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issue 07 — pandora’s box

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chapters 01 — 07 / 2024 - 2026

Antler Velvet is a digital arts magazine— a wild terrain for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. We embrace works of all kinds without constraints. Inspired by 19th-century Romantics and the art nouveau, antler velvet is a gathering place for creative expression, new ideas with old souls, and uncompromising emerging voices.

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🗃️ THE BOX IS OPEN 🗃️ antler velvet issue 7: pandora’s box is out now! find it on our website or via the link in our bio 📦 thank you for your support, and we hope you enjoy 🦌
our issue 7 contributors! thank you so much for submitting your work this round and for allowing our editors to review such beautiful material. ‘pandora’s box’ is a splendid issue thanks to all of you 📜🪞🤍
PRODUCTION DELAYS: our small team is chipping away at issue 7! please be patient while we format and frame your work with original illustrations, layout, and cover designs 🖼️
THE BOX IS CLOSED. thank you for sharing all of your artistic sparks and escapist fantasies. we’ll get back to you soon ✉️ #antlervelvetmagazine #literarymagazine
ONE DAY LEFT. GET OUT OF YOUR BOX QUICKLY 📦 #antlervelvetmagazine #literarymagazine
THE THEME: PANDORA’S BOX NOW OPEN UNTIL THE 15TH 📦 #antlervelvetmagazine #literarymagazine
some things should stay closed. #antlervelvetmagazine #literarymagazine
a tainted envelope. a glistening letter opener. shaky, amateurish hands. how did you get here? why won’t you walk away? do you need answers that badly? #antlervelvetmagazine #literarymagazine
let it all out. whatever festers inside. why hold back? what is making you hesitate? #antlervelvetmagazine #literarymagazine
☆ each key looks different. you are left in an old room with a dusty wooden chest and nothing to do but open it. keep it together. #antlervelvetmagazine #literarymagazine
parcels stitched tight with ribbons and twine. trigger happy hands & minds. do you grab the box cutter? #antlervelvetmagazine #literarymagazine
3K!!! 🦌 when AV launched in late 2023, it was just a little hobby project run by EIC @matineaux - who sought to create a non pretentious avenue for emerging creatives to get recognised. over our past 6 issues, we have seen some extremely talented co