Zoetrope All Story

I’m a huge fan of Zoetrope All-​Story! Francis Ford Coppola’s literary child features a wide and diverse range of unique short stories, from both emerging writers and well-​known artists, such as Guillermo del Toro. Every issue is also guest designed by popular figures like Gus Van Sant, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, Tim Roth, Yves Behar, and Jason Schwartzman, so it’s as much a piece of art as it is a good read.
As far as them owning the rights of the stories to be made into a film (re: the first review), it’s actually not that odd considering that the original objective behind the publication was to gather ideas for films in the form of short stories, based on the premise that the short story is often most alike the film form in its scope and depth and thus most readily translated onto the big screen; and, also, that many magazines and journals usually own the rights to the work that they publish, so it’s certainly not new to the industry.
Zoetrope is a superb publication and a San Francisco literary treasure!

Mmm, not really sure if I can « Unilocal» a magazine, but I picked this one up a couple of weeks ago, and I thought that it was worth sharing.
«Zoetrope All-​Story» is a small magazine (presented by none other than Francis Ford Coppola himself!) that showcases writers and fiction. Now, I know what you’re probably thinking, «Why would I want to read a magazine with short stories? That sounds boring, Quinby.» That’s where you’re wrong. The pages are glossy, and the stories are displayed in such an aesthetically pleasing and highly stylized manner that one can’t help but to pick it up and peruse it’s content.
The only thing that kind of weirds me out about it, is that if you choose to submit content and your work gets published, you sign away the rights of your story to be made into a film, so essentially, they own your work.