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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 24/09/2026

Continuing our contributor spotlight series with Lucie Bardos, who explores how story, place & ecology inform belonging, memory, and transformation through visual art and poetry. ⁠ See her work at www.luciebardos.com or by preordering our Moon issue therebis.com/products/moon

Artist and poet Lucie Bardos in her studio

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 14/09/2026

Today we’re overjoyed to introduce Canadian artist Erin Perry whose eye-catching and evocative painting "Obstacles" is featured in our Moon issue, which is now available for preorder! ⁠ See her work here: eperinperryartist.com Preorder the Moon issue here: therebis.com/products/moon

A woman lying on a mossy rock outdoors, holding a Moon tarot card.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 10/09/2026

Happy New Moon! Preorders for The Moon are now open! 🌚 This 142-page issue features the work of 40+ writers & artists exploring the shadowy world of this #tarot archetype. ⁠ Get your copy today & it'll ship by the end of October. ⁠https://therebis.com/products/moon #litmag #literarymagazine

Cover of The Rebis, featuring an illustrated woman in a blue dress embracing a large, glowing full moon against a dark blue background. Her long black hair flows outward like water or ribbons. The title “THE REBIS” appears at the top, with “TAROT · CREATIVE WRITING · ART” at the bottom.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 08/09/2026

🌝 COVER REVEAL! 🌝 Welcome to The Rebis: The Moon. @xavieralopez.bsky.social made jaw-dropping cover art that imagines The Moon as something we might hold close: a celestial body, a dream, a source of comfort, a place to disappear into. Pre-orders for The Moon #litmag open later this week!

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 05/09/2026

A little love letter from Tarot Crow, one of our retail partners in Seattle! ⁠We're so grateful to the shops and tarot lovers who have welcomed The Rebis onto their shelves. It means so much to see this project making its way into the hands of readers and tarot enthusiasts around the world.

A quote box that says, "“This is such a phenomenal publication for tarot enthusiasts. Each issue dives deep into personal correspondences with the Major Arcana, expressed through art and poetry. The archetypes contain multitudes and the Rebis digs deep into that rich soil with bare hands. My order came very quickly and in great condition.”

—Andrew, owner of Tarot Crow in Seattle, WA

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 04/09/2026

Meet Allyn Bernkopf, who contributed a poem for our Moon issue in a new format that she created: a Trellis. It blew our minds & we cant wait for you to read it. Allyn is a Best of Net Nominee and an Academy of American Poets prize winner. She holds a PhD and an MA in English, Poetry.

Poet Allyn Bernkopf holds up The Moon tarot card

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 03/09/2026

Continuing our contributor spotlight series with Li, born and raised in Beijing, China. Li is a Manhattan-based educational consultant, poet and writer. For our upcoming Moon issue, Li wrote a non-fiction memoir about her immigration to America, titled "Madame Moon."

Photograph of Li Ruan, contributor to The Rebis

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 01/09/2026

Behind the scenes with our magazine producer Nick Jacobs, photographing the Moon card from Change Tarot (by Jessica Dore & Xaviera Lopez). We’re getting closer to launching this beautiful issue of The Rebis, and will soon be sharing all the details about how you can get your hands on a copy.⁠

A tabletop photography setup with a camera mounted overhead on a tripod, photographing a card surrounded by a mound of black granular material. A laptop in the foreground displays the live camera view of the setup. A person’s tattooed hand is visible near the camera, with a wooden spoon and windows in the background.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 25/08/2026

Meet another one of our Moon contributors: Sara Pettit, a diviner & writer in Oakland. Her practice is rooted in collective care + the liberation of all people. Her essay "Fragmented Reflections of Coyolxăuhqui" will be in our upcoming Moon issue! Read her writing here: mysticmirror8.substack.com

Sara Petit holds a tarot card featuring The Moon in front of a bookshelf.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 25/08/2026

Meet Dakota Smith, whose poem "I Put My Hands Against the Dark" will open our Moon issue! Smith is a poet + performance artist who received her MFA from Randolph College. Her work can be found in Good River Review, The Westchester Review, & Midway Journal. dakotasmithpoetry.wixsite.com/website

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 18/08/2026

Continuing our contributor spotlight series: meet Vanessa Pedroza, whose lush poem "US FOOLS" graces the pages of our upcoming Moon issue. She's a self-described "quiet-tongued misfit with half butterfly wing" and her writing is visceral and lush.

