NEW EVIDENCE OF THE KINGS COUNTY SASQUATCH
Tobias Carroll07.13.12
A thrilling new chapter in the annals of cryptozoology: the origin story of the Urban Sasquatch comes to light. Brooklynite reveals lurid details of his descent down the evolutionary chain! Story by Tobias Carroll. Art by Danny Jock.
He Wanted All Galenans to Know That He Was Real
Stacey Levine07.06.12
How To Recognize Different Types Of Chef From Quite A Long Way Away. Forged in the crucible of Le Cordon Bleu, one chef returns home to face his biggest critics. New fiction by Stacey Levine. Art by Danny Jock.
Difficult Novel
Jimmy Chen06.28.12
The art of reading: a digest. New fiction and art by Jimmy Chen.
Mouse
Gean Moreno06.27.12
Trapped in the dream of architecture, a decaying rodent opens the way to new paradigms of structural inquiry. Die Weltgeschichte ist auch die Summe dessen, was vermeidbar gewesen wäre. New fiction by Gean Moreno.
Lil’ Bo Has The Last Laugh
Kory Calico06.04.12
The age-old Southern question: What would the community think? New fiction by Kory Calico. Art by Danny Jock.
Eyeball the Stain
Jan Wiezorek04.05.12
A fly in the ointment of obsession. New fiction by Jan Wiezorek. Art by Danny Jock.
Best
Gary Sheppard10.31.11
The thing about love is not that it’s terrifying––it’s that it may one day cease to be terrifying. Gary Sheppard knows Best.
rags of motel carpet waited to grow a brain
Mark Baumer09.26.11
The two most important questions upon waking are: Where am I? and, Where are my pants? Leon is going to have trouble answering either of these. New flash fiction from Mark Baumer.
Sam in a Slipshod Style
Laura Jane Faulds08.31.11
This is an ode to co-dependence. Let’s all be extremely self-conscious and revel in the knowledge that we are imperfect beings that not even Keith Richards can illuminate. And who is Keith Richards to you, anyway? And how can you be sad in the summertime when he shows up precisely not to give you love or validation? Let’s take a walk in the park. Let’s hold ourselves tight and sing, Baby, baby keep me happy.
“Same Heart They Put You In”
Mike Young04.26.11
Mike Young has range. First saw him reciting poetry with puppets & other props, performing sans script. Was pretty blown away, especially after reading such weirdness sculpted beautifully in the book We Are All Good If They Try Hard Enough. But wait, Young writes short fiction too – see Look! Look! Feathers which includes "Same Heart They Put You In". Here’s a wincingly funny bildungsromanesque (it’s a long story) that captures a 90s voice as well as Cameron Crowe’s Fast Times caught the 70s, John Hughes the 80s, or George W. Bush the 00s (who did capture that last decade?…Mike may’ve got that one too). So I’m bad for hyperbole, but in short, expect a blockbuster out of Young’s writing one day. And more puppets! -CM
