OFIC Magazine is a thrice-yearly publication with a simple goal: to promote the original work of fanauthors whose aesthetics and interests may not align with the genres of traditional publishing, but whose work still aspires to literary aims—work that may be dark or grotesque, unabashedly joyful, or just too filthy for the general population. We publish work that can’t fit anywhere else.
And it is our last print issue. Although we're sad not to be able to hold future issues in hand, we'll have a lot more freedom going fully digital. (More on that in Beth's letter from the editor.)
Issue #13 is the perfect October issue, with a gorgeous thematic mixture of death, the body, the paranormal, and the most supernatural relationship of them all: sisterhood. We love this issue, and we're sure you will too.
PURCHASE ISSUE #13 HERE.
Thank you so much for your support and readership over these past four years. We are excited to keep OFIC alive online for many more.
We're clearing out our archives. Now through the end of 2025, here's the deal:
All print issues are $8
Orders over $15 get a free OFIC tote bag (while supplies last)
FREE shipping on domestic (US) orders over $10
Two of our print issues are already sold out, and the rest are close. Snag your limited edition copy now while you still can and while they're at their cheapest!
We're clearing out our archives. Now through the end of 2025, here's the deal:
All print issues are $8
Orders over $15 get a free OFIC tote bag (while supplies last)
FREE shipping on domestic (US) orders over $10
Two of our print issues are already sold out, and the rest are close. Snag your limited edition copy now while you still can and while they're at their cheapest!
We're clearing out our archives. Now through the end of 2025, here's the deal:
All print issues are $8
Orders over $15 get a free OFIC tote bag (while supplies last)
FREE shipping on domestic (US) orders over $10
Two of our print issues are already sold out, and the rest are close. Snag your limited edition copy now while you still can and while they're at their cheapest!
We're clearing out our archives. Now through the end of 2025, here's the deal:
All print issues are $8
Orders over $15 get a free OFIC tote bag (while supplies last)
FREE shipping on domestic (US) orders over $10
Two of our print issues are already sold out, and the rest are close. Snag your limited edition copy now while you still can and while they're at their cheapest!
We are accepting submissions for Issue #13 until 11:59pm EST on August 17, 2025. Issue #13 will be published on October 1, 2025.
Send us your dead doves, your blorbos, your plinkos, your wretched meow meows yearning to be free; that thing you wrote that made you think, “I don’t know where this belongs”; the stuff you’d never show anyone you know IRL. Give us your shameless, self-indulgent smut; the manuscript to the video essay you dictated to your YouTube subscribers in your head; your thoughtful explorations of trauma and identity; your Pepe Silvia wall; your sci-fi, your fantasy, your romance, your realism. We want anything and everything. As long as you identify as a fan, we want to read your work.
We are currently looking for:
Short fiction (only 1 piece at a time, max 12k words; if flash [under 1k], you may submit up to 5 pieces in one document)
Nonfiction (personal essays, articles, or meta, max 12k words)
Check out our MSWL!
Special Announcement: Issue #13 will be the last issue going to print. Starting in 2026, all issues will be published digitally. We have been so fortunate to print physical issues for the last ~4 years, and we thank all of your for the unwavering support that made it happen. <3
We are accepting submissions for Issue #13 until 11:59pm EST on August 17, 2025. Issue #13 will be published on October 1, 2025.
Send us your dead doves, your blorbos, your plinkos, your wretched meow meows yearning to be free; that thing you wrote that made you think, “I don’t know where this belongs”; the stuff you’d never show anyone you know IRL. Give us your shameless, self-indulgent smut; the manuscript to the video essay you dictated to your YouTube subscribers in your head; your thoughtful explorations of trauma and identity; your Pepe Silvia wall; your sci-fi, your fantasy, your romance, your realism. We want anything and everything. As long as you identify as a fan, we want to read your work.
We are currently looking for:
Short fiction (only 1 piece at a time, max 12k words; if flash [under 1k], you may submit up to 5 pieces in one document)
Nonfiction (personal essays, articles, or meta, max 12k words)
Check out our MSWL!
Special Announcement: Issue #13 will be the last issue going to print. Starting in 2026, all issues will be published digitally. We have been so fortunate to print physical issues for the last ~4 years, and we thank all of your for the unwavering support that made it happen. <3
We are accepting submissions for Issue #13 until 11:59pm EST on August 17, 2025. Issue #13 will be published on October 1, 2025.
