Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 102, June 2022 Siena Goldman aka S. Putnik is a Los Angeles-based art director, archivist, artist and musician. See more on her Instagram. Check out S. Putnik’s May install which is the companion artwork to Maggie D. Fedorov’s Vocal Manipulations, or head to Explore section to see more of […]
Vocal Manipulations By Maggie D. Fedorov Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 101, May 2022 I hear voices but it’s not the paranoia Talking; Different mouths speak, but the voice is not their own. I recognize this voice, Know it by heart. I know from Whence the whispers crept; from lecherous pit to unsuspecting minds
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Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 099, March 2022 Siena Goldman aka S. Putnik lives in her birthplace, Los Angeles, where she has spent her lifetime so far experimenting with the visual and musical arts. She loves working with pencil, pastel, watercolor, crayon and collage to convey interesting textures, color palettes, and moods in her
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
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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My Existential Doctor Herb, Part 17 By Brian Polk Published Issue 096, December 2021 “Can I ask you a blunt question?” I ask my existential doctor, Herb, who nods. “You know what you’re talking about, right? You’re not totally full of shit?” Herb thinks about it for a minute. “I’m pretty sure I’m not full
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
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