SUCCUBI By Mark J. Mitchell Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 098, February 2022 He never got his witch — the potent night that cracked open under her icy touch. Or silence, wrapping him soft as a cut reed shroud. All his short time was spent in light too ordinary. He’d constructed small shrines against […]
Kitty Stardust By Matt McCarthy Published Issue 098, February 2022 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
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 098, February 2022 flyvee | prodigium asmr Imagine a podcast format soundtrack to taking random peeks into six different Twitch gaming channels and you have some idea of what was created for this release. Like an episodic, strange, science fiction movie cast as music rendered in miniature
Disassociation By Maggie D. Fedorov Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 098, February 2022 The totality of the absence of sound would shame the dead; whom in their inability to stifle their very existence despite having stared long into the eyes and heart of death, yet have failed to accomplish that for which an empty
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Birdy Back Cover By Sarper Baran Published Issue 098, February 2022 Sarper Baran is a Turkey-based 3D and NFT Artist with a Master of Science Engineering and the Founder of Art Grab: an artist-owned platform that gives artists a place to license their creations to a world-wide audience for use on album covers, posters, clothing and more.
Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 098, February 2022 Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (2021) A story that started as an essay evolves into a heart shattering memoir in Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart. Zauner brings us deep inside the complex, painful and love filled relationship with her mother leading to
Close Your Eyes By Caitlyn Grabenstein Published Issue 098, February 2022 Caitlyn Grabenstein, a.k.a. Cult Class, is a collage artist, sketch artist, and designer out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She started doing art at a very young age and has pursued it in different forms throughout her life. While working in the music industry and running
They love me … They love me not … They love me … They’re … wearing a recently flayed goat and chasing me down the street. Must be Lupercalia day. Oft misattributed as the Roman precursor to Valentine’s Day, the festival of Lupercalia rides the midriff of February with all the main features of the
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Published Issue 098, February 2022 “A wolf without his pack — what a sight,” said Aerl the rabbit, teasing Sköll as he approached. “Watch your ears, rabbit,” Sköll bristled, haunches tensing. “Or what?” Aerl replied. Sköll peeled back his lips in a snarl, ready to leap upon Aerl, but the butterflies’ whispers grew in his
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Wolf Moon By Dave Danzara Published Issue 098, February 2022 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 found in pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, film and music. Graphic design and digital