Bottleneck is a new literary journal publishing short science fiction and speculative fiction with an optimistic streak. 

At Bottleneck, we love a good speculative fiction story set against the backdrop of a cataclysm or an advancement so big it changes all of us. We also love gentle, optimistic sci-fi tales from the recovery period, after the dust settles on the excitement and a new kind of world has emerged.
We love: Robots, aliens, and creatures! Time travel and space colonization! Unrest in the solarpunk paradise! Coffee breaks in the capitalist wasteland! Unreliable narrators and unexpected perspectives! The gentle overlap of genres!

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Bottleneck is seeking submissions of science fiction and speculative fiction for our first issue! "We love a good speculative fiction story set against the backdrop of a cataclysm or an advancement so big it changes all of us. We also love gentle, optimistic sci-fi tales from the recovery period, after the dust settles on the excitement and a new kind of world has emerged."

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