If you’re outspoken online, you often get asked some variation of “Why are you so angry?” Sometimes it’s more sarcastic, an iteration of “u mad bro?” Other times it’s stated with bewilderment, pointedly questioning the expense of your energy. What’s personally always the most frustrating, though, is when it’s stated in a way that implies […]
Poetry: My God, My World
My God, My World Ben Boruff I like to spend my time on long car rides repurposing pop lyrics as evangelical sermons imagining every “baby” in a manger and every “I love you” as a prayer. my Synthpop God pulsing under my skin to the beats of top-charted idols tempts me to worship, tells me […]
Comic Cinema Club: Sorcerer by Rafael Gaitan and Mike Prezzato
Another week, another new feature. This time it’s Comic Cinema Club, in which we pair a critic with a comic artist and have them wax poetic about one of their favorite films together. For the inaugural installment, we’ve got the foul mouthed Rafael Gaitan collaborating with the soft spoken Detroit Dude Mike Prezzato (with a […]
Nonfiction: Progeny in Crisis by Kayleigh Hughes
Early in my college career, I wrote a story about my mother and her cancer and I. People seemed to like it and I got an award and it was published and someone said I would receive one hundred dollars for being the winner, but I never got that check, which is a shame because […]
The Persistence of Synergy: Scenes from the Stock Business Photo Prison Hellscape
Desolation “The first day? I don’t remember anything about the first day. If I had to guess, I’d say it was exactly the same as every other day. So, I suppose the first thing I notice every morning is that dull, dusty ambient light behind my eyelids. The sun never comes up or goes down […]
Poetry: Moebius Strip by Shea Hennum
This week has seen a column on superhero-inspired poetry and a review of a comics poetry anthology, so Shea Hennum’s “Moebius Strip” felt like the perfect addition to the mix. Moebius Strip Shea Hennum She was my two-page splash, My panel one, My gutter, my caption. My bombastic exposition and overwritten fiction. She was my […]
Fiction: Unconscious Thinking by Andy Segeral
Warning: This story features graphic content that is not suitable for work, minors or those who have yet to discover The Way to Happiness. If only the bus got off at the right stop. If only I stayed on the other side of the side walk. If only she didn’t make eye contact with me […]
Travels with Myself and Another: Photographs of the Weird Old West and Beyond
Nick Hanover has been on a series of road trips this year, spanning from Texas to South Carolina, and along the way he has taken photos of antique stores, BBQ joints and other odd urban exits. We’ve collected some of them here for your perusal. Folk art in East Austin, TX Vintage shop display on […]
Fiction: Whatever It Takes
There’s an ignored old sailing man in his great-granddaughter’s house who’s now too tattered to conquer the seas, too frail to even master the stairs, shut in this brand new brick Colonial-style house in the middle of Kansas. How he came here, passing through a series of exasperated “I’ve got too much going on already” […]
Fiction: This American Life-On-Closed Circuit by Shea Hennum
The pocket knife Allison Squibb had carried since she was thirteen was dull, and she strained as she cut into her arm to remove the small ident device lodged in the musculature, pressed tight against the skin on the underside of her elbow. Allison carved around the zit-sized bump and pulled out a small blinking […]