Baring the Device: Ethics in Publishing

The Gravity of the Thing’s editors have compiled a brief list of resources that relate to ethical practices in publishing. Here are a few ways writers, editors, and publishers are critically analyzing literary craft and publishing processes.

How It Happened | Brenna Dean

"Danny fell asleep. His hunting rifle was propped up against a tree. He left the safety off. You never leave the safety off. Danny dozed on the ground, leaning against the tree, and then he shifted and knocked over the gun..."

The Effects of Monophosphoryl Lipid A on the Development of Multiple System Atrophy | Jack Dixon

"The resulting rupture in the singularity of the researcher’s consciousness was described as ‘desperate, painful, and deeply unsettling’ and persists to the date of publication..."

Threshold | Wen Jing

"Threshold is a wall. When you look at those orange bricks, you see smears of blood. It’s from the last woman who tried to go through the wall..."

Postscript to a Horror Film | John Higgins

"Next: relief. You have survived. Everything from here on out is improvement, no?" John Higgins's work has been featured in Always Crashing, Misery Tourism, and more.

Instincts | Lillian Durr

"...she looks naïve. It’s sweet. But that sweetness is as brief as a camera flash capturing her. We lean to the side and see all at once how brief this moment is..."

November 6th, 2024 | Ethan Stanton

"I woke up it was Wednesday and I made the coffee and prepared the lunchboxes, brushed the ants off the counter and the lunchbox was pink and plastic and needed extra scrubbing..."