Friday’s Internet Round-Up: Found this Week
A short(er) list of what we were reading this week: Long-ago zinester Adee Robinson gets excited about zines all over […]
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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The Deathmatch Returns!
Broken Pencil’s annual short story contest is back for blood! Every year we receive hundreds of submissions for the Indie […]
No Sleep Till Beta
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Fun or Else!
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Meditation with Loud Noises
Hailing from the small town of Fergus, Ontario where he was introduced to electronic music via his father’s homemade rack-mod […]
Who Killed the Third Person?
He stood in front of his computer and wept, as there was not a single world remaining to conquer. No […]
The Least Worst Form of Poetry
When Marc Kelly Smith invented slam poetry nearly 20 years ago in Chicago, he brought a democratizing spirit to the […]
State of the Craft Economy
The mainstream hasn’t been this interested in the handmade aesthetic since, well, since before there was such a thing as […]
Thug Life
Trying to find a copy of Michael V. Smith and David Ellingsen’s experimental work Body of Text in any typical […]
Indie Events: December 5-12
Feeling crafty? We sure are. Check out this week’s indie events that have an extra special crafty twist with holiday […]
How To Quit Your Day Job and Still Survive
By Emily Shultz 1. Come home in a foul mood from your office job in Mississauga (or some other horrid […]
Swimmer
by Christine Murray I feel like drinking a whole pot of coffee, like becoming a big dehydrated lump, like smoking […]