A literary magazine celebrating America’s Rust Belt. Publishing poetry and fiction from the Rust Belt and around the world.

Joined January 2020
The world has felt a lot more unprecedented lately, & we’re not having it. So we’ve been hiding from it all with your PRECEDENTED TIMES subs. Thanks to everyone who shared their work with us! You’ll be hearing from us shortly so keep your email alerts on #litmag 📸@hannah_levine
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Thank you to everyone who submitted to our PRECEDENTED TIMES issue. Submissions are now closed as we review all your lovely work. #litmag
Be Jolly! There’s still one more day to submit your PRECEDENTED TIMES submissions! Don’t miss out! Send us your poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, photography, and visual art today for a chance to be featured in our next issue! 📸Latrach Med Jamil #litmag #lastday #submission
To all who are celebrating, we hope the Hanukkah candles shine a bright light of joy, love, miracles, and redemption on this last night of the Festival of Lights. #litmag #hanukkah2021 #hanukkah
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one of my pet peeves is the belief that a poem is just a more complicated way of saying something you could say plainly. no. at its best, every line of a poem is actually the simplest way you could say something—it’s just that the something is complicated & strange & alive.
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Can you believe it’s already December? This year really has been a whirlwind! Finish it out strong by sending us your PRECEDENTED TIMES poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, and photography today!⁠ ⁠ 📸@jeffreyblum #litmag #december2021 #snow
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Okay, with Omicron we may have jumped the gun on our PRECEDENTED TIMES issue, but we can still hope, right? Maybe curling up with a book while the snow falls around us is one form of precedented times anyway? What’s your cozy way of living life precedented?⁠ ⁠ 📸Paola Chaaya⁠
We know this week is filled with a lot of emotions for everyone, but we wanted to take a moment to practice gratitude and say thank you to the readers, writers, and creative minds who help make the Electric Rail a reality every issue. 📸Krakenimages
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May your holiday be filled with peace, love, and the people with whom you most like to spend your time. #litmag #grateful #Thanksgiving
The moon is going to do some cool things tonight and we’re here for it. Any other lunar lovers out there ready to be inspired by the moon’s red glow? 📸@javardH #litmag #moon #LunarEclipse
Sometimes it’s good to just take stock of where we are in life. We’re going on almost 2 years of pandemic life, the world is getting warmer, and life may seem uncertain and unplanable, but we still have cozy artistic spaces and people we care about to make it all a little easier.
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Take a moment; what are you grateful for as we head back towards PRECEDENTED TIMES? 📸Jonathan Ansel Moy de Vitry #litmag #artistic
Do you ever like to ride your bike as far as your legs will take you and see what you find on the other side? 📸Benigno Hoyuela #litmag
The US is open again for travelers and we’re just itching to go places! Where will you go first in these new PRECEDENTED TIMES? Reminder: Submissions are open for our Precedented Times issue! Send us your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, and art today! 📸@jeshootscom
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Okay, we know it’s early to be hanging wreaths, but with the holidays upon us and vaccinations up, we don’t mind a little extra cheer in November. Just think, PRECEDENTED TIMES are right around the corner! 📸@anniespratt #litmag #holidayseason
Remember when falling in love was as easy as a good date after matching on the apps without checking vaccination status and comfort level? Well, those PRECEDENTED TIMES are coming again soon! ⁠Who's ready?⁠ ⁠ 📸@AMPRSNDPHOTO #litmag #fallinginlove #pandemicdating
PRECEDENTED TIMES give us art vibes. Who’s excited to go to galleries, explore the creative world, and get their art on together in the next few months?⁠ 📸Jessica Pamp #litmag #artgalleries #createtogether
Sometimes we wonder how the children around us will remember these times. Will what’s going on now still be unprecedented to them, or will these become their new PRECEDENTED TIMES? 📸Markus Spiske #litmag #forest