ABOUT our house
Arcanum: A great secret or mystery; one of the supposed great secrets of nature which alchemists tried to discover. Recorded from the late 16th century, the word represents the use as a noun of the neuter of the Latin adjective arcanus ‘mysterious, secret’, from arcere ‘to shut up’, from arca ‘chest’.
house of arcanum is an independent non-profit literary organization.
Spawned from the boredom and lack of interest we have in the current work in so many prestigious journals, we wanted to build a house where it’s safe to play, take risks, and entertain while telling us your deepest truth. We won’t be skewed by publication history or what we think we should like. We know that already. Make us think. Make us feel. Keep us reading long enough to do those things. And throw in a ghost or something.
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