“This painful and alluring moment captures something at the heart of the film, in which drinking is never consistently one thing or the other – good or bad, funny or tragic…” ‘Fun Destruction’ by Megan Nolan 🧷 softpunkmag.com/criticism/fun-…

This year has been both great and really rough — in most areas of life. i did however publish some essays that i am proud of. Thanks to Soft Punk for allowing me to write a brief history of culture and class in C20th Britain softpunkmag.com/criticism/good…

Soft Punk They also published this long personal essay on home, exile, class, and dislocation softpunkmag.com/essay/the-lang…

“The man stalked around our pyre, nudging stones, poking laths. ‘You shouldn’t be doing this,’ he said. ‘You shouldn’t be out here and you shouldn’t be doing this.’” A new short story, now online: "Malady Head" by @MoodyCorbett softpunkmag.com/fiction/malady…

"My spring, too, is gone— that is, until a teal-tufted bird breezes by the window and quivers midair." Three new poems by @xadamg, now online! softpunkmag.com/fiction/diptyc…

Read three new poems from @xadamg published on Soft Punk Magazine 🧷 softpunkmag.com/fiction/diptyc…

Happy New Year from Soft Punk Magazine ✨

NEW short story from Rob Moody-Corbett: ‘Malady Head’ 🧷 “Spiders, thin and grey, cringed through the looser stones, a wan light catching on their brittle bodies, bellies no broader than the drip of a pen.” softpunkmag.com/fiction/malady…

"Rosa was on her way out. All her bags were against the apartment door. She looked at the thermostat. A home is a home is a home is a home outside your own." Now available from Issue 5: "Development," a short story by Frani O'Toole. softpunkmag.com/fiction/develo…

Brand new short story ‘Development’ by Frani O’Toole 🧷 softpunkmag.com/fiction/develo…

“One cup of coffee and eighteen sugar cubes are served. The friends embrace. Less an impact than a friction.” Now online from Issue 5: "After Seventeen Years, a Reunion" by Jakob Guanzon softpunkmag.com/fiction/after-…

‘After Seventeen Years, A Reunion’ ⚡️ Brand new short story by Jakob Guanzon 🧷 live now on the website. softpunkmag.com/fiction/after-…

“I watched Fredy. He must’ve been in his forties. Face lined and weathered, but bright, youthful eyes. I wondered when the last time he cried was.” Now online: “Fredy from the Bar,” a short story by Sara Luzuriaga. softpunkmag.com/fiction/fredy-…

Saying goodbye today to something I've absolutely loved working on. A big, heartfelt thank you to everyone who has read Soft Punk and written for us.

Very sad to see that Soft Punk is shutting up shop after just 6 issues. I'm immensely proud of the two essays i wrote for them – essays that they picked up and took a risk on when many others wouldn't. It was an honour to be in their pages

Sad to see Soft Punk go: a supple, youthful, broadly conceived platform that encouraged a more interesting kind of writing. Its possibilities will be missed by writers as much as readers.

In light of Soft Punk's formal shuttering, I'd love to share a handful of pieces that I had the pleasure of editing. The first that comes to mind is Shaan Sachdev's profile of/salvo against Joe Biden, printed just before the election: softpunkmag.com/essay/terrifyi…