“My relationship with the Half Mystic crew has been among the most fruitful and invigorating of my life. I’ve worked with them on radio shows, their journal, at readings, each new leaf turned then seized by the music of Half Mystic, becoming the D minor that gives our melancholy a soft landing or the skyward pitch needed to shatter the glass ceiling. It wouldn’t be quite precise enough to say it’s been a joy and an honor working with them; it’s more accurate to say it’s been a joy and an honor finding in them my family.” —Anthony Thomas Lombardi, author of Murmurations

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Journal submissions: The theme for Opus II, Issue III is Vesper: in English, a song signifying nightfall; in Latin, the planet Venus as the evening star. For our thirteenth issue, we’re looking for penumbras, sleep paralysis, obsidian, susurration, event horizons, violin strings caught between quasars, burnt-out lightbulbs, bells tolling in a vacuum, shattered mirrors held to the night sky, the ouroboros, lunar maria, cicada-song so harsh & generous it punctures the vein of twilight. Darkness is a door opening endlessly into itself, exhaling smog around the edges of sound. Bring us the dream you can’t wake from, and let us hold it under a while longer. Please only submit work that interprets or embodies this theme, whatever it might mean to you. We pay US$20 per accepted piece.

Manuscript submissions: Send a cover letter (including a biographical note, a list of acknowledgements of previous publications, a brief description of what music means to you, and an explanation of why you’ve chosen to submit to Half Mystic Press) and a complete manuscript of at least 60 pages. We publish only full-length manuscripts—no chapbooks. We welcome submissions from both agented and unagented writers. We pay competitive royalties.

Featured artist submissions: Send a cover letter (including a biographical note, an artist statement, and a brief description of what music means to you) and a portfolio including five to ten art pieces in any medium. Featured artists illustrate Half Mystic Journal with a suite of 13-15 pieces inspired by the issue’s theme. We offer a token payment of US$20.

Band and musician interview requests: Send a cover letter (including a biographical note, the musical genre in which you primarily work, and your most recent releases), links to where we can find you online, and—if applicable—a press kit. Interviews are published on our blog, sent to our mailing list, and promoted on our social media.