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  • All Issues
    • Pratibhāsika (Speculative Fiction, July 2026)
    • The Many Lives of Atlas A (Special Issue, January 2026, Web Edition)
    • Fictile Feelings (Poetry Special, October 2025)
    • Issue 4 (April 2025)
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  • The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye

    Time Traveler Jay Oatway Returns with the One Simple Trick of Getting Your Novel Published! (And editors hate him!)

    30 July 2026

    I've been 'in-progress' since the fall of the Roman Empire. But I’ve heard rumours there’s a status beyond that. If only we had time machines to go and find out.

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  • The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye

    Bearded Enviable Teacher Kev Harrison Expelled For Promoting Pagan Rituals Blames Cat Overlords

    23 July 2026

    I have one WIP which I’m hoping to put out sometime next year, in which the protag is a self-proclaimed misanthrope. He’s been a delight to write because he’s such a wilfully shit human.

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    Joãowow Lucas Survives Near-Fatal Choking By A Much Better Writer

    17 July 2026

    The Oxford Comma is a British revenge plot for losing the Revolutionary War.

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    Jen Nafziger Is The Worst Comedy Hack We’ve Ever Seen.

    9 July 2026

    Listen. A Wikipedia Hole is like a K-Hole for people who aren’t cool enough to do drugs. Plus, you’re not human unless ChatGPT has actively made you cry at least once, ok?

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  • The Writer's Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye

    Mat Ricardo is an America’s Got Talent loser who wrote a book for kids about how to be criminals.

    2 July 2026

    One of my favourite writers, Clive James, used to say that he was good at “turning a phrase until it catches the light”. I try to do that.

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