Former Deathmatch Contestant Dishes!
In 2008, writer Janine Fleri slipped on her brass knuckles for the first edition Deathmatch duking it out for her […]
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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Stinkyhead and the Dean
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