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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Grandmother Releases Her Ward By Joel Tagert Art by Graham Franciose Published Issue 090, June 2021 Yehl tried to find a time when Grandmother was alone, but this was rare, and so despite his efforts her eldest daughter was there also in the longhouse. After making a gift of a small clay pot of black
The Uncultured Critic, Part II By Brian Polk Art By Tyler Gross A few months ago, I debuted this column in which I review pertinent cultural manifestations such as books, movies and records without actually reading, seeing or hearing them. I figured as long as I had a forceful perspective that I stated very loudly
The Disciple of Many Faces By Joshua Viola Published Issue 090, June 2021 “Let there be darkness,” the disciple said. He pierced the wretch’s eyes, and it was good. The wretch cried out in pain. “Let there be silence.” The disciple, never seen twice with the same visage, loosed the wretch’s tongue with a slash,
Flashpoints By Joshua Viola and Keith Ferrell Published Issue 089, May 2021 The first half of Flashpoints was published in Issue 089, May 2021. Click this skull icon for Part 2 to finish where you left off reading in print. Max lay in bed, accompanied by the familiar chirping beeps of his health monitor. Brave, his dog,
Shortened Fiction By Brian Polk Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 089, May 2021 The Moment I Realize I Drink More Now Than My Recovering Alcoholic Friend Ever Did “Wait,” I say as I run the numbers on just how bad of an alcoholic my friend Richie used to be. “So you were drinking every
A Bonfire In the Belly of the Beast By Joel Tagert Art by Peter Kornowski Published Issue 089, May 2021 Being consumed by a dark god was just the beginning. When Th’yaleh’s great tentacles rose around my little dinghy, I looked frantically for escape, but of course there was none. Perhaps there had never been
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Dirty Spatula Fiction By Brian Polk Art By Jonny DeStefano Published Issue 088, April 2021 Look for the phrase “Dirty Spatula” strategically placed in each story. The Sticky Spot on the Floor Grew Last Night “The sticky spot on the kitchen floor sure seems like it grew exponentially last night,” I told my roommate when
A Colossal Night Out By Joel Tagert Art by Arna Miller Published Issue 088, April 2021 After fighting Krung and Kusira had an appetite, so they each tore a leg off the cargo-ship-sized salamander they’d just beaten and had their fill of its flesh, sitting at their ease on the verdant slope of the volcano.
