Kaolin Fire, the Founding Editor and “Chief Instigator” of Greatest Uncommon Denominator (GUD) writes to tell us that “It took a lot longer than planned,” but the fifth issue of the magazine is now available. The magazine claims to be “modern in business, method, and execution, but timeless in message. GUD is published twice a year, for your reading pleasure.”
Describing this issue, the publishers say “Issue 5 wraps a scientific core with our most eclectic selection to date—including two mini graphic novels and a script that will have you bubbling over with mirth.
“We open with Rose Lemberg’s ‘Imperfect Verse’, a tale of poetry, deception, and warring gods; then span the years to Andrew N. Tisbert’s ‘Getting Yourself On’, which sees mankind taken to the stars but suffering new forms of wage-slavery.
“There’s science fiction that stretches to the fantastic, science that once stretched the fantastic and has now become brilliantly pervasive, and dollops of science in otherwise mundane lives (see ‘The Prettiest Crayon in the Box’).
“Of course, we’ve got fantasy, psychological horror, humor, and drama; poetry serious, sublime, and satirical; and art that stretches from the real, to the surreal, to the violently semi-abstract.”
Contents of this issue include:
Stories:
“Imperfect Verse” by Rose Lemberg
“Nature’s Children” by T.F. Davenport
“Lost Lying on Your Back” by Steven J. Dines
“Aftermath” by Isabel Cooper Kunkle
“Fletcher’s Lunch” by Jason Hardy
“The Tiger Man” by Geordie Williams Flantz
“Getting Yourself On” by Andrew N. Tisbert
“Birthday Licks” by Kevin Brown
“The Pearl Diver with the Gold Chain” by Paul Hogan
“Liza’s Home” by Kenneth Schneyer
“The Prettiest Crayon in the Box” by Heather Lindsley
Poetry:
“Suggestions for Distributing Your Poems” by Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
“Deadman on the Titanic” by Alicia Adams
“The Grammar of Desire” by Paul J. Kocak
“desideratum” by Zac Carter
“7 Ways to Fake an Orgasm” by Melissa Carroll
“Hidden Things” by Taras Castle
“Internal Combustion” by Lucy A. Snyder
Reports:
“The Prophet of Menlo Park” by Paul Spinrad
Scripts:
“Sweet Melodrama” by Tristan D’Agosta
Art:
“Soul Searching” by MichaelO
“Infrared 2” by Richard Kadrey
“Busy” by Jon Radlett
“Tangible-2 (2004)” by Jerry Goins
Comics:
“Ada Lovelace: The Origin!” by Sydney Padua
“Gunga Din” by Joseph Calabrese and Harsho Mohan Chattoraj
Greatest Uncommon Denominator is available as a pdf download for $3.50, or in print for $12.