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Editor Interview: NAP

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Q: Describe what you publish in 25 characters or less.

A: staggering flash fiction

Q: What other current publications (or publishers) do you admire most?

A: I work for PANK as the Interviews Editor and I contribute to Specter Magazine. Heavy Feather Review is a great new voice on the market. HOUSEFIRE and Small Doggies is doing great things with print.

Q: If you publish writing, who are your favorite writers? If you publish art, who are your favorite artists?

A: Matt DeBenedictis, Simon Jacobs, xTx, Marcus Speh, Ryan Bradley

Q: What sets your publication apart from others that publish similar material?

A: I am incredibly selective with what gets into NAP. If I am not in love with it after the first sentence, your chances of acceptance drop by 90%. Our flash is much like the flash kick of Guile from Street Fighter, slow moving and impossible to dodge.

Q: What is the best advice you can give people who are considering submitting work to your publication?

A: Your first sentence is the most important sentence of your work. It will determine right away whether it lives or dies. Also, keep your cover letters simple and short. If you attempt to be funny, it better be funny.

Q: Describe the ideal submission.

A: It grabs me like a lover and doesn't let me go until I'm finished.

Q: What do submitters most often get wrong about your submissions process?

A: The cover letters. Not reading enough of the magazines. The cover letters.

Q: How much do you want to know about the person submitting to you?

A: Other how I can call you if I will accept your work, not a whole lot. We're not gonna date or be friends or have a one night stand. Keep it brief.

Q: If you publish writing, how much of a piece do you read before making the decision to reject it?

A: The first sentence.

Q: What additional evaluations, if any, does a piece go through before it is accepted?

A: On my end, not a whole lot. If I can't get past your first sentence, that's it.

Q: What is a day in the life of an editor like for you?

A: Log into the queue, read some stories, and determine whether I'll make a phone call after the editor in chief reads what I want to accept or not.

Q: How important do you feel it is for publishers to embrace modern technologies?

A: It's the 21st century. Every magazine should have some sort of online presence, like PANK or Monkeybicycle.