
Dear writers, artists, and friends,
Your favorite hypocrites are back at it again! After the success of
SYMPTOMS, we're excited to announce the theme for our January issue:
PROPHECIES.
We're seeking pitches for writing and art related to visions, revelations, dreams, divination, prognostication, prognoses, and predictions. Think,
for instance:
- Biblical exegesis
- The timeline of the far future
- Cults & cult leaders
- The artist as prophet
- Modeling the effects of climate change
- QAnon
- Greek tragedies
- Empire of Dreams
- Baba Vanga
- Millenarianism
- "The post-pandemic [fill in the blank]"
- Tiresias's sex changes
- Nate Silver and political pollsters
- Cassandra
- The Parable of the Sower
- Eschatology
- Hegel, Benjamin, history, & teleology
- William Blake
- Nostradamus
- The Matrix
- Imagining a world after capitalism
- The trope of the blind seer
- Mysticism versus prophecy
- Prefigurative politics
- Televangelism
Circulate this call widely! Tell friends and nemeses! And don't forget to send us your pitches by
November 15th. We pay––stay tuned for information about our next fundraising drive.
Hypocritically yours,
Cat, Kit, Piper, Sandy, and Erica