Issue One: Space Exploration – May 2018

Letter from the Editors:

Dear Readers,

Thank you for picking up the first issue of Deep Overstock, the booksellers’ journal.

We started Deep Overstock to get booksellers connected and working together. Powell’s is what, 80% writers, illustrators and comics artists? 90%? We wanted a deadline and a venue. Our dream is to host international bookseller barbecues–hmu if you’re down. We read and read and read and read. (For some/most of us to avoid the death spiral of our own inner-mind. (inner-mind? (inner space!))) Working at a bookstore, you get to know and love many genres.

We theme each issue because we want to dive into genre, whether it be space exploration, dark fantasy, self help, fairy tales, metaphysics or paranormal romance. Our editorial board works at Powell’s so we are constantly surrounded by a million books on every subject. There is no kind of book we haven’t shelved (even sexy books and books on mushroom diseases!).

We take the theme of our journal from one category of books and interpret the category as we see fit. For our inaugural issue we chose Space Exploration. Although “space exploration” falls under Astronomy, space can be interpreted in any number of ways (personal space, interpersonal space, physical space).

Submitters then had one month to submit pieces of their interpretation of the theme. We welcome any sort of creative endeavor be it poem, short story, very short story, drawing, comic, recipe, play, interpretive dance, song, etc. 

We’re looking forward to our next issue: Fairy Tales, Folktales, and Fables. If you’re reading this submissions are open, and will close June 1st. Spin us a yarn!