Winter 2012
We’re so excited.
And we just can’t hide it.
We’re about to lose control and that, our lawyers tell us, is about as much as we’re allowed to use before we have to pay The Pointer Sisters some money.
You may ask, Dear Reader, why we’re in such a heightened state of delirium. Well, there are no shortage of reasons. Observez.
This issue is something of a bumper edition compared with our previous offerings. This season, we have six short stories as you no doubt expect but we also have six poems. So twelve. Twelve actual things. Ooft, you might say. And we’d agree.
Not only that, but there’s actually some stuff from Scottish authors in here, which is particularly pleasing considering that Autumn was a wholly American affair and it does say Central Scotland up there on the masthead.
It’s also been a rather exciting three months for our Poetry Editor, a certain Helen R. Peterson, whose first full length book of poetry — Melons and Memory — is now available from Amazon. Feel free to check back or follow us on The Twitter for details of her upcoming readings and features. Also, feel free to buy the book.
Unbelievably, the excitement doesn’t stop there. Congratulations are in order to Waterhouse contributors Jeffery Hecker and Courtney Thomas Vance who have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize thanks to their sterling work that appeared in our last issue. I’m sure you’ll join us in extending the bestest of very best luck to them. And if you’re not familiar with their work, please check out The Vaults.
And look at that. We’re nearly at the end of this preamble and I haven’t wished you, Constant Reader, a Happy New Year yet. Well, let me do that now and invite you to help yourself to the literary carry-oot we have chilling in our fridge, plumf up the cushions in the big chair near the fire and have a generous nibble on the words from the shortbread selection that makes up Issue Six.
But next year, we’re doing this at your place, okay? Okay.
Best wishes,
Gavin Broom & Helen R. Peterson
PS: Check out our Submission Guidelines for information on how to submit your work to The Waterhouse Review. We read year-round and any submissions that miss one cut-off date will automatically be considered for the following issue.
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Cover image (c) 2011 Gavin Broom
