FOUR SETS OF EYES By Matt McCarthy Published Issue 081, September 2020 Matt McCarthy lives and works in Chapel Hill, NC. His collage artwork contrasts domestic felines with various scenes and objects to create humorous surreal compositions. The utilization of existing cat images reinforces the timeless appeal of felines, and draws a common thread through […]
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
Welcome to tonight’s feature presentation, brought to you by an unholy alliance of our spellcasters at Hex Publishers and movie-mages at the Colorado Festival of Horror. Please be advised that all emergency exits have been locked for this special nostalgia-curdled premiere of death. From crinkling celluloid to ferocious flesh — from the silver screen to
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
MANY NOBLE NAMESBy Jason HellerArt by Luke StackpooleBest of Birdy: Story Originally Published Issue 009, August 2014 Blood was nothing new on that boulevard. Trails of it appeared on the sidewalks about once a month, shed we assumed by someone beaten or stabbed during the night. Sometimes the blood looked like rust. Other times it
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
AN INTERVIEW WITH KID KOALABy John SchaeferPublished Issue 079, July 2020 Eric San is a world-renowned turntablist who makes music and art under the name Kid Koala. In the midst of a global pandemic and international protests for racial equality, we dropped into his workshop. One of our favorite creators shares some insight into his
WEREWOLF RADAR: WHAT ABOUT PEDRO?By Jordan DollArt by Darian GarciaPublished Issue 079 Y’all ever hear about the San Pedro Mountain Mummy? Actually, Pedro Mountain Mummy is a bit more accurate as this took place in Wyoming not New Mexico, but we are potentially talking about a mummified elf here, so if “accuracy” is your thing,
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A DRAGON IN EMPYREBy Joel TagertArt by Ali HoffPublished Issue 079, July 2020 Senator Streety looked uncomfortable on the way up in the shuttle, crunching his eyes closed and wrapping his arms around his stomach. Phaera leaned over in her seat. “Can we get you anything, maybe an anti-nausea med?” He shook his large, dark,