It’s that time of year again, isn’t it? When the days shrink and night begins to rule. A time for staying wrapped up inside with a cup of hot chocolate for some. But for us, dear readers — we know better by now, don’t we? The time approaches for merriment, mænadism, and of course… misrule. Io Saturnalia, friends.
This is our fourth annual Satyrs’ Forest Lords of Misrule, where in the spirit of the season, i put you — yes, you — in charge of the site. If you write or put together anything, absolutely, positively anything, and email it to misrule@satyrs.eu, come Saturnalia (that’s December the 17th through the 23rd, for those who aren’t up to date on their Roman calendar) i’ll put it on the site, etched in stone for all to see. Temporary defacements of pages are also quite welcome.
I kindly ask the same things of you as years past: no political polemics, and nothing that would get me in legal trouble, please. Other than that, anything goes. A video essay on the occult implications of Gremlins 2. A rant about how birch trees used to be better back in the old days before Big Nature made them cringe. Whatever you, my lords of misrule, want.
Submissions are open from now until the 15th of December, 2024. Have fun, be merry, and don’t be afraid to get weird with it!
—Xanthe
Tomfoolery of years past
2023
- Pedestrian Diversionsfrom a reader in Santiago
- It’s an Ayn Rand Christmasfrom one Baki
- Space Plumbingfrom one Chris of Vacuum Forest
- The Tale of Theoxenia Trismegistusfrom one Ræl H. Bishop
2022
- The Gift of the Influencers from one Baki
- Fred Fuckstone II: Huntsville, Alabama from an anonymous reader
- Art from one Ariel
- Three poems child meets Cernunnos / sinxelo, lost / untitled from a reader in Santiago, one Fidomanin, and one B.
- Waves from one Ræl H. Bishop
2021
- Words of Advice from one Ræl H. Bishop
- A Saturnalia piece from one Noa S.
- Fred Fuckstone from an anonymous reader
- Walking and picking up trash will benefit you personally from one Quinn Casey
- Dancing.png from one Newt S.
be kind to your own piece of mind!! Ignore the haters, and be yourself.