AcademFic

19/12/2024

This new issue of AcademFic includes so many wonderful stories. Philosophically-informed science fiction. Imaginative exploration of the history behind a famous biblical story. An alternative history of the United States. And much more. We are honored to have the privilege of sharing these stories with you for your enjoyment!

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24/03/2024

The latest issue of AcademFic is out and it contains some truly fantastic science fiction stories. We know you'll enjoy reading them as much as we did!

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08/02/2024

AcademFic is now listed on Duotrope!

AcademFic was created by and for the many academics who are not in fields in which writing fiction is considered part of their professional work and expectations, but who do so nonetheless. Some of what academics write is longer or shorter, or different in scope and extent of detail, than what is so...

14/07/2023

AcademFic Volume 4 is now out! It contains stories by academics in various fields who also write fiction, not as part of their jobs, but as a passion.

This volume includes historical fiction, sci-fi, and a couple of stories related to education in various ways.

We trust you'll enjoy reading them. Let us know which is your favorite!

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27/02/2023

AcademFic Volume 3 is now out! Apologies for the delay in getting our 2022 volume published, but we trust you will find it was worth the wait, with academic humor, climate change, and a classic tale told from a different perspective.

A journal of and for academics who write fiction. We publish short stories of any length, from brief parables to novelettes. Reviews of fiction by academics, essays about the value of writing fiction as an academic, and other related content can also find a home here.

05/11/2021

AcademFic Volume 2 is out! Stories of food and murder (not necessarily together). Read them here!

https://press.palni.org/ojs/index.php/academfic/issue/view/50

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04/05/2021

If you are an academic who is looking forward to writing fiction for pleasure this summer (or who is so worn out by the difficult academic year we've had that you've had trouble of thinking of anything to look forward to other than a break from teaching with Zoom), please keep AcademFic in mind as a possible venue to publish your stories!

http://press.palni.org/ojs/index.php/academfic/announcement/view/14

Call for Submissions: AcademFic Vol.2 (2021) 2021-05-04 When academics write fiction, it is sometimes too long or short, too philosophical, or just doesn't find a home in a literary journal or magazine, where the many professionals in the field of creative writing are already jostling to publish. Th...

04/05/2021

26/03/2021

Now available in audio form: Eric Schwitzgebel’s story “Passion of the Sunprobe”!

a short story by Eric Schwitzgebel

22/02/2021

AcademFic author Eric Schwitzgebel shared his story from the premiere issue on his blog. Check it out there for a sense of the kind of provocative, mind-engaging fiction AcademFic publishes, and for an opportunity to tell the author how much you enjoyed reading his story!

http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2020/12/passion-of-sun-probe.html

The Sun! Anchor and well of the vortex, sizzling eye of God. I will plunge deeper than anything has before. She will squeeze and hold me as I go in, and I will beam out unprecedented knowledge. She will burn me to hot simplicity, swallow me into Her brilliant core.

19/02/2021

Thanks to the Indiana State Library for sharing the news about the launch of AcademFic in their most recent newsletter!

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/INLIBRARY/bulletins/2be1616

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15/02/2021

A press release about AcademFic courtesy of Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) which publishes it through their press but has also supported the initiative in countless other ways.

https://www.palni.org/2021/02/09/butler-faculty-member-launches-innovative-fiction-writing-journal-for-academics/

Butler Faculty Member Launches Innovative Fiction Writing Journal for Academics February 9, 2021 by PALNIDCM Butler University faculty James McGrath is the founding editor of AcademFic, a new open access periodical dedicated to publishing fiction by academics outside areas that include writing in th...

30/01/2021

AcademFic is open access and thus free to read online. However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to get a print copy if you want one! That is now possible through Amazon. You can find Volume 1 here:

AcademFic: Volume 1

23/01/2021

At the inauguration of President Joe Biden we got to see the power of the poetic word to influence people when it is the right voice with the right words at the right moment. Eric Reitan’s story “Treatment” explores this very topic in a science fiction setting. Read it in AcademFic here:

http://press.palni.org/ojs/index.php/academfic/article/view/658

Treatment Authors Eric Reitan Keywords: same-sex relationships, fundamentalism, aliens, poetry, power, science fiction, Pascal's Wager Abstract Even in the future some aspects of life remain familiar, including the powerful influence of poets, family heartbreak, and struggles with the harsh demands....

06/01/2021

January 6th is Epiphany, celebrating the arrival of the magi. In the premier volume of AcademFic, James McGrath imagines what might have happened behind the scenes and between the lines of the familiar story, if the magi were in fact Parthian spies on a mission to stir up trouble in Herod's kingdom. Read the story "We Three Spies of Parthia Are" here:

http://press.palni.org/ojs/index.php/academfic/article/view/659

We Three Spies of Parthia Are Authors James McGrath Keywords: Jesus, alternative history, historical fiction, Gospels, Herod, magi, nativity, infancy, New Testament, Bible Abstract Might the magi who showed up in Jerusalem at Herod's palace have had ulterior motives for being there? Downloads PDF Pu...

22/12/2020

The editors of AcademFic are delighted to announce the launch of the journal! You can now view the first volume here:

http://press.palni.org/ojs/index.php/academfic/issue/current

04/12/2020