Discontinued By Gray Winsler Art by Eric Joyner Published Issue 107, November 2022 What do you do with a million tons of war machines in peace time? That was the big question on everyone’s mind when I returned from overseas. The folks I knew in command wanted to bury them deep in some mountain next […]
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Shadows By Gray Winsler Art by Jason White Published Issue 106, October 2022 Charlie walked along the shore, cold waves lapping at his feet. His little legs wobbled over uneven stones, water breathing in and out of every crevice. The tears on his cheeks had dried and been washed away by the salty mists. He
By Gray Winsler Art by Moon_Patrol Published Issue 105, September 2022 You have no idea of the life that exists just beneath your toes. I sure as hell didn’t, not back in ‘66. Spent my whole life walking atop this earth, never given much thought to what’s below, never thinking about the thousands and thousands
By Gray Winsler Art by Moon_Patrol Published Issue 104, August 2022 You wake up on a jungle floor, swallowed by a canopy of leaves. Vines constrict like a boa around you as you push yourself to your feet. Your heart thuds as you tear the vines from your skin, hands slick with sweat. You look
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By Gray Winsler Art by DS Thornburg Published Issue 103, July 2022 “Can we go home now?” Penelope asked her father. Georg shook his head. “Not ‘till we catch something for your mother.” “But it’s been hours …” she moaned, plopping her head down to rest between her hands, fingers fiddling with the pink ribbons
By Gray Winsler Art by Eric Joyner Published Issue 102, June 2022 George’s mower hummed across the Sky Line — an elevated park once known as the High Line, but rebranded in the 2040s when it was expanded over all four boroughs (Staten Island having been sold off to New Jersey, a change few New
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The Shadow Walker By Gray Winsler Art by Ali Hoff Published Issue 101, May 2022 The Shadow Walker By Gray Winsler KIR12’s limbs itched with rust, the last droplets of rain pattering off its metal plating. It cursed the wetness of this planet, its limbs needing to be interchanged weekly, always keeping the Red Death
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The Odlegs of Oodlegoose By Gray Winsler Art by Caitlyn Grabenstein Published Issue 0100, April 2022 Depending on who you ask, the Earthen “cat” could be described as a cuddly floofball that lounges exclusively on laptop keyboards, OR as one of the deadliest hunters on Earth, killing over a billion small mammals each year. Their
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Published Issue 099, March 2022 “Get back here, El!” Her father’s words are distant, subdued by the ringing in her ears, by the patter of her sneakers pounding into the pavement. Ringo senses her approach by her keys, pushes its door open for Ellie. She slips inside, the door automatically locking shut behind her. Her
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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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