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A writer recently made public his rejection letter from Helix science fiction quarterly co-editor William Sanders, which categorised Muslims as 'sheet heads'. Much debate ensued, and a few Helix authors withdrew their work. The irritated Sanders said they couldn't do that, asked for $40 per removal, and replaced pages with the message 'Story deleted at author's pantiwadulous request'. He also informed protesting contributor Yoon Ha Lee that hers was a story 'that never did make any sense and that I only accepted because I thought it might please those who admire your work, and also because (notorious bigot that I am) I was trying to get more work by non-Caucasian writers.' Some Helix writers and ex-writers have set up a rival online magazine entitled Transcriptase.