Rat Bag Lit

Rat Bag Lit

Now Available: Print Issue #1

The Weird Content You Love in a Physical Format

Mar 13, 2026
∙ Paid
Rat Bag Lit - Print Issue #1 - Now available!

Order your print copy of Rat Bag Lit Issue #1 today! Shipping starts Monday, March 16th.

We’ve been busy working behind the scenes to put together our first print issue and we can’t wait for you to get your paws on it!

The magazine is 8.5 x 11 inches, 118 double-sided pages, professionally printed and hand-assembled in our rat studio. The cover features hand-painted artwork on the front and back. All layouts and designs were created by our editor-in-chief, Splinter.

Rat Bag’s first issue features fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction from contributors around the world, all presented with a wacky Ratty touch. We hope you’ll love it!

Featuring writing by:

Justin Carlos Alcala
Robert Bagnall
Alexandria Bellani
Angela Benham
Billy Craven
Katie Dee
Chris Doty-Dunn
J.A. Espersmyth
Eilish Forwells
C.E. Fyffe
Sarah Wheeler Hedborn
Steven Huff
Sam James
Emma Johnson-Rivard
Christina Kershaw
JA Logwood
J. Needham
Kirsty Nottage
Laurie Paternoster
Sydney Sackett
Lorraine Schein
Lucien R. Starchild
Louise Walton
Heather Wiedenhoft

Order your copy of Rat Bag Lit Issue #1 today! Or get fancy and order a limited quantity special edition (only 13 will be made of this hard-cover version).

(Discount link for paid subscribers after the paywall.)

[Prefer digital? No worries — we’ll have digital versions available for purchase next month, with the individual pieces published for paid subscribers on our substack throughout the month of May.]

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