ISSUE


NO.12


JANUARY 16TH, 2022

EDITED BY SAMUEL J. STEPHENS | PHILIP J. PALACIOS | NATHAN GILMORE | DIANA MASSENGALE

 

ITHIDROTH

short story | horror

by ZACH GREEN

In a remote corner of Bahama waters, scientists discover an island lost to time and technology. What they discover there is yet more surprising and unsettling.

Original photo by Lapping, Deutsch


FILM ANALYSIS: AU HASARD BALTHAZAR

essay | film review

by NATHAN GILMORE

“Balthazar is a donkey, and it is as simple as that,” film critic Roger Ebert wrote in his review of this film. Nathan Gilmore explores how that animal simplicity affects the people with whom the titular character interacts in this film by french director Robert Bresson.

Original photo by Anna, Paderborn


THE LAST NIGHT

short story | fantasy

by BENJAMIN WOLAVER

At the edge of a great wilderness, the soldiers of a crumbling fortress find themselves in strange days.

Original Photo by Lum3n, Deutsch


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