Word Pirates

As part of our series on literary journals, Word Pirates interviewed Ellen Parker, gutsy dame and editor of FRiGG. Named for a goddess in Norse Mythology, the online magazine of fiction and poetry has produced 13 issues.

While many online literary journals fold after only a few issues, Parker says she plans to make sure FRiGG isn’t one of them.

“Really, I am very dogged. Years from now people will be going, Why doesn’t that FRiGG bitch fold up her tent? This is one way to come out on top: Outlast ’em. Writers should take note of this. Just keep doing it,” she said an interview in The New Review, Issue 14.

Parker wants writers to send her stories that they “wouldn’t dare send anywhere else” and values an original writing style more than a list of impressive credentials. FRiGG pairs its stories and poetry with striking artwork. The illustrations in issue 13 are by artist EnoraF.

In addition to editing FRiGG, Parker is a writer whose work has appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly, Pindeldyboz, Opium, Doorknobs and BodyPaint, insolent rudder, and Outsider Ink. Two of her stories appear in the print anthology Women Behaving Badly.

Parker co-edits the magazine with poetry editor and writer Sean Farragher.

Click here to read our interview with Ellen Parker