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???, To creatives, from WONKY director Adam Benjamin Clifford to The Estate of Andy The Furniture
Maker, for (c) permission to reproduce from his archive, alongside experimental work
from a range of contributors who prefer to remain anonymous, such as AC (Sterling,
Editor PP Hartnett and graphics designer Ryan Clark created the
Scotland).
largest ever LGBTQIA+ flyers and poster campaign for this Queer
Lit Special 2025, overseen by publisher Jake Rockard of
'Winning The Hartnett Queer Lit Short Story Award 2025, Dublin-based Anne
XXXPOSURE. Marie Molloy surprised with her snapshot story home i thought.'

'Over the course of six months, there were just over two thousand submissions
received and my editorial decision was simple, I wanted material that would feel
‘I wanted to create a visual vibe that felt somewhere between
unexpectedly riveting and relevant to readers. I wasn't in search of pieces that felt
like one thousand piece jigsaw puzzles, whoa no, my hope was more for
online fetish site, dungeon fuck club and CCTV riot footage,’ says
PP Hartnett. minimal moments.'

'As a Queer Lit Editor, I'm drawn to subject matter that others would run from. Rather
than grouping weary and dreary long-recognised names that have been around for
years (and years, my dears) the hope is always to offer a valuable publishing
The approach? Speedy DIY. Balaclavas were sourced from a
opportunity to an emerging brave new wave of raw and real voices.'
military outlet in Northern Ireland, scanned at 600 dpi in a
Dumfries photocopy shop. In terms of production, we pumped the

prints out by a standard high street machine on Fine Art card,
without any Photoshop messin’ about. Absolutely no enhancing.
No boosting of contrast, no sharpening, no fussin’ about with
colour.’

‘There’s a nod towards the late 70s Cambridge Rapist mask t-shirt
designed by Vivienne Westwood and Malcom McLaren of
Seditionaries, at the height of their Punk Rock period, which

deserves to be acknowledged.’

Above: First flyer, printing error