Letter from the Editors:

Dearest Readers,

The origin of life for Deep Overstock began with three booksellers meeting in a bookstore cafe with a simple idea: we had friends who wrote and did art, and we wanted them to have a place where they could publish their work. DO has almost taken on a life of its own now as it has grown beyond just publishing our friends’ and friends of friends’ work into receiving submissions from booksellers and book lovers from all around the world. But that just goes to show that the goal of Deep Overstock is a legitimate one and one that we are proud to have.

In our tenth issue of Deep Overstock our contributors have written for you stories about fathers, the creation of people, babies, viruses, nature, technology, and much more.

We hope that you enjoy.

Submissions are currently open for our eleventh issue: Animals, until November 30th.

Yours,
Deep Overstock Editors

(Cover art: Roger Camp)

Essam H. Al-Baqshi – The Fly
Maev Barba – The Machine
Roger Camp – Origin of Life 2 ; Origin of Life 3
Mickey Collins – Baby Fever
Ben Crowley – The Explorer
Amanda Depperschmidt – At the Boundary We Are Summoned
Desiree Ducharme – Californian ; Origin Story ; Tart-but-shitty ; Word Origins
L. Fid – Person-in-Hole
Dianah Hughley – Fever
Erin Karbuczky – The Replica
A.G. Angevine – First, There Was The Void
Timothy Arliss O’Brien – where life began – nature
Nat PW – Bennu
Michael Santiago – Kami
Bob Selcrosse – My Fathers
E.T. Starmann – Alien Boy
Adam Stewart – Internal Mycology
Sue Su – 女娲造人 Nǔ Wa Makes People
Eric Thralby – Lacy & THE KNIFE
Jonathan van Belle – Therapeutic Fantasy Epic
Rochelle Wong – Origin of Life
Nicholas Yandell – Start Breathing


Editorial

Editors-In-Chief: Mickey Collins & Robert Eversmann
Managing Editors: Ariel Kusby, Michael Santiago & Z.B. Wagman
Poetry: Jihye Shin
Prose: Michael Santiago & Z.B. Wagman
Translation: Sue Su
Additional Copyediting: Azalea Micketti