Dear Readers and Writers,

Welcome to Buzzard Picnic! I am a former editor and occasional writer who wants to put my talent and experience to work in a creative and fulfilling way: by founding an online literary magazine that provides aspiring writers, and previously published authors alike, another outlet for their voices to be heard and work appreciated. Buzzard Picnic is currently looking for short fiction, memoir, essay, criticism, book and story reviews, and author interviews. Additionally, relevant comic strips, art and/or design will be considered for publication.

Because Buzzard Picnic is putting together its first issue, its thematic drive is still being worked out. I cannot tell you exactly what I am looking for, except that I ll know it when I see it. I want to be moved; I want the world described to me in a way that makes it both easily recognizable and new and terrifying at the same time. My personal philosophy as an editor is that writing ability almost always trumps plot.