upset Stomach" - M.P. Johnson
  • "The Awful Truth About The Circus" - Scott Edelman
  • "Red Velvet Dust" - Ursula Pflug
  • "The Coughing Coffin" - Charles Black
  • "Terminus" - S.D. Tullis
  • "Mary’s Gift, The Stars and Frank’s Pisser" - Steven Pirie
  • "Blue Raspberries" - Kek-W
  • "Berian Winslow & The Stream Of Consciousness Storyteller" - Dominy Clements
  • "The Plunge" - Brian Rappatta
  • "England and Nowhere" - Tim Nickels
  • "Word Doctor" - Daniel Ausema

[edit] Nemonymous Eight (Cone Zero)

Nemonymous Eight is due to be published in 2008.

[edit] Contents

  • "The Fathomless World"
  • "The Point of Oswald Masters"
  • "Cone Zero"
  • "Cone Zero"
  • "Cone Zero, Sphere Zero"
  • "An Oddly Quiet Street"
  • "Always More Than You Know"
  • "Cone Zero"
  • "Going Back For What Got Left Behind"
  • "Cone Zero"
  • "The Cone Zero Ultimatum"
  • "Angel Zero"
  • "How To Kill An Hour"
  • "To Let"

[edit] See also


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