Send us your dead doves, your blorbos, your plinkos, your wretched meow meows yearning to be free; that thing you wrote that made you think, “I don’t know where this belongs”; the stuff you’d never show anyone you know IRL. Give us your shameless, self-indulgent smut; the manuscript to the video essay you dictated to your YouTube subscribers in your head; your thoughtful explorations of trauma and identity; your Pepe Silvia wall; your sci-fi, your fantasy, your romance, your realism. We want anything and everything. As long as you identify as a fan, we want to read your work.
We are currently looking for:
Short fiction (only 1 piece at a time, max 12k words; if flash [under 1k], you may submit up to 5 pieces in one document)
Nonfiction (personal essays, articles, or meta, max 12k words)
Check out our MSWL!
Special Announcement: Issue #13 will be the last issue going to print. Starting in 2026, all issues will be published digitally. We have been so fortunate to print physical issues for the last ~4 years, and we thank all of your for the unwavering support that made it happen. <3
We are accepting submissions for Issue #13 until 11:59pm EST on August 17, 2025. Issue #13 will be published on October 1, 2025.
Send us your dead doves, your blorbos, your plinkos, your wretched meow meows yearning to be free; that thing you wrote that made you think, “I don’t know where this belongs”; the stuff you’d never show anyone you know IRL. Give us your shameless, self-indulgent smut; the manuscript to the video essay you dictated to your YouTube subscribers in your head; your thoughtful explorations of trauma and identity; your Pepe Silvia wall; your sci-fi, your fantasy, your romance, your realism. We want anything and everything. As long as you identify as a fan, we want to read your work.
We are currently looking for:
Short fiction (only 1 piece at a time, max 12k words; if flash [under 1k], you may submit up to 5 pieces in one document)
Nonfiction (personal essays, articles, or meta, max 12k words)
Check out our MSWL!
Special Announcement: Issue #13 will be the last issue going to print. Starting in 2026, all issues will be published digitally. We have been so fortunate to print physical issues for the last ~4 years, and we thank all of your for the unwavering support that made it happen. <3
We are accepting submissions for Issue #13 until 11:59pm EST on August 17, 2025. Issue #13 will be published on October 1, 2025.
Send us your dead doves, your blorbos, your plinkos, your wretched meow meows yearning to be free; that thing you wrote that made you think, “I don’t know where this belongs”; the stuff you’d never show anyone you know IRL. Give us your shameless, self-indulgent smut; the manuscript to the video essay you dictated to your YouTube subscribers in your head; your thoughtful explorations of trauma and identity; your Pepe Silvia wall; your sci-fi, your fantasy, your romance, your realism. We want anything and everything. As long as you identify as a fan, we want to read your work.
We are currently looking for:
Short fiction (only 1 piece at a time, max 12k words; if flash [under 1k], you may submit up to 5 pieces in one document)
Nonfiction (personal essays, articles, or meta, max 12k words)
Check out our MSWL!
Special Announcement: Issue #13 will be the last issue going to print. Starting in 2026, all issues will be published digitally. We have been so fortunate to print physical issues for the last ~4 years, and we thank all of your for the unwavering support that made it happen. <3
Summer is here and that means we've chosen two phenomenal novellas to share with you in our second "Doubles Issue." These novellas speak to each other in such unique ways. One is set in '90s USA and the other in '20s England (that's 1920s). One involves poison and the other possession. One is realistic and the other fantastical. Despite these differences, both unfold through the slow reveal of close-kept secrets.
In Unicorn, a teenage girl dreams of poisoning her abusive mother. Meanwhile, she fosters a crush on the town drug dealer, who may or may not be keeping a big secret from her.
In Cathexis, a demon prince bored with his tyrannical reign is presented with a young man possessing a secret the prince can't crack, and embarks upon an unorthodox method of interrogation.
PURCHASE ISSUE #12 HERE.
WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH OFIC:
Become a patron (the best way!)
Leave us your comments! If a piece spoke to you and you’d like us (and the author) to know, fill out this form.
Share your excitement on social media using the hashtag #OFICMag12!
Check out our store for cool merch & back stock!
Thank you all for your continued support! We hope you enjoy reading these novellas as much as we enjoyed publishing them!
