Bitter is an indie literary magazine that seeks out experimental and visceral work.


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  • Everything Except the Exit

    “i believe in my country’s gore & what it has written out of mercy, but nothing made out of mercy rehearses the language of filth.”

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  • A Lucid Dream

    “Will the bonds holding my particlestogether dis-en-gage let my flesh and hair and fluid leak onto this crumbling clifftop and will I be one with the earth?”

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  • Inventory

    Ayce Celikel is a self-taught analogue collage artist from Turkiye, currently based in London. She creates minimal, surreal compositions using found imagery from books and magazines. Her work can be found on Instagram at @gathering.pieces

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