Monthly Archives: May 2015

That Man Behind the Curtain: April 2015

Spike in numbers from paying authors for Selfies, plus an unexpected benefit from using BackerKit. Let’s look at some numbers! The Money Aspect Amounts in parentheses are losses/expenses. Hosting: ($17.06) Stories: ($879.00) Art: ($148.45) Advertising: ($20.00) Processing Fees: ($17.58) Printing: … Continue reading

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Weaselbearer v. del Toro

An essay by Judge Salvadore Ironfist, as provided by K. G. Jewell Art by Leigh Legler BE IT REMEMBERED on July 23, 2013, the Court held a hearing in the above-styled cause, and the parties appeared with counsel. Background In January … Continue reading

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Hamlet and Ashley

As provided by Leland Neville Art by Luke Spooner Dewey Glass, a freelance space monitor, shares the following intercepted communications from the starship Preemptive Strike:     Greetings Supreme Commander: Observing your meticulous torturing of the hapless reactionaries was both an … Continue reading

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Review of Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep

A review by Dawn Vogel Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep (2015, Affront Publishing), edited by Peter Öberg, is an anthology containing science fiction and fantastic stories by Swedish authors. This anthology is jam packed with 26 stories, so … Continue reading

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Time Zones

An essay by Gary MacDonald, as provided by Robert Dawson Art by Dawn Vogel Teenagers are pretty wonderful people. They are hard-working, tidy, enthusiastic, well-dressed, well-groomed, and polite. Everybody else’s teenagers, anyway. Every parent wonders how they got the ones who … Continue reading

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Mad Scientists in Beyond Science Fiction!

The latest issue of Beyond Science Fiction features both MSJ alum Jason Bougger (who wrote “A Bad Case of Rabies” for our Winter 2014 quarterly) as well as MSJ editor Dawn Vogel! Check it out!

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Daddy Who

An essay by Anna Beth Wilson, as provided by L. L. Phelps Art by Scarlett O’Hairdye It all happened like this. Last year, during my first semester at college, my roommate, Val, had this boyfriend who was all into Doctor Who. You … Continue reading

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