Letter from the Editors:

Dearest Readers,

Now that our ninth issue finished has been shelved, as it were, Deep Overstock is no longer a new arrival on the literary journal scene. Just for this issue alone we received submissions from booksellers and book lovers from all parts of the world: Australia, the Middle East, England, even Ohio! There were more short stories, poems, and pieces of flash fiction than we had room for. In this time of Covid-19 and quarantine it is a beautiful sight to see writers and artists are not giving up.

In this “themeless” issue, our contributors have brought some brand new writing and art that cover all sorts of topics. We hope that you enjoy the pieces collected here and that they can bring you some much needed–at least in our case–distraction.

And don’t think that just because we did an issue that was open themed we have run out of ideas. Pish posh! The next theme for Deep Overstock will be… The Origin of Life! Submit your pieces by September 1st, 2020!

Deep Overstock Editors

(cover art: Mickey Collins)

Gale Acuff – Third Party
AJD – Whither the Wheel
Vincent A. Alascia – Reclamation
Kummam Al-Maadeed – A Few Days After Becoming a Vampire
Maev Barba – King Merneptah’s Hands; King Sneferu’s Ring
Lily Bradfield – The Man Called Sue
J. Ian Bush – Congratulations, It’s a Boy; Lightning Bugs in a Mason Jar, Summer of 1998, Moments Before Disaster; Smothered; We Shared a Bed of Broken Glass
Roger Camp – Bookstore Window, rue de Lille, Paris 7 ̊; Little Man, Quito, Ecuador; Black Hand, Quito
John Chrostek – Hobgob; The Box
Mickey Collins – New Arrival
Sunset Combs – San Francisco
L. Fid – Waiting for Dogot
Phoebe Glen – A Warm September in Arizona
Dianah Hughley – Bingo Bitch
Matt Hunt – Altamaha
Erin Karbuczky – Death and Life
Marina Kazakova – In a doorway, timid and shining you stood in silence…
Melissa Kerman – Man Eater
Scott Laudati – Driving to Thom Young’s House, What Are You Good At?
Faith Noelle – Sophistication
Timothy Arliss O’Brien – Empty Cupboards
Michael Santiago – Dead Letters
Anum Sattar –Weeping Willow
David Schwartz – Love at First Sight, Every Morning
Laura Scott – Felita and the Green Bean
Jesse Sensibar – Limestone and Rose Quartz, Place
ellie sharp – how i came (after eve ewing); there are too many poems about morning; where the heat goes when it rises
Paul Smith – Judy Bowler
Sue Su – 磵瓏덤稿 Like Waiting for a Rabbit in Your Lap; 읕粲념鑒 Will the Real Pan-Piper, Please Stand Up?
Jeremy Szuder – Untitled 1; Untitled 2; Untitled 3
Jonathan van Belle – Apocalypso Lemonade; Portland Pessimist Society; Unblinking
Z.B. Wagman – The Golem of Prague
Patrick Wray – The Teenage Magus
Nicholas Yandell – A Quiet Place Out in the Rain

Editorial

Managing Editors: Mickey Collins & Robert Eversmann
Prose: Mickey Collins, Robert Eversmann, Michael Santiago, & ZB Wagman
Poetry: Ariel Kusby
Translation: Sue Su