One of the reasons Seize The Press exists is because contemporary short fantasy and science fiction tends to be dominated by middle class writers who don’t understand what it’s like to have never been economically comfortable, and it’s often reflected in the kinds of stories they tell. Take a look at the big awards for…
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From the Editor: Reflections on Seizing Our First Year by Jonny Pickering
When the first issue of Seize The Press launched in February 2022, it didn’t occur to me to have any expectations that people would read it. My only goal was to carve out a little space for dark, unsettling, and specifically uncomfortable stories in a short fiction landscape that tends towards the aspirational, the edifying…