We are accepting submissions for Issue #13 until 11:59pm EST on August 17, 2025. Issue #13 will be published on October 1, 2025.
Send us your dead doves, your blorbos, your plinkos, your wretched meow meows yearning to be free; that thing you wrote that made you think, “I don’t know where this belongs”; the stuff you’d never show anyone you know IRL. Give us your shameless, self-indulgent smut; the manuscript to the video essay you dictated to your YouTube subscribers in your head; your thoughtful explorations of trauma and identity; your Pepe Silvia wall; your sci-fi, your fantasy, your romance, your realism. We want anything and everything. As long as you identify as a fan, we want to read your work.
We are currently looking for:
Short fiction (only 1 piece at a time, max 12k words; if flash [under 1k], you may submit up to 5 pieces in one document)
Nonfiction (personal essays, articles, or meta, max 12k words)
Check out our MSWL!
Special Announcement: Issue #13 will be the last issue going to print. Starting in 2026, all issues will be published digitally. We have been so fortunate to print physical issues for the last ~4 years, and we thank all of your for the unwavering support that made it happen. <3
We're back from our winter hiatus and so jazzed to be entering our THIRD YEAR of publishing fantastic fucky stories for you.
In this issue, we have God and gods, and ghosts who haunt the narrative (sometimes literally and sometimes figuratively). We have ships traversing waters from life to death and ships sinking night after night. Codependent twins with blood magic. A sk8er boi with a gore fetish. And you’ll never look at mangoes the same way again.
PURCHASE ISSUE #11 HERE.
WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH OFIC:
Become a patron (the best way!)
Leave us your comments! If a piece spoke to you and you’d like us (and the author) to know, fill out this form.
Share your excitement on social media using the hashtag #OFICMag11!
Check out our store for cool merch & back stock!
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. HAPPY READING AND HAPPY SPRING!
i think it's been almost 10 years since i changed my blog colors/theme and 5 years since i changed my profile pic, but it is time. i am no longer Jesse Pinkman but Marilyn Monroe. this specific photo is widely acknowledged as her favorite.
it's been colorized though and i can't find that attribution. but the photo itself was taken by Cecil Beaton in 1956.
i spent a big portion of last year researching Marilyn's life for basically no reason. i just wanted to. and here i am, no longer a person but 10,000 Marilyn facts in a trench coat.
i took an accidental 6 month hiatus from my newsletter, but! i posted a new one this month to celebrate my fifth year as a writing coach.
or: my new sidestack, OFIC Mag Issue #11, and celebrating my 5 year coachiversary
i also launched an additional substack, unhinged morning pages, where i'll post my writing log, craft analyses, fiction, and personal essays. my lowkey writing-related newsletter will remain free, but unhinged writing pages will have paywalled posts.
if you want to support me as a writer, you can subscribe to unhinged morning pages for $7 a month or $70 a year. at the moment i plan to post 2-3 times per month.
This is a side Substack (sidestack?) to share my writing log, WIP updates, personal essays, and occasional fiction. Paid subscriptions to th
coming up:
my August 2024 writing log (scheduled to post tomorrow on ump).
i'll be opening summer asynchronous @fanauthorworkshop applications and @oficmag issue #13 submissions soon.
i'm working on revising my novella, Coping Skills, to post to ump in 4 parts.
i fully intend to post another lkwrnl in May. whether or not this will actually happen remains to be seen.
as soon as i have H4H out to early readers, i'm pivoting back to fanfic. i've got multiple wips to finish, an anora fic idea, a sunrise on the reaping fic idea, and my FTH fic which i'm jazzed to start working on.
We're back from our winter hiatus and so jazzed to be entering our THIRD YEAR of publishing fantastic fucky stories for you.
In this issue, we have God and gods, and ghosts who haunt the narrative (sometimes literally and sometimes figuratively). We have ships traversing waters from life to death and ships sinking night after night. Codependent twins with blood magic. A sk8er boi with a gore fetish. And you’ll never look at mangoes the same way again.
PURCHASE ISSUE #11 HERE.
WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH OFIC:
Become a patron (the best way!)
Leave us your comments! If a piece spoke to you and you’d like us (and the author) to know, fill out this form.
Share your excitement on social media using the hashtag #OFICMag11!
Check out our store for cool merch & back stock!
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. HAPPY READING AND HAPPY SPRING!
