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Check out The Prison Issue at sentencedlit.com/te.15092025....

We recently received a surprising email applying to be the CEO of Sentenced. We were wary at first, but the applicant promised to increase our ROI by over 10 million percent. Needless to say, we accepted. sentencedlit.com/gc.15092025....

It’s not commonly known that John Lennon also imagined a world without pee shame. This inspired Remi Dawns @wordlelover.bsky.social to write “Urine Prison.” Dawns’ writing usurps Lennon’s myopic, vague outlook in a way that's not as gross as you’d expect. read now sentencedlit.com/rd.15092025....

very time we think we know what’s good for other people, a rude awakening follows. Next time it happens, you’ll remember this story. And it will. Read "Notes by the Guy Who Stands at the Exit of the Prison and Locks the Door" by Bill Kemmler sentencedlit.com/bk.15092025.... photo by Tobias Backman

Out of the frying pan, into the fire - that’s what it probably feels like stepping out of the prison bus and onto the soil right in front of a prison. Reading this piece may help you understand this, if only a little. Read “Prison: Chapter 1” by Sebastian Corvette sentencedlit.com/sc.15092025....

Yes, I wrote a piece in this entitled "Prison - Chapter 1". Yes, it's about prison. Yes, THAT prison. The place where evil folks go to get punished... Yeah. No, I did not do research for this - prison is in quite a few movies, TVs, and book Any other questions? sentencedlit.com/sc.15092025....

Being a reader and a writer is a life sentence. We are all, in a sense, cellmates. To celebrate our union, our first issue, "Sentenced to Prison" is now live on the website. sentencedlit.com/te.15092025.... @plethodon.bsky.social @wordlelover.bsky.social

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This story had me chuckling non-stop in the car last week, with my companions having to ask me what was so funny. enjoy this story by @wordlelover.bsky.social and accompanying photo by moi

Are you an expert on relationship and gender politics? Sadly, the paradigm just shifted again, and you need therapy. Try Political Therapy, by Gal Gore Chagall sentencedlit.com/ggc.01092025...

Seduction by easy knowledge of the familiar and the safe will leave you with your emotions and internal organs on the outside in Lamstak Housiko Jr.'s "Warm Hearts" t.co/9nQmecKcQ7

Sit yourself down between longing and self-denial and savor the absurdity of circumstance in Ernest Perfect's "Dinner," now available at sentencedlit.com/ep.01092025....

Whether you read at a kindergarten level, at a third grade level, or at another level entirely, there's something here for everyone. I will have something in the next issue, but it was deemed "too subversive" for issue #0

You must check this out. If you can guess the story I wrote I will venmo you some spare change.

Sentenced is a trend-setting anarchist collective in the vein of K-Hole, InDecline, The Jogging, and Hipster Runoff. They're responsible for some of the most resonant 2020s culture, and now they bring you their Soft Skills with the soft-launch of "Sentenced," an online lit mag.