ICED by Ali Hoff
ICED By Ali Hoff Published 086, February 2021 Ali Hoff is UK-based freelance concept artist and 3D Modeller.
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Overheard Conversation About Animal Crossing By Peter Glanting
OVERHEARD CONVERSATION ABOUT ANIMAL CROSSING By Peter Glanting Published Issue 086, February 2021 Peter overheard his coworker talking about the video game Animal Crossing. He used the dialogue in this alien space comic. Peter Gustav Glanting is from San Francisco and is a graduate of the University of California, Davis. He’s been a freelance copywriter
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Lost In Time Designs
By Dave Danzara aka Lost In Time Designs Published Issue 086, February 2021 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
The Dream Machine By Joel Tagert
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
Why We Are Whispering By Jason Heller
Why We Are Whispering By Jason Heller Art by Ali Hoff Published Issue 085, January 2021 Best of Birdy | Originally Published in Issue 068, August 2019 Amy never meant to build an automaton. She didn’t know how to make anything. Nevertheless in her basement one day she heaped laundry baskets and car batteries and
MANIFEST: FUTURE IV By Derek Knierim
MANIFEST: FUTURE IV By Derek Knierim Published Issue 085, January 2021 This preview image was created to show Derek’s followers of the series a glimpse of what is to come. This character will play a crucial roll in the next issue of his book series MANIFEST: FUTURE IV. Stay tuned. Prints available now. Derek Knierim is
The Semi-coherent Ramblings Of A Forced Shut-in By Brian Polk
This Pandemic Has Gone On Too Long And I Can’t Hold A Steady Train Of Thought: The Semi-coherent Ramblings Of A Forced Shut-in By Brian Polk Art By Ali Hoff Published Issue 084, December 2020 It was at that moment I realized I hadn’t said anything funny in two days. I wasn’t battling demons as much
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THE END OF STASIS: Joel Tagert
THE END OF STASIS By Joel Tagert Art by Ali Hoff Published Issue 083, November 2020 “What has been will be again,” intoned Preserver Lyons, “what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Forever and ever, amen.” He raised a hand to the great crowd of faithful in
Scarecrows: Joshua Viola
SCARECROWS By Joshua Viola Art by Aaron Lovett Published Issue 082, October 2020 Scarecrows was previously published in Nightmares Unhinged: Twenty Tales of Terror (2015, Hex Publishers). ‡ “That’s mine,” Cody said, hoping he sounded tough — if he did, maybe he wouldn’t have to fight them. “Give it back.” “Newbie wants his little cap back,” Rich,
Stanley Kaiju and the Subterranean Bunny Defenders Go Underground: Elisa Sargent & Daniel Crosier
Stanley Kaiju and the Subterranean Bunny Defenders Go Underground. By Elisa Sargent Illustration by Daniel Crosier Coloring by Kevin Waltz In recent years, as many of you may know, this reporter has settled down in Denver, and I have generally kept my stories in Denver and about Denver events, however, the story I have for my