Read Runner-Up Curtis LeBlanc’s Short Story on the NUB App!
Water Break by Curtis LeBlanc We got a call from his neighbour a couple days back, said there’s a sinkhole […]
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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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Read Runner-Up Jodi Stone’s Short Story On The NUB App!
Vicious Lovers By Jodi Stone I have brought the chickens. Two of them, siblings. The smaller one’s named Nancy because […]
Read Runner-Up Sarah Segal’s Short Story on The NUB App!
It’s Nothing by Sarah Segal I was taking the baby for a walk to the park when the rockets started […]
Deathmatch 2015: A Look Back at “Eraser”
This week we’re going to take a look back at some of our previous Indie Writer’s Deathmatch finalists, winners […]
Indie Events Round Up: December 15 – 21
Gein Wong reads at the Plasticine Poetry Series this Sunday [image via flickr.com] Tuesday, December 16 TORONTO 12th Annual Dead […]
Read Runner-Up Karen Armstrong’s Short Story on The NUB App!
Smith Avenue by Karen Armstrong Because I don’t have dreadlocks, tattoos, or piercings, and because I use non-crystal deodorant, shave […]
Read 1st Place Winner Bess Winter’s Short Story on The NUB App!
I Loved This by Bess Winter Richard felt the life go out of Mildred. He felt her head loll against […]
Read 1st Place Winner Tamara Letkeman’s Short Story on The NUB App!
After The Flood by Tamara Letkeman When the sewer upchucked during the flood, out came a large rubber fly. We […]
Broken Pencil Holiday Special: 2-for-1 Subscriptions!
Give the Gift of Indie This Holiday Season! 2-for-1 subscriptions for only $15! OMG! Sick of wrapping up boring gift cards […]
Unearth Your Underworld Contest Winners!!
Congratulations to the winners of our 2014 Unearth Your Underworld contest! Download the Nub app to read the winning stories […]
Five Years of Papirmass!
Five years ago, Kirsten McCrea sensed something was amiss in the world of art. It seemed as though there were […]
Online Exclusive Fiction: Monkey Man
Sam Minasi was supposed to be on the other side of the bars, on the outside, looking in, not on […]