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Come celebrate our first issue, we're having an event! Join us!

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June 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM

Folkloric

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Mel Reeve is the author of the short story "Endless Sleep", which we are proud to be publishing in our first issue. Read the entire interview with Mel on our Patreon.

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June 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM

Folkloric

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The sea is to be feared and respected.

#litmag #folklore 💙📚 #oracle #prediction

June 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM

Folkloric

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NGL I wanna be an oracle at Delphi

#litmag #folklore 💙📚 #oracle #prediction

May 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM

Folkloric

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If an adult told me that they had found a unicorn in a park and was standing next to said unicorn, I would not have questioned it, tbh

#litmag #folklore 💙📚 #unicorns

May 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM

Folkloric

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What does this have to do with our litmag, you ask? Well, why are you asking so many questions??

#litmag #folklore 💙📚 #parenting

May 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM

Folkloric

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I hate it when I lose my great-grandpa on an Alaskan exploration.

#litmag #folklore 💙📚 #ancestors #alaska

May 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM

Folkloric

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Is it taboo to post videos on here? Because we have some videos we think are funny. We... we're gonna post them anyway and just roll with the taboo.

#litmag #folklore 💙📚 #santa #toothfairy

May 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM

Folkloric

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Throughout time and different cultures, there have always been stories of people who have done wrong things and gotten punished for them. Like the unpronounceable Sisyphus.

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May 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM

Folkloric

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You might be wandering through the Slavic forests one day and meet a mossy little guy. Read out to find out what to do next.

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#litmag #folklore 💙📚

May 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM

Folkloric

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One of my favorite folkloric creatures is the Leshiy. Be nice and offer him some tobacco and he will teach you how to communicate with animals, but fuck around and he will get your Slavic ass lost in the forest forever.

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May 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM

Folkloric

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Humanity loves the World Turtle. It has everything: animals, mystery, a journey, flat-earth-ness. Perhaps this is why the myth is found in Hindu, Chinese, Lenape, Iroquois, and Anishinaabe mythologies.

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#litmag #folklore 💙📚

April 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM

Folkloric

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The Celts noticed the occasional but inexplicable shooting pains through a muscle or joint with no obvious source or reason. They attributed this to elfshot. They literally believed that this pain came from an elf shooting you with an invisible arrow. Honestly, this is some sound logic.

April 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM

Folkloric

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Throughout mythology and folklore, witches seem to have a more disruptive underlying role when it comes to time and the nature of reality. They manifest this role through curses and prophecy.

#litmag #folklore 💙📚 #witchcraft

April 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM

Folkloric

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Cats are not the people-pleasing, boot-licking, police-collaborating narcs that are dogs. They INFECT US WITH CAT-LOVING BACTERIA. And they look cool while they do it. They are the animal version of cigarettes in that way. Can you think of anything cooler than a black cat smoking a cig? Me neither.

April 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM

Folkloric

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Le Guin’s speculative fiction is not just about escape—it is about return. She once said, ""We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings."

#litmag #folklore 💙📚 #ursulakleguin

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March 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM

Folkloric

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Last day!
Submit here: forms.gle/Cti8ciVYWqLA...

#litmag #folklore 💙📚 #callforsubs #submissioncall #literarymagazinesubmissions #opencall #callforentries #callforsubmissions #artwork #shortstories

March 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM

Folkloric

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Just a wee reminder of what tickles our fancy.

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March 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM

Folkloric

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We are practically BURSTING with excitement at the prospect of reading your submissions. But, like not in a weird way. In a very cool, normal way.

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March 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM

Folkloric

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Get ready, people!

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March 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM

Folkloric

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I could go on and on about holidays and folkloric traditions in Christian societies that have been stolen or adapted from pagan ones. In the US and Canada, however, we have bastardized this into a prophetic rodent.

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