A person with dark hair holds up a handmade collage featuring a large moon, a sailboat, butterflies, seashells, flowers, and purple and pink paper. Small letter tiles on the collage spell “fight for your fairytale.” The person is looking toward the camera.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 14/08/2026

Meet Moon issue contributor Daley Farr, who writes from the Mescalero Apache homelands of the Chihuahuan Desert. Her essay, "In the Womb of the Moon: Abortion, Artemis, and Transformation," was inspired by the constancy & visibility of The Moon. Find her work: www.psychopompcreative.com/about

A person with long blonde hair sits indoors, holding a small instant photograph in front of their face. They wear a dark jacket with visible stitching and have tattoos on one forearm. The photograph partially obscures their face. The image has a soft, grainy, vintage aesthetic with cool blue and muted pink tones.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 12/08/2026

happy new moon in Leo & solar eclipse! we will be sharing news about preorders for The Moon issue in the coming weeks — subscribe to our Substack for updates! therebis.substack.com

Depths Tarot card featuring The Moon, which is two watercolor circles intertwined. One dark gray and one light blue and peach. The card is balanced on a stone.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 07/08/2026

Our contributor series continues with Everix Machan, a queer, transgender, autistic undergraduate poet & theatre maker from Wisconsin. He often writes about angels and godliness, body horror, and times of transition. Read his work here: linktr.ee/everix7writes

Everix Machan holds up a Moon tarot card from Ethereal Visions: Illuminated Tarot Deck by Matt Hughes

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 05/08/2026

A glimpse into the making of The Moon... Here's a behind-the-scenes shot from the studio of our Creative Director, Xaviera Lopez. An early sketch, a wall of notes, and the beginnings of one of the original artworks you'll discover inside our upcoming issue. We can't wait to share more soon.

A minimalist white desk with an iPad displaying a line drawing of two wolves wrestling in a digital illustration app. An Apple Pencil rests nearby, while a mug holds paintbrushes and a few pencils lie on the desk. Above the workspace, a neat grid of handwritten notes is taped to the wall, suggesting storyboarding or creative planning.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 31/07/2026

Our contributor spotlight series continues with Lexie Rose, a poet who will have two poems in our upcoming anthology. Check out her phenomenal writing here: www.lexierose.com

Poet Lexie Rose holds up a Moon card from the Muse tarot

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 28/07/2026

Contributor Spotlight: Cassandra Tankó is a visual artist living and working in Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyang / Montréal. Two of her pieces will be in our upcoming Moon issue! Some of her work tagged below + check out her site here: cassandraopeia.com

Cassandra Tanko holds up the Moon Rider Waite Smith tarot card

A painting titled Flower Meditation (Quartz) by Cassandra Tanko

A painting titled Hope Amidst Despair (2020) by Cassandra Tanko

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 24/07/2026

Meet Eve Bridges, a UK based artist & one of our contributors for the Moon issue. Eve highlights the significance of forgotten images, the people, places and moments entombed within, through layering of textures. Some examples shared here. Follow Eve here: www.instagram.com/eveillustrat...

Eve Bridges holds up The Moon tarot card

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 20/07/2026

Our contributor series continues with @atarahi.bsky.social! In their own words, their work is "one-part gentle recollection, two-parts ardent lyric, and entirely Black." We are honored to be publishing a poem by Atarah in our Moon issue. Follow their work here: atarahi.my.canva.site/portfolio

A picture of Atarah Lael holding up the Moon tarot card.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 16/07/2026

Continuing our contributor spotlight series with Emily Caulfield (@dearem.bsky.social), a writer, visual artist and filmmaker. For our Moon issue, Emily wrote a surreal short story titled, "How to Name Your Dog." ⁠You can find more of her work here: www.patreon.com/cw/DearEmily

Pictured here: Emily holding up The Moon from Tarot Original 1909.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 08/07/2026

Contributor spotlight 🌙✨ Mara Adamitz Scrupe is an environmental installation artist, writer and documentary filmmaker. Her poem "after hours" will be featured in our Moon issue. Read her work: scrupe.com

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 03/07/2026

Contributor Spotlight! Camaray Davalos (Payómkawichum) is a writer/filmmaker/collagist whose work explores Indigenous environmental & social issues, as well as the complexities of gender roles and identity. Camaray explores those themes with her essay and "The Male Moon" in our upcoming issue.

