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Tempered Publishing
Tempered Publishing is an independant publishers from the collaboration between myself and writer, Dale Maplethorpe. Tempered provided a platform to produce, publish and distribute magazines, short stories, merchandise and novellas.
Year
2020 – 2021
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Project
Publication
The name derives from Sheffield heritage, the steel city in combination with the concept of refinement. The logo imagery was inspired by the molecular structure of steel once its tempered, creating long, converging shards known as Martensite.
This Is Empty
This Is Empty is a free monthly web magazine from indie publishers, Tempered Publishing. It features short stories, reviews and interviews from the writer Dale Maplethorpe and is open for submissions to get your work involved to help promote other budding creatives.
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October 2020 - Lockdown
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November 2020 - Shoes
"You can read about the time I served a woman in a hospital gown when I worked in a shoe shop, a poem about why I hate half sizes and an interview with E.H. Night about her horror The Four Before Me."
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December 2020 - Christmas
"In this issue you can read our short story about a horrible Santa Claus. I write about why I hate the story of Rudolph and we interview comedian James Acaster about his book Classic Scrapes."
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January 2021 - Music
"In this issue you can read our short story Sounds Absence about a struggling writer who loses faith in words. There are interviews with David Keenan and Clipping and we find out what happens when Andre 3000 genuinely tries to borrow sugar from his neighbour."
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February 2021 - Love
"We discuss all things love. Including dating in 2021, an accurate discussion about the dick, what it would look like if Fifty Shades of Grey dialogue was in classic romantic novels and self acceptance. It contains an interview with Code Orange’s Jami Morgan, a review of comedian Tom Allen’s new book and is hosted by Celebs Go Dating and Married at First Sight Expert Paul C Brunson."
Read the full magazine here.
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March 2021 - Vaccines
"In this issue you can read all about my thoughts behind the vaccine and anti-vaxxers, plus there are interviews with Imperial Triumphant, Richard Herring and DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ."
Read the full magazine here.
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Merchandise
We printed out each issue - initially in-house but eventually outsourced. Alongside stickers and prints, Tempered managed to make a small business selling additional pieces to our slowly growing audience.
Since April 2021, Tempered has been on a semi-permanent hiatus, different commitments between myself and collaborator Dale meant that we couldn't carry on in the same manner as before but with intention to return to print under the Tempered name.
