Founded by a group of writers intent on creating a viable future for literary fiction in the digital age, Electric Literature is a bi-monthly anthology of today's most exciting, innovative, and moving short fiction, delivered in every viable medium: paperback, Kindle, eBook and iPhone.

Electric Literature presents Jim Shepard's "Your Fate Hurtles Down at You" (trailer) from Editors Electric Literature on Vimeo.

The debut issue is the only place readers can get an exclusive look at the forthcoming novel by Pulitzer-Prize winning author Michael Cunningham (The Hours). In Electric Literature # 1, Cunningham tells the story of the separation of two brothers, one vital and elegant, the other troubled and restrained. Jim Shepard brings us to the Swiss Alps where a team of scientists investigate the poetry of avalanches to their peril. T Cooper shares a taste of one man's jealousy of his wife's ex-husband. Diana Wagman explores a young woman's first sexual relationship after a mastectomy, and Lydia Millet's celebrity dog-walker leads us into a world where people are beasts and dogs are the epitome of refinement.

A refreshingly bold act of optimism.

–Washington Post online

… like McSweeney's minus the cute, plus Blade Runner.

–Ward Six

And check out the new Electric Literature iPhone app that just hit iTunes. Carry a revelation in your pocket!

(Electric Literature teamed up with animator Jonathan Ashley and musician Nick DeWitt to produce the above animated trailer for Jim Shepard's "Your Fate Hurtles Down at You.")