Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre...

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Self-Portrait as Zeuxis Portraying an Ugly Old Woman (1685)Aert de Gelder (Dutch, 1645 - 1727)If you’re ugly, you’re probably more interesting than someone who is conventionally attractive. Sorry, hot...

athens + sparta + aliens

Author note: Initially, I backed out of posting this because it turned out I'd written it while hypomanic. After a reread, I think it still functions as an interesting snapshot. An irritable, no-f...

N/b: I wrote this as a companion piece to something my friend wrote advocating for the impatient reader and the virtue of getting to the point. Unforeseen circumstances have prevented them from postin...

athens + sparta + aliens