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On New Years Eve, Silver Sprocket rang things in on a damp note. Their HQ was slammed by historic rain. Here's how the radical publisher spared their stock from the flood.
"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."
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.
Life doesn’t unfold in a neat narrative, neither does Kelly Fruh's brief, deft, illustrated vignettes.
There are brighter days underground. Our latest issue features Cruelty Squad creator and Finnish artist Ville Kallio speaking about the anticipated follow-up to his unlikely hit and giving video games an overdue shock to their system.
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 prize pack is now wrapped up with the inclusion of Veronica Lui from Seven Stories Press. Broken Pencil […]
The Palace of Champions, by Valium (Conundrum Press) Just in time for the disaffected ex-punk rocker on your list […]
Since 2012, Vancouver comics artist Cole Pauls has made a name for himself drawing punks fiending for pizza. The aptly-named […]
Jonathan Goldstein has joined the Deathmatch’s prize line-up. The winner of the Indie Writer’s Deathmatch will get a sit-down with the author/podcaster […]
Gord Hill’s comics appear in every issue of Broken Pencil. Click the image to view it in a larger format.
Sick of “Canlit” in the traditional sense? We know we are! Our editors have picked a few (hopefully) refreshing alternatives […]
Jim Doering gives us a revolt against deli prices in this months online exclusive. In January, our online fiction will […]
Broken Pencil is proud to announce that Chris Bucci of The McDermid Agency is this year literary agent in our Deathmatch […]
art by JW Pang By Al Donato Silvia Moreno-Garcia will destroy us all. Moreno-Garcia lives in Vancouver, but she’s unleashing […]
In the increasingly cacophonous din of this post-Trump election week, I’ve heard some people console themselves (online or in person) […]