How to Browse Issues and Individual Pieces on The HTML Review

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The HTML Review is an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web, and its site is organized so you can move between two levels: the full archive of past issues, and the individual numbered works that make up the current issue. If you want to read a specific piece, start from the homepage list and click its entry. If you want to see earlier years, use the Archive link in the site navigation.

What the site structure looks like

The journal describes itself as "an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web." That annual rhythm is the key to how browsing works: each year produces one issue, and each issue is a numbered collection of pieces.

The current issue shown on the homepage is issue 05, spring 2026.

Browsing the current issue

The homepage presents the issue as a numbered list, running from 15 down to 01. Each entry gives you enough to decide whether to open it:

  • Number — its position in the issue (15, 14, 13 … 01)
  • Title — for example, "Angel in Latency" or "Cursor Park"
  • Genre or form — poem, CSS botany, webtoon, multiplayer music system, folktale, essay, and so on
  • Creator — the author or authors
  • A short excerpt or description — a line or two of context

To read a piece, click its entry. Each one links to its own page, where the work itself lives.

A sample of what's in issue 05

# Title Form Creator
15 Angel in Latency poem Grace Dignazio
14 carecore CSS botany Raphaël Bastide
13 les aventures de mr mister in the land of lines webtoon zeste le reste
12 Cursor Park place of refuge Christopher Shank
11 Intersymmetric: Connect multiplayer music system James Bradbury, Rian Treanor, and Mark Fell
10 Singing Light interconnected stories Katarina Dorothea Isaksen
09 Kp'ọjọ kp'ọjọ folktale Omayeli Arenyeka
08 Photographic Memory conversation Connie Liu
07 Afterimages artifact of memory Nicci Yin
06 Consumables essay Vinh Mai Nguyễn and Coumbah Sidibé
05 milkfish love letter Helen Shewolfe Tseng
04 Meanders poem Allison Chan
03 from mine to yours inner monologues Queenie Wu
02 Tell umma I'm walking to Baekdusan essay Anne Lee Steele
01 Banner Highway 01: Get on the Fast Lane, 汽车是旅行的工具 banner ad archeology Richard Lewei Huang and Yufeng Zhao

The range of forms matters for browsing: some pieces are text you read, others are interactive or audio-based. Entry 11, for instance, includes a "Start Audio" control and a note to unmute your device, so it behaves differently from a poem.

Browsing past issues

The site navigation includes an Archive section alongside About. The Archive is where earlier issues live, so if you want to read beyond issue 05, that's the place to go. Because the journal is annual, expect one issue per year rather than a rolling stream of posts.

Common sticking points

  • Interactive and audio pieces need the right setup. If a work asks you to unmute or start audio, it won't behave like a static page. Check your sound before assuming something is broken.
  • Numbering runs high to low. Issue 05 is listed from 15 down to 01, so the "first" item you see is not item 01.
  • Each entry is a separate page. The homepage is an index, not a reader. You have to open a piece to experience it.

Quick answer

To browse The HTML Review: use the homepage list to pick a numbered piece in the current issue (05, spring 2026) and click through to it, or use the Archive link to reach past issues. The About page explains what the journal is.