Fiction Attic: The Journal of Elegant Wit, went live in 2001 as an online magazine whose mission was to publish unusual works of literary merit.
During its four-year run, Fiction Attic featured the work of Steve Almond, Stephen Elliott, Gloria Frym, Katia Noyes, Vanessa Hua, Michelle Tea, Kevin Phelan, Bill U’Ren, and Anita Garner, among others, as well as interviews with such literary luminaries as Kate Braverman and fiction in translation by the celebrated Italian writer Mario Rigoni Stern (translated by Elizabeth Harris).
Fiction Attic’s final issue, #20, devoted entirely to flash fiction, was published in 2005. A rather long silence followed.
In the ensuing years, online literary journals have exploded, and the world of online publishing has become far more vibrant and diverse than anyone might have imagined nearly a decade ago, when Fiction Attic first began accepting submissions.
Now, Fiction Attic is back, however in a different form–as a press, which will distribute fiction of exceptional literary merit through the ebook format. The goal of Fiction Attic, as always, is to promote well-written, thought-provoking fiction with a fair dose of “elegant wit.” We refer you to the meaning of attic, which explains pretty much everything:
attic salt (phrase): a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians
attic (noun): a story or room directly below the roof of a building
attic (adj) : characterized by purity, simplicity, and elegant wit
