Her Lonely Work By Joel Tagert Art by Jason White Published Issue 093, September 2021 The Hive is doing its work and its workers are happy. The three present hum together faintly as they turn on the paralyzer. The eyes of the human child in the bed flutter open as she wakes. This is an […]
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Million Dollar Ideas By Brian Polk Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 093, September 2021 Over the years, I’ve had several ideas that would have earned me millions of dollars if I had any sort of follow-through whatsoever. In my own head — where my “follow-through” skills are on point — these ideas have allowed
Jono Bottom By Gray Winsler Art by Dave Danzara aka Lost In Time Designs Published Issue 093, September 2021 Jono Bottom was a cashier at Sbarro — “Home of the Original XL NY Pizza.” No one had ever made a pizza as big as their’s before. Size is often a source of pride for Americans,
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LOG 149 By Godric Photo by Tommy Coyote Published Issue 093, September 2021 Water behind the curtain? No curse or bone Conquers loving myself. It is gift, ever asking, give Warmth or furnace Eyes spelled earnest To walk this ravenous harbor Finger wrestling, Shadow stepping. Mind their reach, Wrap many in silk Arm your heart ready
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 092, August 2021 DOZE DOSING | shared_DOCS_w/_u As an educator Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens spent much of the pandemic interacting with students online and using digital cloud resources and tools to receive work and transmit various forms of feedback and analyze data. As a way to cope Stevens
Book Club Hana Zittel Published Issue 092, August 2021 Maxwell’s Demon by Steven Hall (2021) “…Why knocks an angel in Bethlehem?” Thomas Quinn receives this cryptic message on his landline’s answering machine, unable to reach the call in time. The voice coming from the machine sounds very much like the voice of his late father,
BEX By Gray Winsler Art by Nick Flook Published Issue 092, August 2021 Bex’s hands were sweating. She blamed it on the skintight gloves of her suit, but she knew she was nervous. “Comms are going dark in five, Bex. How are you feeling?” “Never better,” she shouted over the rattling of the ship. Bex
Werewolf Radar: Aliendless Love By Nate Balding Art by Caitlyn Grabenstein Published Issue 092, August 2021 By the time you read this you’ll be dead. Or something will have happened. Or nothing. Which on a philosophical level might imply that you are, for all intents and purposes, dead. That’s not what this is about. On
The Purp By Joel Tagert Art by Dave Danzara Published Issue 092, August 2021 The doomsayers crowded the corners but between them there was no agreement. NEW YORK WILL DROWN, read one sign. NUCLEAR WAR 10/21/35, said another. Still others mentioned plagues, droughts, assassinations, but no one took them seriously. Everyone knew the really
Sa Lawn Dreams By Dave Jasmon Published Issue 092, August 2021 Meet Kyle Singer, the artist behind Meow Wolf Denver’s multidimensional “Sa -Lawn” that features an alien fashion show. “You walk in and it’s just, hopefully, an overstimulation of all the color … But quantum leap back into the conversation, something else just popped into