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The Purp: Joel Tagert

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

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Single Sentence Fiction For People Who Really Don’t Enjoy Reading: Brian Polk

Single Sentence Fiction For People Who Really Don’t Enjoy Reading By Brian Polk Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 092, August 2021 My Attempt To Become More Cultured By Listening To Opera Lasted Two Minutes Turns out, I really don’t like opera, and there’s simply nothing I can do about that.  I’m Doing A Crossword

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Astronaut: Risa F Scott

Astronaut By Risa F Scott Art by Ali Hoff Published Issue 092, August 2021   My Aunt Carol lives on a little farm in Oregon. The forest there is so green, like it crept over every other color for being still. It’s a long trip, makes you feel like you’re moving away from Earth itself.

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Prism and Prison By Joel Tagert

Prism and Prison By Joel Tagert Art by Hidehisa Miyagawa Published Issue 091, July 2021 “You mean it’s dangerous?” “Not exactly. The implant itself is relatively safe, though getting it to function correctly sometimes requires adjustments. We have to teach your synapses to speak to the neural net. But there’s also an unavoidable psychological consequence

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Forest Path by Ali Hoff

Forest Path By Ali Hoff Published Issue 091, July 2021 Ali Hoff is UK-based freelance concept artist and 3D Modeller who creates strange otherly worlds, scapes, characters and more. Forest Path is one of many pieces that can be seen on his Instagram. See Ali’s June Birdy piece, Argonauts Rest, and check out more of

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Howl By Gray Winsler

Howl By Gray Winsler Art by Dave Danzara Published Issue 091, July 2021 The fire crackles before me, more captivating than any screen. Beyond its light, only night, and the noises of things unseen. A playground for the imagination, And fright, its primary creation. But the wild never scared me, not like the city, Millions

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Queen City Sounds by Tom Murphy

Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 091, July 2021 NECROPANTHER | IN DEPTHS WE SLEEP This concept EP was performed and produced during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown while the band members couldn’t work together in a physical space. Perhaps this serves to explain why a band that normally writes music about a dystopian future set these

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