A Joyous Meal By Gray Winsler Published Issue 130, October 2024 Amal glanced at the family photo clipped to his visor. They looked so happy. He smiled inwardly to himself, for a moment. But outwardly his expression remained unchanged, empty. He had always wanted a family. But he was never home. This cab was his […]
Forgive Me For Not Being Upbeat, But Life Has Just Beat Me Down (Part 34 Or So) By Brian Polk Art by Jason White Published Issue 130, October 2024 I Don’t Make My Bed Because I Like To See How Hard I Fought Sleep Last Night Sleep and I like to engage in battle. We’re
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HALLOWMASS 2024 EXPURGO: A Decade of Ritual, Reverence & Revelry with itchy-O Interview By Krysti Joméi Published October 2024, Issue 130 Denver’s legendary 57-member avant-primal-futuristik ensemble, itchy-O, celebrates 10 trips of HALLOWMASS around the sun with a 3-night reality-warping ceremony, EXPURGO! Taking place over a globally traditional timespan that honors ephemerality — October 31-November 2
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Harvest Moon By Eric Joyner Published in Issue 130, October 2024 I was born in San Mateo, a suburb of San Francisco. My childhood was fairly uneventful, doing the usual things most kids did, reading comics (mostly Mad, Creepy, Eerie and newspaper comic strips), playing sports, and going to school, as well as drawing and
The Climb Up To Hell By Sean Eads & Joshua Viola Published October 2024, Issue 130 After Chet and David’s candles were lit, the five of us gathered at the base of the tree and Jake put his flashlight under his chin. “Time to explain the dark secret of Kingwood, ladies. This treehouse was built
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Published Issue 130, October 2024 Many years ago, I went on a date with a closeted queer who was still figuring out what gender and sexuality meant to them. I, fully immersed in my own liberated inner — and mostly outer — identity, pursued them nonetheless. On our second date, we got on the bus
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Werewolf Radar: No Woman No Criot By Nate Balding Art by Josh Keyes Published Issue 130, October 2024 A myriad precedents have been set for stories where the travails of coming-of-age are represented by otherworldly forces. Buffy, Wednesday, Harry Potter and The Blue Balls of Angst. Sure, the last one is slash fanfic (Hermione Granger/Luna
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Modern Fears By Caitlyn Grabenstein aka Cult Class Published Issue 130, October 2024 Caitlyn Grabenstein, a.k.a. Cult Class, is a collage artist, sketch artist, and designer out of Connecticut. She started doing art at a very young age and has pursued it in different forms throughout her life. While working in the music industry and
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Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 130, October 2024 Diavola by Jennifer Thorne The Pace family has decided on idyllic Tuscany for their family vacation, renting a massive villa in the Italian countryside. Anna, the pariah of the family, is dreading the inevitable drama stirred up by her siblings, their significant others and her
Lost City By Nick Flook aka Flooko Published Issue 130, October 2024 Lost City is a hauntingly quiet place to explore. I wonder what happened here to make everybody disappear? Snag the original 20″ x 16″ acrylic painting on canvas of Lost City or grab a print on Flooko’s Etsy. Nick Flook aka Flooko is