''The Torist'' was a literary journal first released in late 2015, published on the
Tor anonymity network.
It features short stories, essays and poetry.
One of the reasons for publishing on Tor was to return to the idea of rummaging through antiquarian shops – "It gets back to the time when you had to find ''The Evergreen Review'' in the stacks at the vintage bookstore"
– and the zine can only be accessed through Tor, a
dark web site. Its founders are the pseudonymous G.M.H., named after the reclusive 19th-century poet
Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Prof. Robert W. Gehl, who is a communication professor focusing on new media at the University of Utah.
The two met on the dark-net
social network
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Galaxy, and started collaborating in 2014, taking two years to produce the first issue of the journal.
Submissions are made through the anonymous and open-source
GlobaLeaks
GlobaLeaks is an open-source, free software intended to enable secure and anonymous whistleblowing initiatives.
History
The project started on 15 December 2010 and the first software prototype was announced on 6 September 2011.
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platform — intended for whistleblowing.
The founders hope this anonymity can bolster creativity among submissions,
and wish to show that anonymity online isn't only for illicit activities.
Entries in the first issue were all named, including acclaimed poet
Alissa Quart as well as other authors such as: Vance Osterhout, Linda Kronman, Andreas Zingerle, Nathanel Bassett, Peter Conlin, and JM Porup.
The entries have also gravitated towards issues concerning the modern internet, such as: prolific advertising, surveillance, censorship, and
Edward Snowden.
entries are being accepted for the second edition of the magazine/journal, on a non-paid basis, but now allowing also anonymous entries.
All content in ''The Torist'' is published under a
Creative Commons license
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.
As of July 2021, The Torist is offline, due to the shutdown of Tor's Version 2 Onion Services and the fact that The Torist has never moved to Onion Services Version 3.
It is likely that The Torist was taken offline before that date.
References
External links
Tumblr blog
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Literary magazines published in the United States
Online magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 2015
Tor onion services