JAKE is an online literary magazine publishing short, offbeat fiction and humorous personal essays, with recent pieces covering a daughter's strained wedding preparations, a comic take on streaming fatigue, and a surreal Taco Bell encounter. Readers get quirky, voice-driven stories that aim to be anti-literary rather than polished or conventional.
Website: https://jakethemag.com/
Weekly essays by author A.R. Moxon mixing political commentary with literary and pop-culture analysis, including a long-running serialized humorous reading of the TV show Lost. Issues take a pointed progressive stance on US politics, media ownership and culture.
Cristian Mihai publishes short-form fiction in serial installments, each issue opening a new story with a distinct period and setting, such as a post-apocalyptic radio scene, a 1986 low-budget film set, and a rural wedding. Readers get dense, sensory, carefully crafted prose with strong concrete detail and a literary voice.
Cetera Magazine publishes short literary fiction, with each issue offering a self-contained story of unusual emotional and psychological depth. Readers get immersive, carefully crafted narratives about grief, illness, childhood friendship and memory.
A glossary-style newsletter that runs long argumentative essays on media simulation, politics, fiction and philosophy of mind, written with a dense, theory-driven voice. Readers get sustained, idiosyncratic critique that connects current events to philosophical frameworks like Baudrillard and Dennett.
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