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Push the envelope. Step out of the box and conquer the unknown.

Stars, fireflies, sparks from campfires, a thousand points of light against thevelvet dark, air as soft and warm as breath–tell us your best stories of approximately 50 words, about Summer Nights. Be they long ago, all in your head, impossible dreams, or maybe happening tonight.

Send us your ideas for emperors poisoned by mushrooms, brilliant mushroom heists, or religious leaders who prayed to mushrooms.

As much as possible, this anthology will tie various expressions of love to a seasonal arc. So, whether it’s pumpkin spice latte dates in autumn or nostalgic recollections of summer love on a Coney Island boardwalk, we welcome a specific sense of atmosphere.

Our theme this time is “trust,” and what we have in mind is chiefly trust among us, fellow-humans.

The Bad Day Book is exactly what it sounds like. A book for bad days.

We hope this zine serves as a glimmer of care reflective of reality as it currently exists, in all its contradictions and dynamics, as well as an imagining of what care can be. We reach for this future, over and over.

For this edition, send us a work that diverges from the norm or is somehow divergent. It may represent neurodivergence, fusion, exploration, or something important or representative to you.

“Mono no aware” is a Japanese term that captures the deep awareness of the transient nature of life and beauty, evoking a gentle sadness at their passing. Submissions should resonate with the theme of transience, evoking the delicate beauty found in moments that are destined to fade.

This collection seeks to explore the myriad dimensions of powerlessness, whether it be through personal narratives, societal observations, or abstract musings. We aim to gather voices that express what it means to feel without agency, silenced, or marginalised, and the subtle ways power dynamics shape our existence.

How much our lives are spent in harmony with ourselves? With those we love? How does illness–physical or mental–leave us in disharmony?

For this we want submissions on all things dragons.

EXTINCTION considers the social and economic inequalities produced by capitalism’s climate catastrophes, its effects on gender, social relations, and the dialectic of classes and nations. It demands we look at what is possible beyond what has already been.

In this issue we invite you to unleash the feral animal that lives within your poet heart.

We're looking for weird and wonderful stories of not just the memories themselves, but of their production, their repercussions, their wider meanings. We're looking for false memories that might have changed history, that led to remarkable discoveries, that impacted lives.

Our themes are intentionally vague to leave the concept up to the writer’s interpretation.

Send us your whisker factory submissions.