It’s that time of year again, and we are excited to open up our submissions for this fourth and final issue of the year, Anthology III!

 

Just like last year, this issue does not have a theme, and we encourage our writers, sculptors, painters, photographers, graphic designers, tailors, tinkerers, crochet fiends and all the other wonderful creatives in our community to simply send in their best, their favourite work. 

 

Stuck for ideas? Have a read of some of the prompts below to kick start your creative flow!

 

• What is something you find unexpectedly attractive or arousing in a partner?

 

• Can an eldritch horror experience love, sex and gender?

 

• Do you have a favourite story from an encounter where someone thought you were straight/cis/allo?

 

• How far have you ever travelled to go on a date? Did it go well?

 

• Can you think of an unexpected non-sexual situation where a dildo or fleshlight might solve a problem or come in useful?

 

• Who is/was the most interesting or talked about member of your family? Are the comments positive or negative? What has been your experience of them?

 

• Can you imagine an alien species that has zero sex or gender variants in the same way some earth fauna do? Can you imagine how that would impact their society?

 

• When was the last time you experienced compersion toward another person’s joy?

 

• Three can be quite a significant number in pop culture, mythology and superstition. Three pigs, three eyes, three witches, three sisters, three sons etc. What do you think it is about the number 3 that inspires this?

 

• Do you have something quite unique about your body that you’re proud or self-conscious of? Such as Alopecia, Vitiligo, hyper flexibility, additional/missing nipples, fingers or toes, oddly shaped birthmark or an injury that healed in an interesting way?

 

• What changes do you think social media has brought to your life? Which changes are good, which are bad? Have you ever taken steps to limit or change your social media use?

 

• What book or TV show did you encounter that led you to realise your own queerness? Did it feature a scene or character that is explicitly LGBTQIA+ or did you resonate with something in it unexpectedly?

 

• If you could choose the exact afterlife you wanted to experience, what would it look like? Would it be similar to the afterlives suggested by a religion or an ancient culture like Egypt or Greece? Would it be just another form of life with equally complex features?

 

• It’s often said that people who are homophobic/transphobic are queer in some way themselves but can’t accept or process it. How do you feel about this statement? Do you have personal examples of it being true or false?