Hugo-award winning finalist Alvaro Zinos-Amaro debuts his first novel released by Colorado’s independent publishing house Hex Publishers. “A cleverly Borgesian, reality-distorting premise enlivens this tribute to Silver Age SF,” (Kirkus Reviews) — EQUIMEDIAN is available this month. Jason Velez lives a mundane existence installing EmuX virtual reality machines — scraping together just enough money to […]
My Existential Therapist Herb And I Discuss The Ramifications Of Existing In The Modern Workplace By Brian Polk Art by Michael Dee Published Issue 122, February 2024 “I think I pinpointed the reason I hate working,” I tell my Existential Therapist Herb. “And it wasn’t immediately obvious. It really took some soul-searching.” “Is it because
Z By Peter Glanting Published as the Centerfold of Issue 122, February 2024 This piece is part of Peter’s annual Godzilla illustration collection. See more Godzilla related art on his Instagram. Peter Gustav Glanting is an illustrator and UX designer. He is fascinated by engravings, wood block prints, and works that emphasize hatching and linear
Game Over By Dave Danzara aka Lost In Time Designs Published Issue 122, February 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 culture, sci-fi, fantasy, film
Forward, Back, Forward, Back, Present By Graham Franciose Back Cover of Issue 122, February 2024 Forward, Back, Forward, Back, Present is a 7″ x 9″ Watercolor and gouache 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
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Walkabout: Mini Golf by Meow Wolf x Mighty Coconut By Artist Rivka Yeker Published in Issue 122, February 2024 VR insinuates that your reality will be altered and turned into something unreal. For Meow Wolf and entertainment studio Mighty Coconut, virtual reality has less to do with tricking you into something that doesn’t exist, and
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Published Issue 122, February 2024 Originally sketches by Erik Rogers: Erik Rogers is a self-taught artist from the Midwest. He primarily works with pens, colored pencils and crayons. His art is childish, poorly illustrated and often disturbing. He currently lives and works in Metro Detroit. See Erik’s last Birdy install, Stimulus Check, or
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Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 122, February 2024 What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri (2022) Talia Lakshmi Kolluri’s 2022 debut short story collection captures the fantastical inner lives of wild creatures across the globe. Crafted in the form of fables, these stories grant all animals inner thoughts and lives,
Potato Gothic By Moon Patrol Published Issue 122, February 2024 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
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Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 122, February 2024 Acidbat – Dead Sun EP “Beaver Moon” begins with a finely processed progressive beat like an acid version of “On the Run” by Pink Floyd including the warbling off-center sonics. The pacing and rhythm warp and stretch but reassert an urgent forward motion with