Camaray Davalos holds up a tarot card she made titled The Moon using mixed media collage

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 25/06/2026

Meet Jerod Barker, an illustrator and designer who's work, titled "Dreams," graces the pages of our next issue. ⁠ He likes to create a sense of motion in his work and tries to activate viewers’ non-visual senses. Learn more about him: www.jerodbarker.com #litmag #literarymagazine #illustrator

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 22/06/2026

Continuing our contributor spotlight series for The Rebis with Rikki Horvatic: zinester, writer, and collage artist featured in our upcoming Moon issue. We'll be featuring two of her collages! See more of Rikki's work at starmoth.substack.com

A photograph of Rikki Horvatic holding up a Moon tarot card

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 16/06/2026

A sneak peek of our Moon issue 👀 know we're being a tease, but we just couldn't help ourselves. In the final stages of layout work before sending this lunar baby to the printer for a fall release. Can't wait to reveal more. #literarymagazine #litmag #litmaglife #litmags#writingcommunity #printmag

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 12/06/2026

Continuing our contributor spotlight series with Tiffany Foster, a London-based artist who investigates memory and embodiment through distinctive, often disorienting perspectives that challenge familiar ways of seeing. www.tfosterart.com

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 01/06/2026

Our Moon issue contributor spotlight series continues with Layla Holzer, a UK-based illustrator, working with themes of folklore, folk traditions & the natural world. Layla creates through print, ceramics + jewelery, bringing together detailed drawing with bold color and pattern. laylaholzer.com

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 27/05/2026

Raymond Brunell @raymondbrunell.bsky.social is a fiction writer and MFA candidate in Fiction at Southern New Hampshire University. ⁠We're publishing his short story "Twenty-Eight Parts Per Thousand" in our upcoming Moon issue! Learn more about Raymond here: www.unbound-atlas.com/about/

Pictured here: a Moon card Raymond Brunell made, drawing on traditional tarot iconography—the towers, the water, the crescent moon—but created as an original illustration by contributor

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 20/05/2026

Meet our Moon anthology contributors! Today we're celebrating Avril Shakira Villar, a writer and youth leader from the Philippines. She is the author of "I Live Because I Almost Died," and an alumna of WriteGirl LA. Learn more about her here: avriiilshakiiira.wixsite.com/my-personal-website

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 14/04/2026

The Moon card shows a crayfish making its way to shore, highlighting the truth we know about ourselves in the deepest oceans of our subconscious. So the question is: are we going to run with the wolves, free & howling... or allow the false promise of comfort to pull us back? Image: Camena Tarot

The Moon card from Camena Tarot. Illustrated tarot card of The Moon (XVIII): a pale, three-faced feminine figure stands between a wolf and a dog, each howling upward. She holds two mirrors reflecting different profiles of her face, suggesting duality and self-reflection. A glowing triple moon symbol hovers above her head. At her feet, a red crayfish emerges from rippling water. The background is dark and atmospheric, with a path leading into the distance, evoking mystery, intuition, and the subconscious.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 02/03/2026

Thanks to our readers, The Rebis raised $1,555 in net sales over the past month, which we have donated as promised to @immigrantjustice.bsky.social, whose life-saving work supports immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers facing escalating violence, detention, and deportation.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 30/01/2026

The Rebis will be participating in the nationwide shutdown on Jan 30. Our online shop will be closed. We are a not-for-profit publication and redistribute to social justice orgs. For the month of February, all profits made from anthology sales will be donated to @immigrantjustice.bsky.social.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 21/01/2026

Thank you for featuring us in your latest newsletter, @chillsubs.bsky.social and for the beautiful things you said about our tarot themed #literarymagazine! 😭❤️ We are open for submissions till Feb 17! therebis.com/pages/submis... #callforsubmissions #litmag

Screenshot of a call for submissions for The Rebis tarot literary magazine

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 21/11/2025

$6K redistributed from sales of The Rebis this year, and $14,500 total since 2022! Thank you to everyone who supports this mission. Here's a lil community update for more details: therebis.substack.com/p/the-devil-...

