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The one place for all things culture. Edinburgh-based online magazine for literature, art, and more. Send us your pitch at [email protected]

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Decadent Serpent has a new home and a new look. We’ve rebuilt the site from the ground up: cleaner, faster, more elegant.

New updates:

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A clear example of eighteenth-century Europe's fascination with ancient Egypt.

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Egyptian Fantasy - Hubert Robert, 1760

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Caspar David Friedrich

Friedrich changed landscape painting by making nature feel psychological.

His seas, ruins, forests, and moonlit skies are not just scenery.

They are silence, doubt, faith, and isolation made visible.

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Working on my new story is taking a little longer so in the meantime, you can have a treat from the archives

https://t.co/fMrSzO5w81

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Additionally, when letting AI rewrite your work, you lose your voice. And we are interested in seeing it.

As such, we will not accept pitches or articles that have been AI-generated or rewritten by AI.

(We can tell btw)

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POLICY UPDATE

With the increase of AI use in creative industries, we decided to revise some of our terms of submissions.

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However, human creativity is valuable precisely because it is human. It is a confluence of memories and experiences that can only be acquired through living.

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Brand new story is out!! Beneath the Silt is available to read on Substack: please read, like, share etc etc. I quite like this one so actually, please do read and let me know if you like (if you don’t please forget you ever read it).

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This lunchtime, read part one of my monarchs series, this one on the births of monarchs from William I to Henry VIII:

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https://t.co/MO46EaxKNg

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Looking for something to do in Scotland this bank holiday weekend? Check our events page!

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@sarah_stook https://t.co/pP0BIZeKzY

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Sarah Stook (@sarah_stook) lists the births, marriages, and deaths of Monarchs for Decadent Serpent. Read below!

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Great review of @GomeryKimber’s novel The Nazi Alchemist. I recommend everyone give it a read and purchase a copy!

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https://t.co/Ji9TDfVStt

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A dying man kills his enemy by psychic force. The Nazi Alchemist is that kind of novel. Basil Seal reviews for Decadent Serpent.

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https://t.co/82Ckr55ONz

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A. D. Lance returns with another poem, 'Tantalus in Furs'. Read below.

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landscape study for a larger series of works, oil on board, 5x7" inches (also on my website to buy, link in my bio!)

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Prometheus, oil on canvas, 2025