Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 125, May 2024 Through the Night Like a Snake: Latin American Horror Stories (2024) Two Lines Press, of the Center for the Art of Translation, continually seeks out spectacular literary voices, publishing works of translation and exposing English language readers to authors from around the world. In 2020, […]
Quiet Please By Graham Franciose Index of Issue 125, May 2024 Quiet Please is a watercolor and gouache painting on tan Rives BFK cotton rag. Graham Franciose grew up in the forests of Massachusetts. His work reaches back to those times of exploration and imagination, where anything was possible. His whimsical, sometimes emotional, illustrations show
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 125, May 2024 Absynth Minded – s/t On the surface this debut full-length from Absynth Minded is a surprisingly effective amalgam of ska, doom and thrash. And with Keith Sanchez on vocals and guitar, and Leonard Leal on bass and backing vocals, the pedigree is there for
Two Spot Octopus By Pamela Easton Published in Issue 125, May 2024 Pacific Two Spot Octopus from the Life on the Monterey Bay collection. Oil on canvas board. Pamela Easton is a Capitola, CA-based artist and 3rd generation Real Estate Professional. This is Pamela’s debut with Birdy. Keep your eyes peeled for more work by
Save The Day, A Tidepool Meditation By Laura Celise Lippman Published Issue 125, May 2024 Some days, a quiet stillness pervades Puget Sound’s brooding edge, rippling, tentative, deep. I cherish that piece of peace as the sea lets me be. Kelp breathes as it oscillates, dancing to a hushed melody, shimmying with the tide. Small
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Tortoise and Hare By Eric Joyner Published in Issue 125, May 2024 This painting depicts the classic fable of The Tortoise and The Hare with a robot twist, some donuts and a beautiful view of Portland, OR. About Eric Joyner: I was born in San Mateo, a suburb of San Francisco. My childhood was fairly
The Coney Trilogy (Choerogyllius) By Zac Dunn Published Issue 125, May 2024 Robust Darker Taller Hip hopping across the flat fields Furrowed and turned but rallied by The barking that calls and crawls up the walls As the wee ones dream of carrots And sunshine, so sublime The hive mind connects to predators And foes
Published Issue 125, May 2024 Best of Birdy, Originally Published Issue 011, November 2014 Jonny DeStefano is the co-owner and co-founder of Birdy Magazine. He is also the founder of the comedy activist space Deer Pile. His favorite color is red, and he loves shark attacks, hockey and upright bass. Michael David King is a
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Gaslit By Dave Danzara aka Lost In Time Designs Published as the Back Cover of Issue 125, May 2024 Albuquerque-based Dave Danzara has spent most of his life creating art. Born and raised in California, Dave won a scholarship to Laguna Art Institute of Southern California in 1994. His influences can be found in pop
Werewolf Radar: Fraud Save The Queen By Nate Balding Published Issue 125, May 2024 It’s 3:10 p.m. British Summer Time on September 8, 2022 and her exaltedness, Matriarch of the Reptilian Replacement Race from Space, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is pronounced dead. Ireland has lost their favorite enemy. The actors who played the gang
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