About Us:

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In the year 2065, before the autonomous rule of the machines made space travel impossible, a small band of us gathered together by the flickering light of the fires glow to warm ourselves over the burning books where once the libraries stood and discuss literature, which was illegal in those days, but an infraction of such small proportions and so inconsequential that we had little to fear. Warplanes screeched over our heads and in the distance we could hear the rumble of bombs dropping and tanks marching forever forward as the third and final World War was coming to an end. Most of us were hungry, threadbare, and terrified, but we marshaled our resolve long enough to discuss Lolita and Less Than Zero and Midnight's Children, and soon we were no longer afraid for our words and our memories had freed our spirits, not to mention that human life had devolved into such a meaningless and worthless experience that losing one's life no longer seemed such a great tragedy, compared to facing another day of political tyranny.

We asked ourselves then, if we could go back, which things we would change.  True, many of the aspects of governance in the early part of the 21st century were discussed, and plenty of blame was assigned to the increasingly similar political parties which eventually merged into one house before the war on terror escalated, but also the failure of average citizens to actively participate in political institutions and make their voices heard over issues of personal liberties, freedom of speech, and inalienable rights. We also discussed how the literature of the time seemed to have grown more and more diluted and commercial, how the rise of homogenized and non-offensive niche fiction had contributed to the erosion of the creative spirit in the country as a whole, leading to a world where only the blandest forms of entertainment were allowed to be expressed, where sitcoms and movies about television shows and tabloids became the only options available to those seeking information. 

We vowed to send this message back to our former selves, via such time honored channels as drug induced hallucinations and fortune cookie warnings, intentionally vague and filled with broad generalities, as well as through such lowly technological means as witchcraft and sorcery, aura cleansing Xanex enema's, Satanic backmasking, and lastly by modifying the Google tool bar to function as a time traveling virus capable of a telepathic reverse osmosis. It was all very complicated, far too complicated to fully explain here, but it was well worth it, for our message was of the utmost importance.

Our message reached our younger selves, who have put together this site, to effect a radical change in the dominant paradigm by unleashing a torrent of incendiary fiction upon an unsuspecting and zombified nation who have only recently learned how to read largely because of J.K. Rowling. Writers featured on this literary webzine all share the same virtues, they are largely unknown, amazingly talented, and will one day be the next giants of the literary world.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and find out more about us,

Sincerely,

The Editors