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These winter months of cold are dark give us the chills and goosebumps. Or perhaps that's just the feeling of anticipation that comes when you have new prose and poetry to read.It's been too long. Did you think we ghosted you? You certainly ghosted us and we're happy for it. Thanks to you, Deep Overstock is back in the flesh...or lack thereof. Within these pages you hold are haunts both happy and sad, with a feeling of unfinished business. To open this tome is to invite the ghosts of family, friends, strangers, and even houses into your life.Just remember that even after you close this journal, these stories will continue to stay with you, so make your peace with them as you go.Now, as we lay Ghosts to rest, we ask that you resurrect classic tales of old. We ask that you send us re-tellings of tales been told, stories of classic cars, one-liners that never get old, or whatever other classic you dig up, and send them to us for our Classics issue before the February 28th, 2024 deadline.

Sasha went for a night run in Forest Park three days ago and never came back. When the cops write off his disappearance as a one night stand, it is up to Mark, Patterson, and the mysterious Charlie to search Portland for their missing friend. They wade through half-truths and dark secrets to discover that Sasha was a member of an unusual organization: The Bigfoot Society.This volume includes the complete collected scripts for season one of the Portland Paranormal podcast. Portland Paranormal is a narrative-driven, paranormal mystery podcast about strange and unusual experiences around Portland, Oregon. Listen to The Bigfoot Society and other Portland Paranormal stories on your podcatcher of choice.

You've been knotty, haven't you? Just a little? That's ok. We've tied all of that up into a neat little journal here. Don't worry, we won't string you along. Please enjoy the knot pieces within Deep Overstock 22. We have poems (and a couple prose pieces) all about how knots, and ropes, and strings, and twine bring us together, or keep us apart. But we're hoping that knot even death will keep you from submitting to our next issue: Ghosts. We want ghosts of Christmas future (it's just around the corner), ghosts that moan and howl, ghosts of past lovers, or forgotten lunches. Give us your scary ghosts or your friendly ghosts. Whatever haunts your halls, send them our way. We'll bust 'em.

We love you. We want to take you on a date, woo you, bring you home to meet our parents and our cat. We'll cover you in kisses, or hold your hand, or just sit across the table from you with a knowing look in our eyes. We'll spend long days sitting in the same room reading to ourselves or each other in front of the lit fireplace, if that's what you want. And you've told us what you want and we're going to give you all that and more. In the pages you hold near and dear to your heart we have tales of meet cutes, of awkward teenage loves, of crushes and lusts, of long-lasting relationships, relationships gone right and wrong, the love of another person, a physical thing, or idea. Treasure these stories and poems while they're here. Let them sit with you awhile and share their desires.

In the pages before you are tales of children, parents, grandparents, friends, and life in an early stage of our development: childhood.Do you remember your childhood? Was it full of smiles and playing outside? Meeting new friends, or shyly introducing yourself at the front of the classroom.Childhood should be an age without worry, but it can also sometimes come as harsh lessons and difficult decisions. As adults we hope that children don't grow up too quickly; we try and shield them from the world's problems. We want children to smile and be free. Some of the children in these stories and poems smile and some don't. In any case, we hope that you can find a glimpse of your inner child here. Next issue, Deep Overstock ages and gets mature with Romance.

Does it count as being Homesick if you are the only thing I miss is a collection of personal poems about distance- both literal and metaphorical, and the acceptance of it. It also deals with love, family, friends, and especially the concept of home, and the journey to find all of these things no matter where you are and how far away from them you may feel.

Are you buzzing with excitement over this issue? Can you not wait to read the honeyed words that our contributors have written? Ready to comb through and find the sweet nectar that resides within?This issue we have queen bees, nurse bees, mason bees, Buddha bees, bees in fairy tales, bees in fall, bees in winter, beekeepers, and honey by the gallonful.It has always been our pleasure to read all of the different submissions we receive. This issue was no different. However, we received so many great submissions we have put together our biggest issue yet. We feel like queen bees of the hive, with drones bringing offering after offering to feed our fat rumps so that we may continue to lay little bee eggs in the way of these journals. So thank you, dear contributors. And thank you readers for picking up this issue, as heavy as it may be.And thank you bees! Bees do so many great things, it's no wonder that they're so busy all of the time. Without bees humankind would likely have starved. Go out there and plant some flowers so bees can keep being themselves and doing what they do. But first, help yourself to these poems and short stories.And after that, consider submitting for our 18th issue: Old Favorites, in which we are seeking pieces for any of our past 17 themes (including this one, if you feel so inspired after reading these pieces).We will bee with you always,Deep Overstock Editors

Look up in the sky! There, above the shelves and moving through the clouds. Is it a bird? A plane? Or some sort of bird-plane hybrid? No, it's the 16th issue of Deep Overstock: Superheroes!Thank you for donning your capes, your masks, your tights, and saving us in this tumultuous time with your stories and poems on caped crusaders, vigilantism, and superpowers.This issue is full of BAM! super men, WHAM! wonderous women, ZAP! a couple of babies, and it all adds up to a team-up of epic proportions. No villains could stop what you've created in these pages.

A married woman pushed to the edge. A young man alone on his own in the backlands of 19th century South Texas. A famous inventor on the verge of both breakthrough and tragedy. A chance encounter on the Oregon Coast between a man on the run and an isolated hunter. The mysterious death of a saintly girl in 11th century Belgium and its impact on an entire town ravished by her otherworldly beauty. The tragic power hidden in every human heart. And above it all: the mysterious night air. These are some of the stories told in Joe Galván''s masterfully written Sereno.

What light through yonder journal breaks? It's the 15th issue of Deep Overstock: Shakespeare! We could bardly contain ourselves while reading all of your submissions.This issue we have pieces that are Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories, and Problem Plays, just like the great playwright himself. We've got Ophelias, Caesars, Juliets, Antonys, Hamlets, hags, and witches. What a super cast of characters.Speaking of super characters, submissions for Issue 16: Superheroes are open from now until February 28th. Up, up, and away, dear readers!

In March of 2018, Deep Overstock started as a means to connect and share the creative work of booksellers. So many of our fellow bookstore employees are writers, illustrators, or comic artists. We wanted to give them and ourselves a venue to explore new work - and self-imposed deadlines are good motivators as well.Within the sexy pages of issue three you'll find content inspired by one of the most overlooked and derided sections in a bookstore: Paranormal Romance. Often tucked away in a dark, smelly aisle like a werewolf's tail tucked between her legs as she asks her beloved for her tentacle in marriage, Paranormal Romance offers a rich field of untapped potential of pleasures of the guiltiest kinds.

Bryony Blaze wrote from a place of self-discovery, validating emotion, heartache, and love. They wrote sexy poems and devastating poems. Their words bring a light to the lonely human struggle, the queer struggle, and the intangible desire to love and be loved in a broken body.Bryony Blaze left this world (fuck diabetes) on September 11, 2016. They live on in our hearts, our poems, our dancing bodies, our laughing souls, and the queer space they birthed, “Queer Poetry Takeover.” Now too, their words, unedited and combined in this collection, will live on.

In FICTIONAL FILM CLUB, our narrator attempts to review a series of movies that don't exist. From here, he slips into an ever more obsessive and self-obsessive unreality of made-up movie stars, false features, and perverse productions.