O/DOBLIQUE DISCOURSE DIGEST
THE INAUGURAL ISSUE · SEPTEMBER 2026
IRONY
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID AND MEANT
Inaugural issue: ‘Irony’
In 399 BC, an old man told a court that he knew nothing.
That confession made him the wisest man in Athens; his questions earned him the hemlock.
The first issue of O/D begins in the narrow gap between what is said and what is meant.
- Published
- September 2026 · Inaugural issue
- Length
- 58 pp. · 4 stories, 1 column, 2 essays
- Contributors
- Park Jung-hyun (a one-person magazine)
- Price
- ₩9,000 · signed copies available
IRONY
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID AND MEANT
CONTENTS
SEPT 2026 / ISSUE 1
- 02Intro: ObliqueIntroduction
- 05IronyColumn
- 10SimulacrumFiction by Park Jung-hyun, 2026A model priced cheaper than the bronze statue made in his likeness
- 19The EggFiction by Park Jung-hyun, 2026Villagers who see their own faces in an egg that rolls into their starving village
- 28Administrative ProcedureFiction by Park Jung-hyun, 2026A civil servant who, only after dying on paper, stands before the very counter he once kept
- 40The ScribeFiction by Park Jung-hyun, 2026A scribe who writes both sides of the love letters for the person he has loved all his life
- 54On One-Person PublishingEssay
- 56The Future of O/DEssay
O/D: OBLIQUE DISCOURSE DIGEST
PREVIEW
A look inside
The inaugural issue is a one-person magazine written entirely by Park Jung-hyun. From Issue 2, ‘Underdog,’ other writers join in.
O/D
OBLIQUE DISCOURSE DIGEST
Oblique’s literary fiction magazine, each issue gathered around a single theme. Following the inaugural ‘Irony,’ Issue 2 ‘Underdog’ is out now.
