One of the largest creator-driven indie anthologies ever assembled.
175+ creators. 700+ pages. Comics, fiction, poetry, art, photography. One massive black-and-white volume, born from old zine roots, raw and unfiltered.
Built for Work That Doesn't Fit Neatly Anywhere Else.
Miscreant Anthology is a creator-driven collection of writing and art built for work that doesn't fit neatly anywhere else. A space for fiction, poetry, comics, art, illustrations, photography, and hybrid work that wants room to breathe on its own terms.
Different forms, tones, and genres aren't just welcome here, they're part of the point. The best anthologies refuse to flatten everything into sameness. They create friction, contrast, surprise, and discovery.
Miscreant has zero interest in smoothing everything into sameness. It's built to let difference spark against difference.
Independent books the industry won't touch.
Built by Miscreants.
Every Form We Could Fit Between Two Covers
The Miscreant Anthology spans the full range of independent creative work, in deepest blacks and starkest whites. Every piece alive.
Stories That Run Hot
Short stories, flash fiction, weird fiction, horror, romance, sci-fi, literary, noir, absurdist, psychological, slice of life, humor, experimental, hybrid. Stories that go places the polished literary journals are too careful to follow.
Confessions and Fever Dreams
Quiet devastation. Work that sounds like someone cracked open and let you read their inside.
Sequential Art
Black-and-white pages that break panels, bend layouts, and tell stories the way only comics can.
Illustration in Every Style
Full-page and spot illustrations from photorealism to pure abstraction. Every piece in deepest blacks and starkest whites.
Monochromatic Captures
Images that caught something or someone they were never supposed to catch.
Curated Like a Gallery
Every page receives its own considered design treatment. The anthology was built piece by piece, the way a gallery curates wall by wall.
Pick Your Format
Trade Paperback
Perfect bound. 700+ pages, black and white throughout, on premium stock chosen for sharp linework and crisp halftones. The everyday weapon.
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Hardcover
Case bound. The shelf piece. Built for presence, designed for the long haul, made to outlast every paperback you have ever owned.
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The Relic / leather
Hand-bound leather edition. Only 2 copies in existence, both claimed during the Kickstarter. Crafted by Emiland Kray of Troctopus Press. White goatskin, craquelle finishes, satin black edges, hand-sewn silk endbands, marbled endpapers.
Both Claimed / Backer ExclusiveThe Relic / Hand-Bound Leather
Bound in white goatskin leather with uniquely applied craquelle finishes. Satin-finished black edges. Hand-sewn silk endbands. Marbled endpapers. Each one individually designed and crafted.
Only 2 copies were claimed during the Kickstarter, and 2 copies are all that will ever exist. They live in the wild as one-of-a-kind artifacts, the way the rarest books should.
Crafted by Emiland Kray / Troctopus Press
The Crew. 175+ Strong.
First-timers alongside veterans. Weird fiction beside literary poetry. Comics next to abstract photography. Every piece standing on equal footing. Every name a reason this book exists.
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A Real Book.
A Stunning Artifact.
Printed, bound, and designed with the same care you would give a piece of art, because it is one.
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The first one was barely off the press before the second one started rumbling. Different creators, same code: the work has to matter. Submissions open soon.
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