Editor's Note
Over the last few months, I have been assured that web publishing is the future of creative writing and that web publishing is in decline, assuredly dying. I have witnessed some great on-line journals pass (I'll miss you Lodestar Quarterly) and some new magazines fold without ever releasing an issue. Like any medium, turmoil is inevitable. Whether literature thrives on the internet or merely survives there, on-line journals will have a place.
Ignavia comes at a time of my continued concern not with literature and the internet, but with literature and language in general. So often in literature classes, conversation seems impossible because everything is straightforward, and if it is not it should be. I choose two buzz words (queer and transgressive) for my submission calls. I hoped these words would attract stories that were not and should not be straightforward.
My anxiety was pretty constant—would I receive anything that could pass that queer/transgressive threshold and still hold merit? My anxiety evaporated as soon as stories like "The Corpse Washer" and "The Sea of No Future " came in. There were too many submissions that were excellent or showed promise for me to use, but I am extremely grateful to all who submitted.
In addition, I would like to thank Paul and Nate who were very patient as I emailed them to make demands and give orders and rarely showed them the appreciation they deserved.
-n.a.h.