A screenshot of a donation receipt to the Sogorea Te Land Trust for $2k

A screenshot of a donation receipt to the National Network of Abortion Funds for $2k

A screenshot of a donation receipt to Liberated Capital for $2k

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 05/11/2025

Los Angeles! Join us Sat. 11/15 at 4pm at Philosophical Research Society for an intimate conversation about The Devil w/ @the-red-read.bsky.social. @beescolnick.bsky.social @feminnis.bsky.social @hannaheve.com Every ticket comes with a copy of our Devil issue! www.eventbrite.com/e/dealing-wi...

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 23/10/2025

A Dead Kennedys inspired #tarot spread for these times.⁠ ⁠ Featured in our latest issue and created by @megjoneswall.bsky.social. Pull one card for each position anytime you need to embrace rebellion, think for yourself, or fight a Nazi. Stay safe out there + raise some hell.

A magazine spread from The Rebis displays a tarot spread titled "NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF!", with two card pulls being "PUNK MEANS THINKING FOR YOURSELF" and "WE AIN'T TRYING TO BE POLICE".

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 21/10/2025

#LosAngeles friends! Join us 11/15 at 4pm at Philosophical Research Society for an intimate conversation about The Devil w/ @the-red-read.bsky.social. @beescolnick.bsky.social @feminnis.bsky.social @hannaheve.com Every ticket comes with a copy of our Devil issue! www.eventbrite.com/e/dealing-wi...

Promo for an event on the Devil Major Arcana card at Philosophical Research Society with The Rebis, Christopher Marmolejo, Maria Minnis, and Rebecca Scolnick, moderated by Hannah Levy.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 18/10/2025

Witches have #NoKings ❤️‍🔥 Come out today to Sunshine Prophecy in #Oakland ~ community & art making & witchy wares. We'll be here till 5pm. modernwitches.org/magical-mark...

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 15/10/2025

In her essay for The Devil, Laetitia Barbier challenges our notions on certainty & makes a case for a David Lynchian approach to #tarot reading. Read the full essay in The Devil, our fourth anthology. 120 pages of writing + art devoted to this archetype. Shipping now! therebis.com/products/devil

"Tarot lives in liminality, not rigidity. Meaning isn't locked into symbols or the dot-connecting, it's made in the space betwixt and between, the dreamy Lynchian space. If your system can't survive a color shift, it's not divination-it might be the chains of The Devil."

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 15/10/2025

The Devil never looked this good... 🌹🐍 In our fourth print anthology, we ask: What happens when we make art not only ~in~ the shadows, but ~with~ them? Can we allow beauty to emerge from the grotesque?⁠ ⁠ Check out this issue here: therebis.com/products/devil Art by @xavieralopez.bsky.social

Illustration of a large red rose against a black circle with a gradient background. A blue snake coils around the rose stem, adding a mystical feel.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 14/10/2025

Reviews are rolling in! ❤️‍🔥 We've loved seeing where The Devil ends up and we're so grateful to our readers for supporting this project.

Pink silhouette of a human figure with abstract elements on a grey background, featuring a quote praising "The Rebis" magazine for its artistic and spiritual content, attributed to reader Lesley F.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 14/10/2025

#Oakland #BayArea folks - join us at A Magical Marketplace on Saturday, Oct 18th from 11-5 at The Sunshine Prophecy. We'll be there cheering on folks protesting in the No Kings March, come after to hang! Come get witchy, celebrate local artists, and connect with intuitive guidance.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 10/09/2025

Meet Aliya Bree Hall, a lesbian author, freelance journalist, and founder of Sapphic Stories Book Club: Queer & Feminist Tales. Her essay in our Devil issue is an intimate exploration of memory, shame, and trauma—and how she is learning to court pleasure. Out now! www.therebis.com/products/devil

A person with long curly hair, wearing a green sweater, smiles brightly while holding up a tarot card. The card depicts The Devil, illustrated as a woman in a red polka-dotted dress sitting on a mushroom, with a spiderweb in the background.

quote card with a cream background and a gold decorative flourish at the top. The text reads:
“I've only pulled The Devil card twice. The first was days before I embarked on a painful but necessary journey through my memory, and the second was in its reversal form at the end of that lunar year. It's a deeply personal card to me, and with it showing up in my life when and how it did, it's hard not to interpret the card as an embodiment of trauma. But I think, more than that, The Devil is a reminder of the pattern of shame and guilt that I have punished myself with, and shows me I'm capable of moving through that.” –Aliya Bree Hall

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 08/09/2025

Stephanie Adams-Santos & Anna Barouh Davis return as Rebis contributors! They created a ritual guide for our Devil anthology—one that will take you on a journey of initiation and transformation, where we shed old skin, and embrace what is emergent: our dreaming, our becoming.

