The Dream Machine By Joel Tagert Published Issue 085, January 2021 Author’s note: The underlined sentences in this story were generated from the preceding sentences by Talk to Transformer (https://app.inferkit.com/demo), a predictive neural network, with minimal alterations for narrative and grammatical continuity. When he reached the top of the hill and saw the highway in […]
Land of the Noble Free By Joel Tagert Art by Mark Mothersbaugh Published Issue 084, December 2020 Lionel was on a mission, but as he moved through the alleys he still scanned the dumpsters for food or other useful items. Buying things was dangerous. He wore sunglasses, a wig, and a mask over his mouth
THE EIGHT O’CLOCK NEWS By Dave Danzara Published Issue 081, September 2020 Dave Danzara has spent most of his life creating art. Born and raised in California, Dave won a scholarship to Laguna Art Institute of Southern California in 1994. His influences can be found in pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, film and music. Graphic design
TEA FOR THE ETERNAL EMPEROR By Joel Tagert Art by Dylan Fowler Published Issue 081, September 2020 Despite the thin air and the cold, Pleven and Emma spent nearly the entire eight-hour flight across the Cauldron on the observation deck, talking together and looking eagerly at the roiling clouds below them, lit intermittently by flashes
ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK By Dave Danzara Published Issue 080, August 2020 Dave Danzara has spent most of his life creating art. Born and raised in California, Dave won a scholarship to Laguna Art Institute of Southern California in 1994. His influences can be found in pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, film and music. Graphic
BAD REPUTATIONBy Kaylie RivasArt: Cosmic Death Queen by Jaime ValderramaArt: Dog by Luke DiBonaPublished Issue 080, August 2020 I didn’t always used to be this way. You know … hated by everyone. In a way, all of this “evil” stuff has just given me a complex, really. It’s like you do one thing wrong and
A DIFFERENT KIND OF WITCHBy Joel TagertArt by Future Fantasy DelightPublished Issue 080, August 2020 Bokker spent the stakeout at Kilauea watching Jurassic World in a little window on his military-grade laptop, a thick, multi-cornered black slab that looked like an OtterBox on steroids. She assumed he watched porn on it as well, which raised
A LAKE SO STILLBy Joel TagertIllustration by Dylan FowlerPublished Issue 078, June 2020 Two days after leaving the forest, the Shizi army surmounted a final crest, emerging into a broad bowl-shaped valley backed by a steep rocky slope laden with glacial ice. There on a hill was Gyontse Castle, all right; but completely surrounding it was a
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BRIGHT RAINBy Sean Eads & Joshua ViolaPart 1 Published Issue 077, May 2020 The Tomorrow Project introduced helpful nanites into the human body, eradicating common ailments like cancer, heart disease and dementia. The nanites were designed to expire after six months and leave the body, but the expelled nanites rose into the atmosphere in water vapor and evolved.
PARADISE, PART 1By Ricardo FernandezPublished Issue 049, January 2018 The air was filled with the smell of the forest and my ears picked up the faint gurgle of a distant creek. Laying on my back, eyes closed, I felt a tickle of warmth as light broke through the canopy of trees and danced on my