Kitchen Software operates as a magazine with an explicit editorial provocation: it seeks short fiction that is 'hard to read.' This is not a call for difficulty as ornament or obscurity as posture, but for work that resists the frictionless consumption too often demanded by contemporary literary platforms. The phrase suggests an appetite for texts that are formally restless, syntactically demanding, or thematically intractable—fiction that asks something of its reader rather than meeting pre-existing expectations. The call is open to any short fiction below five thousand words, with no submission fee and no fixed deadline. That rolling structure places the emphasis on the work itself rather than on a competitive window; submissions are considered as they arrive, without the artificial urgency of a countdown. For writers, this removes a barrier to entry while maintaining a clear constraint: the word limit is firm, and the aesthetic criterion—'hard to read'—is the central editorial filter. Because the magazine publishes online and operates remotely, there is no geographic restriction. The absence of a stated prize or payment in the provided details means submitters should direct any questions about compensation or rights to the publication directly. What is clear is the curatorial stance: Kitchen Software is looking for fiction that does not apologize for its difficulty, and that treats the short form as a site for formal and linguistic inquiry rather than narrative ease.