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#submissions for issue 20 of #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal open in a couple weeks. the previously announced theme has been rescinded and replaced with this #ClaudeCahun quote:

"Terror without end, or end without terror."
October 14, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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untitled #art #illustration by David Weigham on #ExistOtherwise #LitJOurnal
Stark illustration of a silhouette of four humans in business attire looking down on a desk of papers. they each have some kind of cap on their head, and all of them are connected together by a tube. The faces are all black with two white eyes. The effect is of a creepy sci-fi scene.
September 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Happy to share that my poem "Meet Me in the Dead Letter Office" has been published on Exist Otherwise this month @existotherwise.bsky.social #existotherwise You can read it here: existotherwise.com/meet-me-in-t... and the entire issue: existotherwise.com/tag/issue-19/
issue 19 - Exist Otherwise
"Tendency to push everything to the absolute, and thus: to the absurd." —Claude Cahun
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July 16, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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Issue #19 of #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal is live with #poetry #CreativeNonFiction #art #HybridWriting and more...

"Tendency to push everything to the absolute, and thus: to the absurd." — #ClaudeCahun
Exist Otherwise Literary & Art Journal
A Journal of Cancelled Confessions, Inspired by Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore
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July 14, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Issue 19 of #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal is live but the announcement doesn't go out for a few more hours, so here is a link to the almost no longer current Issue 18...

#ExperimentalWriting #poetry #essays #CreativeNonFiction #ProsePoetry #ClaudeCahun #MarcelMoore

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Issue 18 - Exist Otherwise
"I no longer exist? Perfect, now nothing can come between us!" —Claude Cahun
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July 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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"How Does War Affect the Stock Market?" is #DigitalArt by Cleomé Morra in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal

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Montage of a bombed out city in the background. There is a large primitive style humanoid figure in the top right, crudely drawn with an erect penis and a hatchet in its right hand. The hatchet seems to be shooting several small bomb/sperm shapes onto a crowd of small, similar figures with no arms. The are multiple large moons and skulls in the sky. The image depicts the insanity of war.
June 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Why Bother? is a photograph by #DeannaFaye in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal...

This is not it. To see the photograph, click through.

As a disabled artist who struggles with mental health issues, art is her way of navigating both the joy and despair of the human condition. Deanna is on instagram.
Why Bother?
photography by Deanna Faye
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May 20, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Have you had work published in our journal, #ExistOtherwise?

If so, please reply or tag us. We're putting together a bsky List of contributors...
May 20, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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existotherwise.com/villain/

art by #MikeDressel in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal

#CaudeCahun used masks often in her art and writing
Central image is a slick intense black mask with whited out eyes and three white stripes in [;ace of eyebrows and mouth. Behind the mask is a background of many red dots. There are three small patches of paper cutouts pasted on the mask. These read, in this order: “Villains know that they can’t trust each other.” “Did you expect to find this? A super hero?” “Fuck No!!”
April 29, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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yes, we have artwork in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal

this painting is by #SeaniceLenay

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Oil painting of mostly faceless brown bodies that are unclothed and partially obscured. Their limbs are entwined with grey snake-like shapes, and there are a few green Venus Fly Trap flower shapes in the mix. The image is surreal, sensual, dark, primitive, and haunting.
April 21, 2026 at 1:02 AM
existotherwise.bsky.social
Issue 18 of #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal officially publishes tomorrow, but here is the link for our social #WritingCommunity
Issue 18 - Exist Otherwise
"I no longer exist? Perfect, now nothing can come between us!" —Claude Cahun
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April 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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here's an essay i've been working on. it needs polishing, but i'm posting it less as #writing and more as one #MaleSurvivor speaking to another

for anyone interested in submitting to #ExistOtherwise, this is also an example of one kind of writing i like to publish

menhealing.blog/will-little-...
Will Little Eric Please Raise His Hand
The idea that all of us adults have an inner child is silly. Which is the point.
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April 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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moving back to #Mastodon
Exist Otherwise is Back (@existotherwise@writing.exchange)
586 Posts, 54 Following, 78 Followers · This old account is being revived. Bluesky is being enshittified too fast.
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March 31, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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PHEW!!!

I believe I have acknowledged all of the submissions for Issue 18 of #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal

Note, this does not mean I have made a final decision on your work. Just that I have sent a message telling you it was received.

Acceptance/Declination notices will be sent before April 1.
March 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM
existotherwise.bsky.social
"I always wanted to die young. But I’m still here. The fire is reduced to a smolder, but the ashes don’t blow away. We’re all still here, those of us who still are..."

#prose by Andrew London in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal

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The Politics of No Longer Starving
prose by Andrew London
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March 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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"The sound of a lockdown is much like a firetruck. A firetruck with a focused, robotic voice crunching through the loudspeaker after each deafening siren..."

prose by EA Kane in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal

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Seventh Period
prose by EA Kane
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February 17, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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"When I was little, I thought my ribs could swing wide, like a gate opening slow. That if I tried hard enough, I could let someone live inside..."

prose by Fendy S. Tulodo in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal

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How to Be a Room
prose by Fendy S. Tulodo
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February 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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#DigitalArt by Cleomé Morra in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal #JeanDarc

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“vous avez brûlé une sainte”
digital art by Cleomé Morra
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December 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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are you on #Fediverse / #Mastodon?

#ExistOtherwise #LitJournal (that's us) *is* social media

you can follow/read/comment and otherwise interact with all of our content here: @cc@existotherwise.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Elaine Freyja writes about "being in a flesh suit."

#NonBinary #poetry #ExistOtherwise

www.existotherwise.com/non-binary/
Non-Binary
poetry by Elaine Freyja
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October 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
existotherwise.bsky.social
Issue #16 of Exist Otherwise Literary & Art Journal is live.

The theme for this one is "Neuter is the Only Gender That Suits Me."

www.existotherwise.com/tag/issue-16/

#LitJournal #poetry #writing #ExistOtherwise
Issue 16 - Exist Otherwise
A Journal of Cancelled Confessions, Inspired by Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore
www.existotherwise.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
existotherwise.bsky.social
I believe I have responded to all submissions for Issue 16 as of a few minutes ago. If you submitted work for 16 and have NOT heard back from me, please reach out. We get a lot of submissions, and sometimes screw up. Don't ever take it personally.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Reminder that issues 1-12 of #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal are still available at their original home. We moved from Wordpress to Ghost beginning with issue 13, but we will keep all issues online as long as we're alive.

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Exist Otherwise – A Journal of Cancelled Confessions
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July 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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#flash #prose that makes you go, "hmmmm..."

Winter Thunder by Paul Kremsreiter on #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal

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Winter Thunder
Prose by Paul Kremsreiter
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July 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
existotherwise.bsky.social
Issue #15 of #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal is live for your viewing pleasure.

We are a journal of contemporary #writing, #poetry, and #art, inspired by #ClaudeCahun

The theme for this issue is "Soldier Without A Name"

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Exist Otherwise Literary & Art Journal
A Journal of Cancelled Confessions, Inspired by Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore
www.existotherwise.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM