“How to Write a Love Letter” by Megan Drysdale
Your lover reads his old love letters. He keeps them where he hopes you will not find them: in an […]
The BP Fall Bundle Sale is On Now
OVERSTOCK SALE!!! EVERYTHING MUST GO! WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! *ORDER NOW* Biggest Bundle Sale Ever is Here For Only $17.99 Limited […]
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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When Good comes of the Indie Writers Deathmatch!
Masters student Braydon Beaulieu won entry to the 2012 tournament with his Kafkaesque submission Field Guild to Kleptoparasitism. A Deathmatch […]
Indie Events: December 9 – 15
TORONTO Monday Dec 9, 7:40pm, Trampoline Hall, The Garrison, 1197 Dundas Street West, buy tickets here All lecturers this month […]
“Just the Reds” by Luke Wiget
I jog in place when I wait at red lights but don’t generally run the stretches in between. It’s my […]
Warnings from a Past Deathmatch Contender!
Contest junkie Terri Favro made the semi-finals in last year’s Deathmatch with her ghost story Cold Comfort, and faced off with the rampant […]
Indie Events: Dec 2 – 8
HALIFAX Monday December 2, 7pm, Write for Your Life, Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen, $10 On December 2nd, 2013, […]
Educating With Zines
photo courtesy of Kelly McElroy by Lindsay Gibb I discovered zines in high school. In Grade 10, I was hanging […]
Indie Events: Nov 18 – 24
TORONTO Monday Nov 18, 7pm, Talonbooks Fall Launch, TYPE Books, 883 Queen St. East Talonbooks launches three new titles, […]
Deathmatch 2014
Deathmatch 2014 is on NOW. Go visit the page, read the stories, vote and sound off in the comments! Every […]
Wednesday Crowdfunding: Help Fantagraphics!
Today we’re sharing a slightly different kind of Kickstarter. To be honest, it’s one of the best-written, most compelling […]
Zine Adventures in New York City
When she travels, Jessica Lewis likes to seek out zine-related activities. She is a member of the new Broken Pencil […]
Indie Events: Nov 4 – Nov 10
TORONTO Monday Nov 4, 7:40pm, Trampoline Hall, The Garrison, 1197 Dundas Street West, buy tickets here Tonight’s event is curated […]