Lancelot of Little Egypt pairs personal essays on the hidden longings in everyday artifacts, such as a convention encounter with John Scalzi and reflections on rural Illinois and Ohio book deserts, with original short fiction, poetry, and films. Much of each issue also carries calls to subscribe, contest prompts, and requests to share, which dilute the reading.
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Short literary science fiction stories set in a near-future city where a coordinating system called Continuum smooths daily life. Each issue follows ordinary people dealing with grief, disaster and loss in the gaps that frictionless systems leave.
A serialised gothic fiction newsletter set at a 1960s-style English girls' boarding school in South Shropshire, following a student named Julia through unsettling events. Each issue delivers a new instalment of the story in literary prose.
A serialized newsletter blending philosophical fiction and satirical essays, such as a weekend conversation between Milo and Adrian about grief and memory. Issues also include a short story about a man who keeps resolving to make more money and a satirical list of rules for dominating conversation.
Pseudonymous literary fiction newsletter offering serialized upmarket stories about coming-of-age, romance, and local life, plus short personal essays called motes. Readers get well-crafted character scenes and reflective writing on language, childhood, and identity.
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