Laura Kadamus

Opium Magazine

Opium[1] is the journal of literary humor for the deliriously captivated[2]. Founded by Todd Zuniga, Opium Magazine[3] first appeared online in 2001 and in print in 2005. Opium Magazine features many notible writers and artists including Etgar Keret, Aimee Bender, Jack Handey, Tao Lin, and Art Spiegelman.

Opium hosts the Literary Death Match[4], a competitive, humor-centric reading series that features four readers in an edge-of-your-seat read-off, all critiqued by three all-star judges. Opium Europe[5] features all-new content written solely by Europeans, in both French and English, both online and off. Opium Studio, scheduled to open in Spring 2009, is a virtual art gallery that showcases everything from wit-inspired cartoons to paintings to collage to sculpture. Opium Live is an electrifying interview series that features interviews with today's most innovative and exciting authors and artists.

Published Issues

Issue	Date	Description	Contributors
Opium1	2005	A Whopping Collection of Fanatical Literary Brilliance	Stories by Nick Antosca, David Barringer, Gary Britson, Spencer Drew, Daulton Dickey, Pia Z. Ehrhardt, Michelle Garren Flye, David Fromm, Larry Gaffney, Rose Gowen, Diana Grove, Steven Gullion, Susan Henderson, Heather Kelley, Roy Kesey, Darby Larson, Will Layman, John Leary, Tao Lin, Pasha Malla, Kevin O'Cuinn, Amy Prior, Shelly Rich, Jim Ruland & Elizabeth Ellen, Anthony Tognazzini, Paul A. Toth, Claudia Smith, and Todd Zuniga. Poetry by Ryan Bird, Tom Fugalli, C. Allen Rearick, Will Roby, and Stephen Snipes. Cartoons and artwork by CM Evans, Darby Hudson, Nathaniel Johnson, Porter McDonald, and James J. Williams III. Musical contributions by CJ Kershner. Film and TV articles by Grant Bailie, Dan Burt, and Joseph Young. Sports variant by Kim Chinquee. Tech pieces by Matthew St. Amand and Mike Sacks. Interviews by Vince LiCata and Todd Zuniga. Reviews by Larry Joseloff with Will Layman, and Angela Lovell. Lists by Melissa Bell, Thomas O'Donnell, and Duston Procott.
Opium2	2006	A Toybox of Inimitable Fascination	Featuring Bob Arter, David Barringer, Ryan Bird, Gary Britson, Jason Lee Brown, Dennis Cooper, Brandon Cronenberg, Rachel Demma, Dennis DiClaudio, CM Evans, David Fromm, David Gaffney, Larry Gaffney, David Gianatasio, Steve Gillis, Violet Glaze, Patrick Irelan, John Jodzio, Heather Kelley, Will Layman, Tom Lombardi, Porter McDonald, Thomas O'Donnell, Michelle Orange, C. Allen Rearick, Andrew Roe, Michael Rottman, Jim Ruland, Shya Scanlon, Davis Schneiderman, Alison Weaver, D.B. Weiss, Diane Williams, Mike Young, and Todd Zuniga.
Opium3	2006	A Junkyard of Arresting Delight	Stories by Kim Chinquee, Z. Ehrhardt, Tyler Gore, Ben Greenman, Steve Gullion, Nathan Ihara, Etgar Keret, Jack Kukoda, Darby Larson, Leigh Newman, J. Chris Rock, Tony Rubino, Ron Savage, and Jay Wexler. Poetry by Grant Bailie, Bryan Coffelt, Ricky Garni, Rebecca Hazelton, Walter Reichert, and Shya Scanlon. Cartoons by CM Evans, Dan Golden, Darby Hudson, and John Leavitt. Interviews by David Barringer, Elizabeth Koch, Jessica Treat, and Todd Zuniga. TV article by Joe O'Neill. Features fiction prizewinner John Jodzio and the "Sex-Position-A-Day Calender" by Mike Sacks, Ted Travelstead, and Julian Sancton.
Opium4	2007	Live Well Now (No Matter What)	Featuring FJ Sharp, Siobham Cimenera, Patrick Irelan, James Strouse, John Leary, Jack Handey, Dawn Raffel, Darby Hudson, Greg Sanders, Anthony Tognazzini, Alison Morse, Shellie Zacharia, Stuart Dybek, Josip Novakovich, Dan Golden, Chris Kennedy, John Colasacco, Diane Stilwell, CM Evans, Gerard Olson, Kelle Groom, David Barringer, Montana Wojczuk, Joseph Rogers, Kim Chinquee, Matthew Angram, Thomas Hopkins, Justin Taylor, Bruce Bauman, and Asha Khaladakar.
Opium5	2007	Bad Company	Stories by Ryan Bartelmay, Thomas Cooper, Stephen Elliot, Jonathan Evison, Rich Ferguson, Jon Paul Fiorention, Karen Hugg, Richard Lange, Bob Powers, Terese Svoboda, and Holly Wilson. Poetry by Jennifer Faylor, Nathan Ladd, Dave Morrison, Shya Scanlon, Sarah J. Sloat, and Julia Story. Cartoons by CM Evans. Coloring Book Pages by Heather Sparks. Interview by James Hass. Winners of the 500-word memoir contest Lisa K. Buchanan, Giancarlo Ditrapano, John Jodzio, Aharon Levy, Damion Searls, Anna Vlasova, Jay Wexler, and Sandra Worsham.
Opium 6	2008	Go Green (But Save Me First)	Stories by Aimee Bender, Jill Holtz, Aaron Garreston, Rich and Tsetsi Curators, Benjamin Percy, Ken Wohlrob, Sharon McGill, and Thomas Cooper. Poetry by Shya Scanlon, Seth Perlow, C.J. Evans, Jensen Whelan, Blake Butler, Joe O'Neill, and Robin Beth Schaer. 500-Word Memoirs by Kelly Luce, Lara Coley, Anne Elliot, and Chelsey Hicks. Interview by Amanda Lear. Cartoons by John Callahan and CM Evans. Art by Tymek Jezierski.