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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Down To Brass Tacks By Brian Polk Art contributions by Mark Mothersbaugh & S. Putnik Published Issue 095, November 2021 We Should Take A Cue From The English And Call Our City Denver-Upon-Platte Kingston-upon-Hull, Stratford-upon-Avon, Newcastle-upon-Tyne — the English sure know how to name their cities. It just sounds so dignified to be “upon” something.
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Short Fiction For The Busy, The Easily Distracted, And The People Who Don’t Ordinarily Read Fiction By Brian Polk Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 094, October 2021 I Drank 10 Drinks At The Sober Bar And Was Way Too Hydrated To Fuck “These sober drinks can sure pack a punch,” I told my potential
JANG! JANG! JANG! RANG THE HAMMERS IN THE RAIN. JANG! JANG! JANG! CLANGED THE LINKS OF BLOODY CHAIN. JANG! BANGED THE BOOMERANG BOUNCING IN HER BRAIN. JANG! SANG THE KANGAROO – Something touched her shoulder. In a fever dream of manacles and red rock, Naoko surged upward, grabbing for the throat. The intruder gagged, falling
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Lunacy By Gray Winsler Art by Dave Danzara Published Issue 094, October 2021 I swear I can hear his voice, like hushed whispers escaping from the abyss of my subconscious. The words are muted, barely audible, but it’s him. I know it’s him just as well as I know it cannot possibly be true, and
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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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
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