Published in Issue 149, May 2026 “Cramped leg room on major international flights unlikely to change course of famous river.” The line above is a nonsensical riddle, kind of like a Zen koan. Zen koans, being the ultimate nonsensical riddle, are not meant to be solved rationally. Instead, they are meant to bewilder and confuse […]
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Filthy Animals By Joel Tagert Art by Nick Flook Published Issue 149, May 2026 Originally Published Issue 101, May 2022 You have to let me go. Don’t be stupid. Me and this suit weigh a hundred kilos easy. You don’t remotely have the strength to pull me out. Work with me here. Listen! Let me
Epiphanies Are Louder When They’re Yellin’ In Your Ear By Brian Polk Art by Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky Published Issue 149, May 2026 I Had The Epiphany That An Epiphany Only Really Matters To The Specific Person Experiencing The Epiphany At Hand So I have been talking to therapists and journaling in an attempt to identify and
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The Hive By Danielle Coenen Published Issue 149, May 2026 Within each of these faces there is a pattern of creation and destruction, revealing and concealing. I’m drawn to the face because of its inherent psychological weight. Through the way that I paint, the expression I give the subject, features I highlight or conceal, a