“Art is a kind of play, and those who forget how to be playful are likely to produce art that is ever more mature and responsible and ponderous.” — Thomas Disch Zach Powers likes to play—at least when he’s writing. His inventions honor the humble delights of the old pulps, those tales of wonder and…
Putting on “Space Suit” Zach Powers In high school my friend Reed drove a boxy white Dodge outfitted with a custom sound system several times more valuable than the car itself. Two after-market tweeters protruded from the columns on either side of the windshield, stuck there with double-sided tape, thin black wires worming away under…
Christina Holzhauser comes from a speck of a town in Missouri called Portland, a once-popular shipping post located on the banks of the Missouri River. It’s the kind of place where daily events swell to mythic proportions by the time they’re recounted in the local bar the Holzhauser family has owned for close to 80…
Surprisingly Good Mike Chen Let me tell you one thing I learned about becoming a published author, a public figure of sorts. It feels terrifying enough thinking that a random person out there could be reading this heart-and-soul thing you’ve crafted—in my case, a father/daughter time-travel story called Here And Now And Then. It feels…
Rejected ‘Hard Times’ Headlines Michelle Cruz Gonzales Another Old, Bitter, White Guy Declares Death of Punk Women over 40 Wear Whatever They Fucking Want and the World Doesn’t End Singers of Female Fronted Bands Denounce Descriptor—Prefer “Male-Backed” Instead Menopausal Woman Flips Out on Man Invading Her Personal Space: Blames Inner Riot Grrrl Man on MUNI…
