WHO WE ARE
bedfellows (est. 2013) is a Philadelphia-based literary magazine and small press focused on discussions of desire & intimacy (including their lack), with an emphasis on underrepresented & marginalized voices. We're especially into work that subverts or confronts the stigmas or assumptions often attached to writing about sex, sexuality, & the body.
We believe that such writing isn't a niche or special interest. There are endless ways to approach these themes, from lyricism to full-on smut. Sex can be confusing, boring, silly, traumatic, transformative, disappointing, & hot. Bodies age, give birth, radically change, make sounds, experience deep pleasure & intense pain, behave unexpectedly. Gender identity, spirituality, culture, race, relationship structures & practices, solitude, dating apps, breakups, parenting, politics, sex work, kink, asexuality, queerness, health, money, & the entire gamut of our human experience all inform how we experience desire & intimacy.
bedfellows welcomes a multitude of interpretations & approaches, but we are most drawn to work that is inventive & distinct in its language, voice, form(s), &/or ways of exploring or approaching sex & desire.
We believe that such writing isn't a niche or special interest. There are endless ways to approach these themes, from lyricism to full-on smut. Sex can be confusing, boring, silly, traumatic, transformative, disappointing, & hot. Bodies age, give birth, radically change, make sounds, experience deep pleasure & intense pain, behave unexpectedly. Gender identity, spirituality, culture, race, relationship structures & practices, solitude, dating apps, breakups, parenting, politics, sex work, kink, asexuality, queerness, health, money, & the entire gamut of our human experience all inform how we experience desire & intimacy.
bedfellows welcomes a multitude of interpretations & approaches, but we are most drawn to work that is inventive & distinct in its language, voice, form(s), &/or ways of exploring or approaching sex & desire.
PUBLICATION FREQUENCY
bedfellows magazine has published annually, both in print & online, since 2013.
bedfellows has published 12 issues of 15-25 writers, and one anthology with 60+ contributors who were previously published in the magazine.
In 2024, we announced that our annual magazine is temporarily on hiatus.
bedfellows will begin releasing longer form work from our chapbook series Splits in 2025.
bedfellows has published 12 issues of 15-25 writers, and one anthology with 60+ contributors who were previously published in the magazine.
In 2024, we announced that our annual magazine is temporarily on hiatus.
bedfellows will begin releasing longer form work from our chapbook series Splits in 2025.
Executive Editors
Jack Sadicario | Alina Pleskova
Managing Editor
Rachel Milligan
2025 Web Intern
To be filled!
Bedfellow Emeritus
Laura Blagrave
Bela Ghosh