The Fall 2009 issue of the mighty ZYZYYVA is on shelves now and packed full of West Coast writerly goodness. Only, this time around, it's reprinted goodness. As Howard Junker says in his editor's note,

In the beginning, I published as many famous writers as I could. I wanted to bask in their glory; I needed to establish my street cred.

After a few years, I realized I could serve the community better by concentrating on new voices. All told, I've introduced 241 first-timers; this issue celebrates our 25th year by reprising 25 debut stories.

Among the debuts nestled beside the first Haruki Murakami story translated into English—"probably shouldn't count, but I'm including it here for the sake of bragging. (The translator was still in graduate school.)"—is the first published story from Lintel, Sash, and Sill Adventure Society member Seamus Boshell. You can read an excerpt from his story "Bolloc" on the site or, better yet, find a print copy at your local independent bookstore (you still have an independent bookstore nearby, right?) and give everything in there a read. You get to support a fine journal and you get some good, entertaining reading. Seems pretty win-win, no?