“This Keeps Happening” will leave you laughing, cringing, and page-turning
This Keeps Happening H.B. Hogan, 144 pgs, Invisible Publishing, invisiblepublishing.com, $17.95 This debut collection of short stories features an impressively […]
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This short story collection is a dry-witted, often tender-hearted addition to the coming of age genre
Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country & Other Stories Chavisa Woods, 224 pgs, Seven Stories Press, $29 […]
The Sunday Night Black & White #4
The Sunday Night Black & White #4 Zine, ed. by Roland LeSage, sundaynightbombers.com, $8.50 This is one of those zines […]
‘Chronic Brain’ zine: Everyday Tips to Manage Anxiety
Chronic Brain Zine, Mallory Taylor, 20 pgs, mallorycktaylor.com Anxiety seems increasingly rampant in today’s culture. Accompanying its apparent uptick […]
For All The Net Kids Out There: ‘I Grew Up on the Internet’ perzine
i grew up on the internet Perzine, Sidney Drmay, 10 pgs,@webspookie, Webspookie Productions, $7 This zine is what its title […]
Heartbreakingly blunt perzine ‘i don’t know how to translate this’
i don’t know how to translate this Perzine, Tender Tita, 12 pgs, tendertita.bigcartel.com Tender Tita’s zine i don’t know how […]
‘Wolves #1’ perzine is haunting and beautiful
Wolves #1 Perzine, M. Paradise, Instagram @anchor_and_stars, $2 Wolves is a perzine by M. Paradise that explores family trauma and […]
A feeling of memory made tangible: ‘Ancient Echo’ photo zine
Ancient Echo Photo zine, Ilyse Krivel, 16pgs, etsy.com/shop/ilysianfields, $12 On first read, I thought this title was a reference to […]
‘Filthy Bitches 2.0’ artzine challenges the male gaze
Filthy Bitches 2.0 Artzine, Bo Doodley, bodoodley.com, $5 The cover of issue two of Filthy Bitches boasts that it’s “even […]
Alive, interconnected and intimate: ‘Conversations with the Mute Chapter 2: Correspondences’ litzine
Conversations with the Mute Chapter 2: Correspondences Litzine, Laura K. Watson, 16 pgs, laurak-watson.com, [email protected] This collection of poetry and […]
No stone goes unturned in this heavy but insightful page-turner ‘Small Predators’
Small Predators Jennifer Ilse Black, 144 pgs, ARP Books, arpbooks.org, $18.95 From the beginning, Fox has known exactly how she’s […]
‘Dear Current Occupant’ is a powerful narrative of Black female self-invention
Dear Current Occupant Chelene Knight, 132 pgs, Book*hug, bookthug.ca, $20 Despite featuring 23 full-colour photographs of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Dear […]