Indie Writer’s Deathmatch 2016!
SUBMISSIONS TO THE INDIE WRITER’S DEATHMATCH ARE NOW CLOSED MORE INFO SOON! STAY TUNED! Thank you to our presenting […]
TOOLKIT: How to Save Your Books From Flooding
On New Years Eve, Silver Sprocket rang things in on a damp note. Their HQ was slammed by historic rain. Here's how the radical publisher spared their stock from the flood.
Poster Boy: Dril On Art, Philosophy, Life Beyond Twitter, All That Garbage
"People will beg for AI-free content like they do for water that isn’t tainted with lead. And when AI becomes synonymous with ‘Shit,’ it will die like every other Silicon Valley Clown Show and nobody will miss it."
Review: Nothing Without Us Too
With many of these speculative stories rooted in sci-fi, the line between reality and metaphor nearly disappears, playing with a reader’s inability to clearly differentiate between fact and fiction when it comes to the realities of disability.
Review: Beat The Rust
Life doesn’t unfold in a neat narrative, neither does Kelly Fruh's brief, deft, illustrated vignettes.
Introducing Broken Pencil 103: Cruel to be Kind
There are brighter days underground. Our latest issue features Cruelty Squad creator and Finnish artist Ville Kallio speaking about the anticipated follow-up to his unlikely hit and giving video games an overdue shock to their system.
Call for Submissions: Urban Legends
Overview “Urban Legends” is a compilation zine about urban legends, local myths, and folklore. Share your writing or art that’s […]
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Are you ready for the new Deathmatch 2016?
Broken Pencil’s notorious online Indie Writer’s Deathmatch short story contest has new rules, new ways to do battle and […]
Indie Events Round-Up: December 8 – 15
Visit Broken Pencil on Saturday at Milk Glass for the All the Words Small Press Fest Tuesday, December 8 […]
2-for-1 Subscriptions for the Holidays!
Give the Gift of Indie this Holiday Season! Buy 1 Get 1 Free until the end of December! All orders […]
Indie Events Roundup December 1 – 7
Primed 2.0 sexual health zine for transguys and their partners launches this Wednesday at the Gladstone. Tuesday, December […]
The Smell of Our Own: Syrus Marcus-Ware
Panel image from “Black August” by Syrus Marcus Ware. Image courtesy of the artist. Editor’s Note: “The Smell of Our […]
Deathmatch 2016: Read Craig Calhoun’s winning entry!
Craig Calhoun won Deathmatch 2014 through a mix of killer Death-memes, media acumen, and of course, the power of his […]
Zine Review: Yard Sale #24
Perzine, Harley Rex, 785 Wolfberry Court, Oshawa, Ontario, L1K 2J2, Canada, [email protected] Indie-pop label runner and DIY show promoter Harley […]
Indie Events Roundup: November 17 – 23
Queer Slam this Tuesday! Poster by Emmie Tsumura Wednesday, November 18 TORONTO Hot Damn It’s a Queer Slam, 7:30pm, Supermarket, […]
Zine Review: Trapped
Zine, Anonymous, 6 pages, “Look Mum!” distro, Box 183, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 6J6, free A first-person, political essay about sex […]
Zine Review: SRVIV
Compilation zine, edited by Jonas, issue 1, PO Box 633, Chicago IL, 60690 USA, 2$ What gets you out of […]
Zine Review: Slackjaw
Perzine, Emily Bueckert, 7016 189 St, Edmonton AB T5T 5E3, $5, https://www.etsy.com/shop/butterguts “I know that to push and pull is to make […]