Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 143, November 2025 Broken Record – Routine One of the most emotionally resonant expressions of the complete and utter discrediting of not just the American Dream, but of the mid-century capitalist foundation of that notion. That all started to crumble in the mid-1970s, and America has been […]
The End of Stasis By Joel Tagert Art by Ali Hoff Published Issue 143, October 2025 Best of Birdy, Originally Published Issue 083, November 2020 “What has been will be again,” intoned Preserver Lyons, “what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Forever and ever, amen.” He raised
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Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 143, November 2025 The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey (2025) “Friendship has a way of re-revealing the things you know in such a way you can’t help but accept them.” A half step away from her previous fictional works, Catherine Lacey’s 2025 release combines autofiction and memoir in
No Kings By Graham Franciose Index of Issue 143, November 2025 No Kings — Stand up, resist, be peaceful, be safe, look out for one another ✊🕊️ Open edition print of original watercolor available on 230 gsm archival matte paper. Priced for everyone. Free shipping in the continental US. Graham Franciose grew up in the
Ampullae of Lorenzini By Zac Dunn Art by Joe Vaux Published Issue 143, November 2025 “Hammertime” by Joe Vaux inspired Zac Dunn to write Ampullae of Lorenzini. The fins twitch and wish to swim quickly over reefs and tiny fish not large enough to quell the hunger that pushes them invariably forward. Electric currents, so
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Werewolf Radar: The Last Checkout At The Cecil Hotel By Jordan Doll Published in Issue 143, November 2025 Almost every hotel has a ghost story. But while tales of a spurned bride haunting the honeymoon suite (drama much?) or a spectral trucker forever pounding on the malfunctioning ice machine (looking at you, Colfax Ramada) may
Art by Jason White Published Issue 143, November 2025 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
When we first connected with Joe Cappa back in 2021 his horror comedy short, Ghost Dogs, was just selected into Sundance Film Festival. It was pretty undeniable that he was destined for something big. As big as the Campbell boys in his Adult Swim series Haha, You Clowns, premiering on Adult Swim October 19th and
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Published in Issue 142, October 2025 When I was a kid I had this friend. His name was Cooney. He was a raccoon and the best friend I’ve ever had. He showed up alongside several other somewhat forgettable gifts one Christmas morning and we hit it off immediately, sharing many of the same tastes and
Published in Issue 142, October 2o04 Best of Birdy – Originally published Issue 094, October 2021 JANG! JANG! JANG! RANG THE HAMMERS IN THE RAIN. JANG! JANG! JANG! CLANGED THE LINKS OF BLOODY CHAIN. JANG! BANGED THE BOOMERANG BOUNCING IN HER BRAIN. JANG! SANG THE KANGAROO— Something touched her shoulder. In a fever dream of