Writer's Block Magazine

Writer’s Block #54

July 21, 2026

Issue #54 of the Writer’s Block magazine is out! Thanks to all contributing authors, our amazing 2025/2026 editorial board, and our sponsors, the Book Exchange and Espresso Fabriek. Once again, we’re proud to present this wonderful collection of stories, poetry, and photography. Enjoy! Below you can find a digital copy. You can also grab a…

Whatever Happens, It Will Be Weird: Afterthoughts on the Weird and the 2020s

July 16, 2026

by Victor Keyser

Modern usages of the word ‘weird’ as referring to that which is unexpected, extraordinary, or otherwise unknown retain some traces of its Old English linguistic root ‘wyrd.’ As a religious concept in Anglo-Saxon and other Germanic cultures, wyrd refers to cosmic fate; it is an invisible force that weaves together threads of the past into…

The Spell of Silences, or Acknowledgements for a Bachelor’s Thesis

July 3, 2026

by Emel Peksöz

It is half an hour before midnight, and I am staring at the screen of my corroding laptop, awaiting my cue to click the crimson button and end the inferno. Somehow, three years of studying, over two decades of living, have coalesced into a rectangle. My hands tremble above the keyboard, keeping time with the…

Cre(AIt)ive Art and Literature

June 17, 2026

by Maia Popa

For centuries, art has been used as a form of expression of human passions and lived experiences, and that is precisely what made art art. The ability to transpose ideas into words, images into paintings and tunes into music was a definitive factor which separated humankind from all of the other species. Nonetheless, with the…

Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby

June 12, 2026

by Jomma Groot

Sometimes the writing process can be a bit slow. The term “writer’s block” is all too well-known to all of us writing for this magazine. When I had to come up with a new topic for my article (yes, the one you are reading right now), I did not feel satisfied with the options I…