July 2021

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Log 141 by Godric

Log 141 By Godric Photo by Tommy Coyote Published Issue 091, July 2021 Curl me, mink I think my sweat thinks Smelling pennies again And plans of no return To the branchless place Where signal fails, And the temperature is hate Find the moles! Then forget him. Something about watching snakes, Pretending it’s warm in […]

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Prism and Prison By Joel Tagert

Prism and Prison By Joel Tagert Art by Hidehisa Miyagawa Published Issue 091, July 2021 “You mean it’s dangerous?” “Not exactly. The implant itself is relatively safe, though getting it to function correctly sometimes requires adjustments. We have to teach your synapses to speak to the neural net. But there’s also an unavoidable psychological consequence

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Forest Path by Ali Hoff

Forest Path By Ali Hoff Published Issue 091, July 2021 Ali Hoff is UK-based freelance concept artist and 3D Modeller who creates strange otherly worlds, scapes, characters and more. Forest Path is one of many pieces that can be seen on his Instagram. See Ali’s June Birdy piece, Argonauts Rest, and check out more of

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Robot Series by Peter Glanting

Robot Series: Flashlight Head; Shooty Hand; Waving Bot By Peter Glanting Published Issue 091, July 2021 Peter Gustav Glanting is from San Francisco and is a graduate of the University of California, Davis. He’s  been a freelance copywriter / social media manager, but is also passionate about arts and crafts, having been exposed to them

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Howl By Gray Winsler

Howl By Gray Winsler Art by Dave Danzara Published Issue 091, July 2021 The fire crackles before me, more captivating than any screen. Beyond its light, only night, and the noises of things unseen. A playground for the imagination, And fright, its primary creation. But the wild never scared me, not like the city, Millions

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July Book Club By Hana Zittel

Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 091, July 2021 The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade (2021) Amadeo is 33, drinking to excess, and sinking into the deepest rut of his life living at home with his mother in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico. He makes the decision, motivated by his

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Queen City Sounds by Tom Murphy

Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 091, July 2021 NECROPANTHER | IN DEPTHS WE SLEEP This concept EP was performed and produced during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown while the band members couldn’t work together in a physical space. Perhaps this serves to explain why a band that normally writes music about a dystopian future set these

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