What would you name your Journal?

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I am a long, long way from starting a literary journal of my own but I do sometimes enjoy fantasizing about it.
I'd love to someday start a speculative fiction journal; I'd call it "My Pet Cockatrice".

Purely out of curiosity:
If you could start your own journal (even if you have no desire to ever do so - this is just for fun), what would you call it and what kind of journal would it be?
 

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It would have to have the word Manifesto in it, for sure...
 

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Someone once suggested that the magazine I was editing for at the time ought to change its name to Show, Don't Tell. Guess we annoyed him.
 

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A few decades back, when Zodiac signs were a big deal, it was common to be asked, "What's your sign?"

I would always answer, "Slippery when wet."

I guess that would work for my journal.
 

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I at first thought you meant "Journal" in a "Dear Diary" style context, which made reading this thread very interesting indeed until I caught up (I am so smart)

I mean, in a way, naming one's literary journal Dear Diary, or Kitty, or Friend has a certain je ne sais quois, right? Right.

Now I have to think of a real answer. I guess I'd name it something like East Coker or Yog-Sothoth. Depending on the sort of submissions I was looking for.
 

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This is not a basic writing question.
 

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If I kept a journal and if I actually named it. I'd probably call it Think Book.
 
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