Unstuck

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{{Short description|American literary magazine}}

{{Infobox magazine

| title = Unstuck

| image_file = Unstuck cover.jpg

| image_caption = Unstuck 1 cover

| editor = Matt Williamson

| frequency = Annual

| category = Literary magazine

| country = United States

| based = Austin, Texas

| founded = 2011

| firstdate =

| finaldate = October 2014

| website = {{URL|http://unstuckbooks.org/}}

}}

Unstuck was an American literary magazine based in Austin, Texas that published fiction and poetry.{{cite news|last=Gross|first=Joe|title='Unstuck' blurs the line between fantastic and realistic fiction|url=http://www.statesman.com/news/entertainment/books-literature/unstuck-blurs-the-line-between-fantastic-and-reali/nRg8z/|accessdate=28 December 2012|newspaper=Austin Statesman|date=12 November 2011}} Since its first volume, released in the fall of 2011, Unstuck was devoted to breaking down traditional genre fiction barriers.{{cite news|last=Heyman|first=Stephen|title=Literary Heirs|url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/literary-heirs/|accessdate=28 December 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=10 February 2012}} Past contributors include Aimee Bender, J. Robert Lennon, Kevin Brockmeier, Jonathan Lethem, Elizabeth McCracken, Rick Moody, Etgar Keret, Edward Carey, Dean Young, Amelia Gray, Lincoln Michel, Helen Phillips, Marisa Matarazzo, and Joe Meno.{{cite book|last=Williamson|first=Matt, Ed.|title=Unstuck (volume 1)|year=2011|publisher=Unstuck Books|location=Austin, TX|isbn=9780983975106}} The magazine was published annually.{{cite book|title=Unstuck #1 (Unstuck Literary Annual)|url=https://www.amazon.com/Unstuck-1-Literary-Annual-ebook/dp/B006MHX6W4|date=12 December 2011 |accessdate=25 December 2015}}

Stories published during the initial three-issue run of Unstuck were later reprinted in Harper's (Mary Ruefle's "The Gift"), Best American Nonrequired Reading (Tom McAllister's "Things You're Not Proud Of"), and Electric Literature's Recommended Reading (multiple stories), among numerous other anthologies. Julia Whicker's forthcoming novel Wonderblood first appeared, in part, as a story in the debut issue of Unstuck.

Following the release of its third issue, the magazine went on hiatus.{{Cite web|title = Unstuck on hiatus.|url = http://www.unstuckbooks.org/1/post/2014/07/unstuck-on-hiatus.html|website=Unstuck Literary Annual|accessdate =11 October 2015}} Initially announced as an 18-month hiatus, by October 2014, its Twitter and Facebook accounts appear to have been discontinued. Only three issues of the Unstuck Literary Annual were released during the five-year period between the release of issue 1 and the end of its announced hiatus. It is unclear when, or if, future volumes will be published.

As of November, 2017, its website is defunct.