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Issue I · Inaugural

Cover of The Submission Fetish, Volume 1: an ink and watercolour eye, its pupil a black burst of tendrils, with a small figure standing at the top of a ladder that rises from the lower lash line into the iris.
Issue I · Inaugural

The Submission Fetish

Vol. 1 / Fall 2026

The first gathering of the record: 31 offerings from 28 voices, each published in full and read in the open. What follows is the issue.

Cover art by Victoria Mansberger Schoen
35 · Poetry

Pretty if thin

Anonymous
Residency Candidate8 minVol. 1
34 · Poetry

Three Attempts At Being Here

Victoria Mansberger Schoen
Residency Candidate10 minVol. 1
33 · Fiction

The Mask Slips

Scott Waldyn
In the Archive23 minVol. 1
32 · Poetry

Constitutional

Gary Glauber
In the Archive7 minVol. 1
31 · Fiction

This Is Not a Drill

R.K. Patel
In the Archive19 minVol. 1
28 · Poetry

Each of us carry different identities

Tush
In the Archive8 minVol. 1
27 · Poetry

Pitter patter

JIYA shaikh
In the Archive6 minVol. 1
26 · Collage

Ghosts

Nasta Martyn
Residency Candidate6 platesVol. 1
24 · Creative Nonfiction

Back in Black

Daniel Miltz
In the Archive12 minVol. 1
23 · Poetry

Ode to a Grandmother

SP Singh
In the Archive8 minVol. 1
22 · Fiction

SIXTEEN MURDERERS

Ciarán McAlinden
In the Archive34 minVol. 1
20 · Poetry

Riverine

Tanmay Dhar
In the Archive7 minVol. 1
19 · Prose Poem

Revelation 3: 20

Mike Nichols
In the Archive8 minVol. 1
18 · Poetry

The real maniac (“The blood will spill”)

Dawn
In the Archive7 minVol. 1
17 · Poetry

Crackpot

Terry Wolverton
In the Archive9 minVol. 1
16 · Poetry

Transmigration

Terry Wolverton
In the Archive8 minVol. 1
15 · Prose Poem

Confessions of a Renegade Chef

Kichul Kim
In the Archive8 minVol. 1
14 · Poetry

Accidents Do Happen

John Grey
In the Archive8 minVol. 1
13 · Poetry

Woman in a Twist

John Grey
In the Archive8 minVol. 1
12 · Poetry

I Remember That Fire

John Grey
In the Archive8 minVol. 1
11 · Poetry

A Shackled Liberty

Yusuf Amusa OWOLABI
In the Archive6 minVol. 1
10 · Poetry

Lifeline

Jimmy Lisotto
In the Archive8 minVol. 1
09 · Prose Poem

My Booyah Moon

Lauren Scharhag

after Lisey’s Story, by Stephen King

In the Archive8 minVol. 1
08 · Poetry

Knowing A Language

L.G. Testa
In the Archive6 minVol. 1
07 · Poetry

A Blue Moon Spell & The Lodestone of Love

Debaleena Mukherjee
In the Archive7 minVol. 1
06 · Poetry

Three Poems

Eamonn Stewart
In the Archive8 minVol. 1
05 · Poetry

The constant degradation

Marge Piercy
In the Archive5 minVol. 1
04 · Poetry

Admire the Creator in His Creatures

Melissa Gish

Lazarus Colloredo, Paris, c. 1638.

Residency Candidate7 minVol. 1
03 · Poetry

The Piece Entrusted to Me

Agnes Thorn
In the Archive4 minVol. 1
02 · Prose Poem · Foundational Myth

Instructions for the Gate

D. R. Almeida
Systemic Code6 minVol. 1
01 · Essay

The Glass Ledger

Imogen Calloway
In the Archive6 minVol. 1
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