Getting Regional in the Red Shed
Getting Regional in the Red Shed By Erin Gray Halifax’s Anchor Archive Regional Zine Project is a comprehensive source for […]
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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Attention All Typewriters
By Jason Camlot W.W. Wanda Whitson with the collar of her shirt parted, Addressing the pastoral envelope with corncob pen, […]
Expozine November 2005
By Broken Pencil The normally cranky and irascible organizers of Expozine couldn’t help cracking a smile over the 2005 edition […]
Artist HelpLine
By Sandra Alland ejection making you blue? Worried about the rent? Losing your mind at your temp job and drinking […]
Prairie Jaunt
Prairie Jaunt By Amy Greenwood Question: What is 433.62 km long and takes about six hours to finish? If you […]
Fuck This Job (.com)
By James King Is it a sign of sobriety and sanity to bond over what we all hate? Blog about […]
Just Give Me Kindie Rock!
By Terrence Dick It was our first gig in New York City and we thought it would be a snap, […]
Writers: Get it Together
By Suzanne Alyssa Andrew Lisa Moore, whose short story collection Open and first novel Alligator were both shortlisted for Canada’s […]
Product of the Issue, Zombie Portraits
Product of the Issue Zombie portraits By Lindsay Gibb If you’ve never wondered what you might look like with the […]
I Don’t Want To Go Back
By Matthew Godden It’s the end of the holidays and I don’t want to go back. God, it was nice […]
The Office Hours of the Creative Class
Indie artists are hanging out by the water cooler By Shiralee Hudson I’m running late. It’s not entirely my fault: […]
Down, Under Ground: Sticky and Aussie Zine Culture
Down, Under Ground: Sticky and Aussie Zine Culture By Erin Gray “It’s nice to get outside every now and then.” […]