Joining Cults, Drinking Too Much & Other Things To Do While You’re Bored By Brian Polk Art by Mark Mothersbaugh Published Issue 119, November 2023 There Should Be More Cults Based Around Bowling Every time I go looking for cults to join, I never seem to find one that’s really into bowling. And that’s a […]
The Walking City By Jason Heller Published Issue 119, November 2023 Around Zelia the walls oozed. They clamped onto every side of her skinny frame like lips sucking a finger. When she lay perfectly still, she could feel a dull pulse run through the Gut’s smooth muscle. It was as though a dozen giant slugs
Art by Granmondo aka Ed Barger Published Issue 119, November 2023 Edward Martin Barger (Ed, Eddie), beloved dad, grandpa, brother, son, uncle, cousin, friend, artist and producer/sound engineer, passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at his home in Akron, Ohio. Ed was born May 10, 1949, seven minutes after his beloved twin, Billy. The boys
Art by Jason White Published Issue 119, November 2023 Jason White is an artist living in the suburbs of Chicago. His favorite mediums are oil on canvas and pencil & ink drawings. When he was a kid he cried on the Bozo Show. His work varies from silly to serious and sometimes both. Check out
Creature Feature: A Brief Glimpse Into The Lives of Those Who Live At Meow Wolf By Shanny Schmidt Published in Issue 119, November 2023 Meet some of Meow Wolf’s most fascinating residents. Ever wondered what it’s like to be a poly-dimensional or galactic being? Do ya think about how those beings might wonder what it’s
Log 252 By Godric Photo by Ethan Champion Published Issue 119, November 2023 Spat as rioted rain Coated In frostbitten pain Cracked & Spread old parts exchanged Feet unrubbed … untamed groan songs of a thousand nights they whispered Reigned NOW PLAYING: “Dread Collecting Heads” Starring Wishes Leaking and Nostalgia Red Existence yawns! long &
Talking Hands By Peter Glanting Published Issue 119, November 2023 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 for prolonged periods. Check out his comics
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 119, November 2023 Endless, Nameless – Living Without Touchstones of black metal, mathcore, post-punk and shoegaze flow all across this album in entrancing interplay with each other in every track. What is most striking is how there is a raw vitality and intimacy inherent to the songs
Imposter Syndrome By Moon_Patrol Published Issue 119, November 2023 Moon Patrol is a Northern California-based artist. Taking themes including 80s cartoons and video games, classic pulp illustrations, and comic book narratives, Moon Patrol remixes these many and varied cues using a collage technique he compares to “Kid Koala’s turntable albums, and in part by William
Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 119, November 2023 The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next Great American Migration by Jake Bittle (2023) “The burden of relocation would fall on those who had the least ability to resist it.” Journalist Jake Bittle’s debut book examines the urgency of the climate crisis in the