An essay by Nathan Williams, as provided by Nicole Tanquary Art provided by Scarlett O’Hairdye The door to the shop was open, so I walked in, scuffing the bottoms of my shoes against the welcome mat to get off the slush. Mrs. Mabel was way in the back, hunched low over her worktable. She...
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An essay by Daniela Villanueva, as provided by Alyssa N. Vaughn Art provided by Errow Collins I’d like to tell you about the first time I ever took out a superhero. I was eleven. The afternoon it all began, I sat at my desk with my arms crossed, scowling at my science textbook. I...
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Correspondence initiated by Unclassified Sample 38267, as provided by Julia K. Patt Art by Leigh Legler Are you there, Professor? It’s me, Unclassified. You: A brilliant but ostracized xenobiologist, recently denied tenure from a prestigious university. Me: The beaker of extraterrestrial goop you definitely weren’t supposed to bring home from the lab and combine with...
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A letter from Nick Nickerson, as provided by Tara Campbell Art provided by Luke Spooner Dear Brian Jones, Congratulations on owning a new Hollywood Café franchise! We are proud to welcome you to the Hollywood family. We were impressed with your prior background in the restaurant business and your entrepreneurial drive, and will support...
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It’s been a hectic few months as we try to get ready for GeekGirlCon in October. But that’s next month. Let’s look at last month. The Money Aspect Amounts in parentheses are losses/expenses. Web Resources: (-$17.06) Stories: (-$130.00) Art: (-$666.85) Advertising: (-$374.89) Processing Fees: (-$17.81) Printing: (-$21.43) Conventions: (-$365.00) Donations: $173.75 Physical Sales: $17.00...
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An interview with Patient Fe-K-1004, as provided by Andrew Openshaw Art by Justine McGreevy The following recording was found on a memory stick discovered during excavations in the west of the city five years ago. Dated 14th January 2019, and kindly lent to us today by The Museum of Science and Technology, it provides us...
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An essay by an unnamed father, as provided by Tom Lund Art by Errow Collins The engineer never told me his name, but only that he worked at a certain lab not far from the empty little pub in which we drank. It was the anniversary of my daughter’s death that brought me to...
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An essay by Raxx Wimcombe, as provided by K. Tracy-Lee Art by Leigh Legler Walking amongst the crowds of the main street that ran perpendicular to the rows of outdoor merchants and the Gardens of King Hekkon, under whom I served in one of his battalions, I felt a presence that I had felt...
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An letter by Lisa Mullins, PhD, as provided by Julia K. Patt Art by Dawn Vogel Greetings Fellow Plodder in the Academic Trenches, If you’ve received this binder, it means you have had the misfortune of being assigned BIO 457 as your T.A. post for the semester. My sincere condolences. I was once like you–beleaguered and...
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We had a few new marketing experiments in July. How well did it work out? Well, let’s look at numbers. The Money Aspect Amounts in parentheses are losses/expenses. Web Resources: (-$17.06) Stories: (-$180.00) Art: (-$741.85) Advertising: (-$1,661.59) Processing Fees: (-$22.38) Printing: (-$33.68) Donations: $107.71 Online Book Sales: $31.12 Total: (-$3,296.64) QTD: (-$3,800.46) YTD: (-$4,187.66)...
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