From the Archives
Artist in Residence: From the Archives By All Citizens (Serena McCarroll) Hello! I’m currently in the process of transcribing a […]
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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Big City Friends
Artist in Residence: Big City Friends By All Citizens (Serena McCarroll) Tyler and I first met Becky Johnson (of The […]
Gene Day Award Nominees
folio: Gene Day Award Nominees By Various The Canadian Comic Book Creators Awards Asociation created the Gene Day Award for […]
Volans
fiction: Volans By Jordan Abel Days later, months later, it didn’t matter, because I still couldn’t remember how the story […]
Meat
fiction: Meat By Chris Coleman Father says Meat does bad, so I have to watch. I watch since beginning. There […]
Flight
fiction: Flight By Madeline Sonik Laurie LaFrambois was pregnant and Jimmy Robinson stole a car. It was parked outside the […]
The Hipless Boy
excerpt: The Hipless Boy By SULLY (aka Sherwin Tjia) Excerpted from The Hipless Boy
Notable Failures in Buffalo History
The Electrocution of Jumbo II Excerpted from Notable Failures in Buffalo History (www.patkewleyisgreat.com)
Our Cause
excerpt: Our Cause By Jeff Parker I knew we were in for trouble the moment the locals, who call resort […]
Zine-Lympic Games
sharpener: Zine-Lympic Games By Clara Lavery, Grace Evans and Jen Pilles
A Little Bird Told Me
sharpener: A Little Bird Told Me Twitter Fiction Takes Off By Laura Roberts As Twitter increases in popularity, more writers […]
Take a Ride With Le Cyc
sharpener: Take a Ride With Le Cyc By Jessica Lewis Put together bicycles, a chorus, illustrations and an orchestra and […]