Salt & Mirrors & Cats is a literary zine publishing a variety of voices from new and established authors, inspired by the world of folklore and superstition and its relation to creativity and psychology.

Submissions to our first issue included short stories, poetry, flash fiction, artworks, as well as referenced articles. We also had an accompanying podcast with tales and interviews with members of our team and four guest writers. Listen to it HERE.

Available for digital download and UK shipping HERE.

DECEMBER 2024

We are currently in the process of restructuring our team and planning Volume 2. Stay tuned updates coming in 2025!

SEPTEMBER 2024

Volume 1 of the Salt & Mirrors & Cats zine is now available for perusal at the library of the Museum of Folklore and Magic Gwithti An Pystri in Falmouth, Cornwall! Limited numbers have also become available for purchase at the museum’s shop! All proceeds will go towards the museum, to help this amazing space continue to grow. Happy reading, Onen hag Oll!

MARCH 2024

Our zine is back in stock at Treadwell’s Bookshop in London. Limited stocks available, so get yours soon!

JANUARY 2024

Salt & Mirrors & Cats, Vol.1 is now part of the Wellcome Collection Zine Library! A charm of Superstition Sam inspired by an item from the Wellcome Collection photo catalogue has also been donated. Give them a visit!

DECEMBER 2023

Our zine is now available to purchase in person, at Treadwell’s Bookshop in London. Happy reading!

NOVEMBER 2023

Ellen Forkin, author of ‘The Gleam and Glint’ has written about our zine in her blog. Thank you, Ellen! Available to read HERE.

OCTOBER 2023

Salt & Mirrors & Cats, Vol.1 is OUT NOW! Featuring 150+ noir-style pages of poetry, short fiction, essays and artwork about superstitions — and authors such as Anna Chorlton, Lyndsey Croal, Rachel Deering and Willow Winsham.

SEPTEMBER 2023

Our team was interviewed! We’re honoured to have been featured in Haunted Trails, a Halloween countdown project by Samantha L. Available to read HERE.

AUGUST 2023

Our submissions are currently CLOSED. For more information, please visit SUBMISSION GUIDELINES.

JULY 2023

Producer Kerria Seabrooke is working on a podcast featuring some of the stories submitted to our zine. Check it out HERE!

JANUARY 2023

Our journey began on a Friday 13th in January 2023, when we asked for your help to bring the Salt & Mirrors & Cats zine to life, and just little under a month later we were fully funded — thank you so much for your support!