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The Outcast By Gray Winsler Art by Graham Franciose Published Issue 124, April 2024 Unforgivable. That’s what she had said. Her own mother. How could she? I saved her.  Shut up, Liwen thought, chastising herself. This was not the time. She took a deep breath, trying to focus on the world around her. You cannot […]

Published Issue 124, April 2024 A year has passed since the harrowing events that took place at the Colorado Festival of Horror (COFOH) with the enigmatic slasher, Killr™. A new mysterious figure emerges on the scene of this year’s cosplay convention adopting the grisly murderer’s persona. No one knows if it’s just another obsessive fan

Is It Just Me, Or Do You Ever Think About Things Like Licorice, Dying, World Domination, Beyond Both Bed & Bath And World Domination (Again)? By Brian Polk Art by Jason White Published Issue 124, April 2024 If I Ever Open A Bar, I’m Going To Replace Eco-friendly Paper Straws With Red Vines That Were

SOLAR SIGNS by Beatie Wolfe x Aaron Rose Interview by Krysti Joméi Published Issue 124, April 2024 Multidisciplinary artists Beatie Wolfe and Aaron Rose present Solar Signs, an intermedia display of shadow poetry and sun prints. Solar-powered and made from only three ingredients: recycled letters, the sun, and time, the piece captures shadow words revealed

Published Issue 123, March 2024 One of the era’s most prolific conceptual artists and composers Mark Mothersbaugh has been making postcard art every day for the past 50 plus years. And this is on top of composing and scoring over 150 films, television shows, video games and hundreds of commercials and interactive pieces through his

BEYOND THE VEIL OF FLESH By Zac Dunn Published Issue 123, March 2024 The cryptos conundrum of existence, belief, genetics and context.  What lies beyond what our eyes can see?  Is it something that must be certain?  Is it something that is actually there at all?  When we first ventured into the forest to forage

Published Issue 123, March 2024 On a cold January eve, we — the Birdy crew — made our way from Denver to Boulder Valley Ranch trailhead right as the sun was setting with one mission: to stargaze. We found a nearly empty lot except for a large van decorated with glow-the-dark stickers and dim red

Just Another Vortex By Joel Tagert Art by Nick Flook aka Flooko Published Issue 123, March 2024 Hi there, excuse me! Are you from around here?  Just so. I am Josson of Thain, protector of the Westerling Woods.  You mean all this burned area here? Just so. Great! I mean, not great that your home

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