Deathmatch Round One Heating-Up!
We’re approaching the weekend and round one of The Indie Writers Deathmatch has gotten close. On Monday Claire Ferris had […]
It Was Fun Until It Wasn’t: Broken Pencil, 1995-2024
It is with profound sadness that I announce the closure of Broken Pencil Magazine, an independent publication I co-founded 30 […]
BP is Closed, But You Can Still Access Our Archives
Dear friends, Broken Pencil’s fabulous thirty year run has concluded. But we are going to keep our website and archives […]
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.
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."
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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By Charbel Adam With a last name like Woodcock, I got more than my fair share of teasing throughout my […]
Deathmatch Winner 2012: Heart String by Chase Baird
We’re pleased to present last year’s Deathmatch winner, “Heart String” by Chase Baird. To submit to this year’s competition, please […]
A Taste of the Whip
By Hart “Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy. Jimmy this, Jimmy that. Jimmy’s a weirdo. Jimmy’s a boooob.” I know what everyone’s thinking. […]
Field Notes of A Markov Chain Store Detective
By Keith Buckley Monday Asked to identify early 1950s style part time bacteriologist discovered in a string of modish Jacopetti […]
The Liberator
By Glyn Rebl 1. Bacchus frolics happily in between the verdant vines on the hillside in Havlíčkovy sady. Merry and insouciant, […]
From Halifax, With Love
Dear Alison Creba (AKA City Mail Postmaster), Two summers have passed since you first planted the seeds of City Mail […]
When You Escape by Jessica Stewart
The works under “When You Escape” are artist Jessica Stewart’s musings on dreams and those who wander lost in their […]
Indie Events: January 24-29
Image by Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline: “Rupersland Handicraft” created at the Martha Street Studios. After a little hibernation post-NYE, events are kicking […]
Deathmatch V Begins!
The Indie Writers Deathmatch starts today! Eight stories have been selected, and each week two will be posted to rival one another in the online […]
Lo and I Are Laughing
The seven o’clock news is reporting tragedy, highway tragedy, and Lo and I are laughing. Bobby MacElwain, aged 89, decided […]
