When Snow Falls By Chris Austin Published Issue 096, December 2021 Chris Austin is a painter and sculptor living and working in Toronto, Canada, whose paintings depict captivating scenes imbued with a surreal luminescence. His works are inspired by his travels through North America, and in particular, the Pacific Northwest. See more of his work […]
Astro Cat By Matt McCarthy Published Issue 096, December 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 draws a common thread through a variety
Big Brother By Dave Danzara Published Issue 095, November 2021 Dave Danzara, aka Lost In Time Designs, 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 and
Loner, Rebel By Dave Danzara Published Issue 095, November 2021 Dave Danzara, aka Lost In Time Designs, 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 and
Untitled A & B By Jason White Published Issue 095, November 2021 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
Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 095, November 2021 Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (2021) Nobel prize winning Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest novel is a heartbreaking and emotional journey through the essence of human experience disguised as dystopian science fiction. Set in the near future, Klara and the Sun centers on Klara, a
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 095, November 2021 Grief Ritual | The Gallows Laugh The distorted drone like caustic winds in the scorched hellscape of a near future earth, punctuated by the sounds of echoing metallic clanging in the distance is the perfect way for “Backwards Circle” to introduce this album. While
Dexter Fox By Joel Tagert By Ali Hoff Published Issue 095, November 2021 “I forgot you were dexter,” Lissa said as she watched her half-brother coiling the rope he’d been using to suspend their food in a tree. She laughed. “Isn’t that what they used to call you in school?” “I can’t remember,” Ten muttered,
LIMITED TIME OFFER By Gray Winsler Art By Caitlyn Grabenstein Published Issue 095, November 2021 BEINGS of this wide and mysterious universe, Do you wish to feel your life liquid accelerate? Do you wish to feel those tentacles stiffen with joy, those gills tremble in awe, those moist flaps shudder with excitement? Then BEHOLD Earth’s
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Exposed By Amy Guidry Published as the Centerfold in Issue 095, November 2021 Amy Guidry (b. 1976, Jacksonville, N.C.) is an American artist residing in Lafayette, Louisiana. She grew up in Slidell, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. Guidry comes from a family of artists including the late painter Eleanor Norcross. She studied at Loyola