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by b5 3224 days ago
The name is probably ironic, but I immediately found it offputting: "In literary criticism, purple prose is prose text that is so extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to break the flow and draw excessive attention to itself."[1]

I'm still going to read the full first issue.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_prose

1 comments

Ha, I said the same thing when discussing the name, but the rest of the team simply liked it. I don't regret it though, we get to prove we publish the exact opposite. Thank you!