Rearview By Erin Brookins Art by Dylan Fowler Published Issue 110, February 2023 “Have any of you noticed that the same car has been following us for four blocks now? Four whole blocks. That creepy gray sedan. I wish I could see the driver.” “We’ve just been going straight for the last four blocks …” […]
While In The Wild West By BEE LB Art by Moon_Patrol Published Issue 110, February 2023 do as the Romans do. Isn’t that how it goes? So let’s fast. We’ve got plenty of food at home. There’ll be plenty more when I’m through. I shaped myself myself; took my face in my hands and pulled.
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ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK By Dave Danzara Published Issue 110, February 2023 Best of Birdy, originally published Issue 080, August 2020 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
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Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 110, February 2023 A Place For Owls – S/T “Press Start” launches the album with what sounds like a sample of someone putting coins into an old video game and indeed doing as the title suggests. From there we go on a musical journey of seeking transformation
The Revolution of the Denver Tattoo Scene: How the competitive outlaw mentality shifted into a more inclusive space By Erin Barnes Published Issue 110, February 2023 “You’re a Babs girl!” I was at a bar, and a girl was tapping me on the shoulder and declaring this phrase. My shoulder that she was tapping is adorned
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Surviving Winter By Angie Minkin Art by Derek Knierim Published Issue 110, February 2023 Hungry time, knife-edge of grief. Listen to the ice. Surround night with candles and eat pomegranates, rubies enough to recall beauty. Recite poetry. Remember you have lived through long nights before. Touch the earth, it throbs. Even in the longest dark,
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Micro Cat By Matt McCarthy Published Issue 110, February 110 Best of Birdy, originally Published Issue 090, June 2021 Matt McCarthy lives and works in Chapel Hill, NC. His collage artwork contrasts domestic felines with various scenes and objects to create humorous surreal compositions. The utilization of existing cat images reinforces the timeless appeal of felines, and
Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 110, February 2023 The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada, Translated by David Boyd (English version, 2020, Original, Japanese publication 2014) In under 100 pages, Hiroko Oyamada delivers a meticulously crafted, surreal novel highlighting the secret bits of our world hidden in plain sight. Asa is working as a temporary
Pink Frosting By Eric Joyner Published as the Centerfold of Issue 110, February 2023 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
The Stars In Our Middle By Zac Dunn Published Issue 110, February 2023 Best of Birdy, Originally Published in Issue 066, June 2019 We dreamed of Arabian nights And white lights so bright They stole the shine within us The never ending story was simply An allegory untold but Dead ass true Retold by rebel monks