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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Review of Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
Six-Gun Snow White (Subterranean Press, 2013; reprinted by Saga Press, 2015) by Catherynne M. Valente is a brilliant retelling of the story of Snow White set against an Old West backdrop. But the story is also more than a retelling, … Continue reading
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I, Angelica
Notorious android murderess Angelica X shares her story, as told to Wesley O. Cohen Art by Luke Spooner This is what I tell the others: if he had made me out of bones, Dr. Fleischmann would have liked me better. … Continue reading
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Strange Science: Another Eclipse in 2024
Did you miss the eclipse on Monday? The good news is that you don’t have to wait long until the next total solar eclipse. There will be another in 2024. What’s strange about the next eclipse, though, is that while … Continue reading
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Mad Scientist Alumni News
Our MSJ alums (and one of our co-editors) have been up to all sorts of writing excitement recently! Here’s a sampling of what we’ve heard about! Steve Toase has a story in the Janus issue of Pantheon Magazine. Gwendolyn Kiste’s … Continue reading
Snap and Crackle
An essay by Doctor Rufus Highgate, as provided by Maureen Bowden Art by Scarlett O’Hairdye My receptionist bounced through the doorway without knocking. “The new one’s arrived, Doc. He’s a jitterer. D’ya want a slug of Mother’s Ruin before I … Continue reading
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Strange Science: Prehistoric Crocodile Named after Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead
Just when you thought science couldn’t get any cooler, paleontologists recently reexamined fossil evidence of a prehistoric giant crocodile and determined that an additional species had been identified in the fossil record. They also decided to give this crocodile an … Continue reading
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That Man Behind the Curtain: July 2017
We are winding into the last stretch for getting Utter Fabrication out the door, which means expenses are picking back up. We’ve also been doing some different things with content on the site. How does this all break down numerically? … Continue reading
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The Window Cleaner
An essay by Venijamin Trayan, as provided by Kaitlin Moore Art by Errow Collins When one wasn’t looking directly at it, the Window was completely invisible. The fine seam between worlds vanished to an edge sharp enough to draw blood. … Continue reading
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Strange Science: Sugar, Spice, Chemical X…?
We recently bought a bag of xanthan gum. We wanted to try and make gluten free pancakes from scratch, and this was one of the ingredients. Xanthan gum is one of those things that appears on different food ingredient labels, … Continue reading
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