Old Man Farrago extends his congratulations to friend and contributor Michael Jasper, for The Wannoshay Cycle is now ready for you!

Go. Now.

Where else do your donations go? To things like this:

Volume 1, Issue 1—Nisi Shawl’s, “The Snooted One: The Historicity of Origin”

“But before we outline the areas covered in this volume, perhaps we should discuss our methods. The non-colineal can never have the control of detail gained so painfully over generations of study. Nor do they so easily grasp the technical language which has evolved to support and describe the knowledge arrived at through an ex-lineal field of study. This leads them to see simple-minded correspondences between superficial resemblances. However, some of these resemblances are much more than superficial, especially when taken in context of the background of co’s own work. Thus the eighth Berfoto cohort, whose line’s traditional field of endeavour is that of culinary science, made significant contributions to the discipline of rhinoaesthetics.”

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[read the rest here]

Farrago’s Wainscot, part 5, “Dietrologia,” is reviewed at The Fix:

“Farrago’s Wainscot certainly succeeds at being the eclectic, experimental magazine it sets out to be. All the work featured is highly distinctive, and the best contributions are genuinely rare and inventive.”

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Where do your donations go? To things like this:

Volume 1, Issue 1—Hal Duncan’s, “The Ballad of Matelotage and Mutiny”

Now Jack and Tom they sailed out
On the Molly Mae McPhee,
Cry, haul! Aye! A-diddle-aye-dee!
Fresh as the day they left their play
To join the King’s Navy.
Cry, haul! Aye! A-diddle-aye-dee!
They sailed out north, south, east and west,
They sailed from sea to sea.
Cry, haul! Aye! A-diddle-aye-dee!
Sailed off into the sailor’s life
That’s lonely as can be.
Cry, haul! Aye! A-diddle-aye-dee!

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[read the rest here]

. . . Please do! The poll ends tomorrow, and the Old Man needs all the validation he can get.

The voting page is here. Be sure to validate your vote by following the link you will be provided via email.

Rich Horton summarizes Farrago’s first year.*

*I’ll only add that his numbers regarding how many of our stories were by women are deceiving. He’s talking about original stories. In 2007, we ran about half reprints and half originals. 17 total stories, 10 of which were authored by women.

Forrest Aguirre’s story, “The Yellow Baron,” (Farrago’s Wainscot, Volume I, Issue 1) is in the running in the Preditors & Editors Readers’ Poll in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story category.

Let’s see some votes!

After having successfully completed our first year of operations (4 issues, 57 individual works, 12 serial installments), we’ve moved into 2008 with the release of our fifth issue, “Dietrologia.” Because of your readership and contributions, we were nominated in the Preditors and Editors Readers’ Poll in the “fictionzine” category, where we currently lead the standings. Aaron Leis and I, co-publishes of Farrago’s Wainscot and Behind the Wainscot, would like to thank you for helping us enter the field.

Among our goals for the near future is to raise the payrate for our contributors. To do this, and to continue covering our operating costs, we must appeal to you.

The goal of our fund drive is to secure $1.00 (more if a given reader is capable) from as many of our readers as possible. Because an ezine’s overhead is comparatively low, it wouldn’t take too terribly many donations before we would be able to achieve our aforementioned goals. Obviously, this is the “Low-cost” push.

At the same time, we realize that not everyone can (or is inclined to) donate. For those who still wish to help, though, we’re pushing “No-cost” as well. To this end, we’re asking those interested to help spread the Farrago name virally, via blogs and personal networking sites. Simply by directing others to our sites, these contributors will be raising the possibility of others contributing or (and far more importantly) simply reading.

If you are inclined, we’d sincerely appreciate your help. Blogging about a favorite piece we have featured (which may be your own), or simply sharing word of this fund drive would help us immensely.

The Farrago’s Wainscot mission statement can be found here

The Behind the Wainscot mission statement can be found here

Our donations/support page can be found here

What have we published so far? Have a look here or here.

And, so you get something for your time, energy, and/or money, have the final, all-important clue to Mark Teppo’s serial, hypertext novel The Oneiromantic Mosaic of Harry Potemkin, “THE LETTER.”

January 4, 2008

Old Man Farrago is doing well in the Preditors & Editors Readers’ Poll (category: fictionzine). If you’ve yet to cast your vote, we’ll give it a good home!

And for those of you eligible for Hugo Award voting (or any other applicable award, for that matter), here’s a list of the original fiction that appeared at Farrago’s Wainscot in 2007, our inaugural year:

• “The Yellow Baron” by Forrest Aguirre
• “Bird of Leaves” by Jay Lake
• “The Snooted One: The Historicity of Origin” by Nisi Shawl
• “Extreme” by Samantha Henderson
• “Apple Magick” by Paul Jessup
• “God Bless” by Nancy Jane Moore
• “Oma Dortchen and the Pillar of Story” by David J. Schwartz
• “Clover” by Forrest Aguirre
• “Notes on the Necromantic Symphony” by Yoon Ha Lee