A person with curly dark hair, a septum piercing, and a patterned shirt covered in strawberry shapes holds up a tarot card, The Devil (XV). The card shows a horned, goat-like figure with one knee raised, surrounded by abstract shapes. A mounted animal head is visible on the wall behind them. The image is in black and white.

A person with brown hair in a braid and bangs, wearing a patterned cardigan and white top, smiles while holding up a tarot card called 'The Devil.' Behind them are artworks on the wall, including a large blue abstract figure, a framed photograph, and a pencil drawing of a person wearing sunglasses and a sports bra.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 05/09/2025

The Devil anthology is now available for preorder! 120 pages, 38 writers + artists exploring power, rebellion, desire, shadow work & more. Ships in early Oct. Profits support social justice orgs. Get your copy: www.therebis.com/products/devil

A person holds a magazine titled “The Rebis” with a bold red cover. The artwork features a surreal illustration of a human figure entwined with a goat, dragon wings, and botanical elements like grapes and leaves. At the bottom, the words “Tarot Creative Writing Art” are printed. The magazine rests on a light gray surface with crystals and a smoky quartz obelisk in the background.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 03/09/2025

COVER REVEAL! Designed and illustrated by @xavieralopez.bsky.social, the cover for our fourth anthology is inspired by Devil themes: Jungian ideas of duality and the Shadow, eroticism, alchemical transformation, underworld mythologies, and gods + goddesses from religious and pagan traditions.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 02/09/2025

Are you ready to meet The Devil? Preorders open soon! 120 pages of writing + art from 38 contributors. This isn't your average #litmag. It's a ritual object... & we can't wait to share it with you. Sign up for our mailing list: therebis.substack.com Inside cover art by @xavieralopez.bsky.social

A bold red silhouette against a black background, depicting a surreal fusion of forms: the head of a horned goat, abstract branching shapes with circular ends, floral and plant-like tendrils, and animal limbs. The overlapping shapes create a dense, mysterious, otherworldly mass.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 02/09/2025

Meet @larisanjou.bsky.social, a multidisciplinary artist based in Anjou, France. A daughter of the Puerto Rican diaspora, her work explores histories through a vibrant visual language that she calls Domestic Psychedelia. For The Rebis, she created a beautiful linoprint illustration of The Devil.

A person with long brown hair lies on the ground, gazing upward with a playful expression. Resting in their hair is the tarot card Le Diable (The Devil) from the Marseille deck, showing a horned figure with two smaller chained figures. The person wears red lipstick and a gold septum ring.

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 28/08/2025

Meet @beescolnick.bsky.social, who wrote a delicious essay for The Rebis about The Devil through the lens of reality dating show "Love Island"—exploring what keeps us chained to cultural myths of love/relationships/dating & what it means to watch and empower others behaving in monstrous ways 👀

a person wearing sunglasses and a beige hat that says “FRIEND OF DEATH” holds up a tarot card, The Devil (XV). They are making a playful grimace, sticking their tongue out slightly. The card illustration shows two puppet-like figures controlled by large hands above them, with a red pentagram at the center.

A text graphic with a decorative gold flourish at the top and bottom reads:
“‘The Devil shows us where we feel trapped. It especially reveals situations where our feelings might not match the facts. But there’s such humanity in this experience; such an innocent desire to break free, to be happy, to be loved. And The Devil sure is a character we love. For better, and for worse. Our beloved tricksters and trappers encourage us to stray from the light. They invite us to be bad; to have fun, maybe, but also to be damned.’ –Rebecca ‘Bee’ Scolnick.”

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine @therebis.com · 27/08/2025

Welcoming back @thewordwitch.bsky.social to the Rebis as a contributor! They wrote an incredible essay about The Devil & transgender liberation that we can't wait for you to read. Here they share thoughts about their experience starting testosterone and how the Devil has supported their journey. 🤍

Person with short blonde hair and glasses holding a Tarot card labeled "The Devil." They wear a black shirt and have tattoos. Bright, indoor setting.

Inspirational quote on embracing liberation and personal exploration from The Devil card, emphasizing courage in overcoming societal norms.

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