THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR POETRY.
The Decadent Review is open to spectacularly written texts of any length on the subject of aesthetics and abstraction.

We're looking for:

• Criticism (historical, cultural, literary).
• Reviews (including artistic and poetic analysis).
• Essays (linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, meta - think: Hume, Burke, Heidegger, Birkhoff, Borges, Oulipo, and so forth).

 We value:

• Erudition.
• Cynicism.
• Sarcasm.
• Classicism.
• Brutality.
• Humor.
• Existential despair. 

 Guidelines:

• No query letters, just the text or a draft.
• Do not include cover letters or forward material in the submission.
• Do not include biographical information in the submission.
• Word (.docx) only.
• Use a 12pt font.
• Single spaced.