Lorraine Schein
by Lorraine Schein Art by Arnold T. Blumberg She has heard a whisper say, A curse is on her if she stay To look down to Camelot. She knows not what the curse may be, And so she weaveth steadily, And little other care hath she, The Lady of Shalott.
Vince Stadon
by Vince Stadon “Would you believe me if I told you there was something inside of that rock we found tonight? Something that could wipe out this whole town?” – Steve Andrews In the ‘50s, the UK didn’t have hot rod racers, the atom bomb, or Steve McQueen. We had
Cody Schell
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Liz Hill
by Liz Hill Art by Arnold T. Blumberg I stood on the roof of our goat hut and listened to the song of the coming storm. Footsteps sounded behind me on the roof planks. I drew in a deep lungful of air. “It calls to me, Machel.” “It’s not
Vince Stadon
by Vince Stadon “Now I'm gonna do what any rational human being would do, and that is to get the fuck outta here.” – Joel Irony. It was everywhere in the ‘90s – the culture was steeped in it. Back then, it wasn’t cool to just like things: you
Robert Jeschonek
by Robert Jeschonek Artwork by Doan Trang JOE BLOW RINKY-DINK Joe’s Saturday To-Do List: 1. Pick up fresh produce 2. Paint bedroom accent wall 3. Plant flowers 4. Prune Marcie’s favorite roses 5. Make pasta for dinner RINKY’S ROLL-OUT-THE-WELCOME-WAGON-FOR-JOE-DAY TO-DO LIST: 1. Get up bright & early
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects
by Vince Stadon “I'll be perfectly honest with you, David. I'm not in the habit of bringing home stray, young American men.” – Alex Price. The London of An American Werewolf in London is still there, just about. Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, London Zoo, Tottenham Court Tube
Narrative, unbound
by Brian K. Lowe Artwork by Doan Trang [Camera, close in on host.] Horatio Walpole: "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is 'The Chat'. I'm your host, Horatio Walpole. Tonight, we're both honored and terrified to bring you the Dread Lord of the
by Vince Stadon “Because everything with you is seeing, isn’t it? Your primary sensory intake, that makes your dream live, is seeing.” – Will Graham Manhunter is all about seeing. Francis Dollarhyde is murdering families because he has seen prints of William Blake’s The Great Red Dragon and the
by Andrew Kozma The strangest quality of the stasis field was not that it stopped time, but that some version of time still passed for those inside it. Here, we are talking about objective time vs. subjective time, i.e. the universe’s irrevocable aging second by second vs. the
by Vince Stadon “I won't have any regrets.” – Nicole Horner The world was cold in the early 1950s. Money was coming. Money was surely on its way to warm things up and make everybody feel better, but in the meantime, everywhere was cold and everyone was broke. America
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by Mags L. Halliday Artwork by Doan Trang Hannah was focusing on Reggie, who was in pieces on the hotel bar, when every phone in the place pinged, and people groaned. That was the ferry cancelled, then. The icy rain was already hammering the windows, hurled by high winds. She&
by Vince Stadon “We're gonna draw a little bit of everybody's blood... 'cause we're gonna find out who's the Thing.” – R.J. MacReady If nothing monstrous or extraterrestrial or monstrously extraterrestrial had happened during R.J. MacReady’s time at the
by Dorian Wolfe From: Athena Pallas Hiring Manager, Interpantheonic Criminal Court 12 Kibisis Lane Interpantheonic City, Olympia District To: Nuwa Kitts (Former) Head Defense Attorney, Interpantheonic Criminal Court 1 Mortal Circle Interpantheonic City, Midgard District June 11, 2020 Ms. Kitts: You should thank the gods that I am drinking a
by Dale Smith So now we've warmed you up, we’re going to run for one minute. Just sixty seconds. You can do this, definitely. Just a gentle jog - we are not a run fast podcast. Are you ready? Three, two, one... and go. That's
by Ali Trotta Artwork by Shokofeh Ghafari One by one, the sweet secrets became stones, and one by one, the stones became soup, fever-food, hollow and without bread— this is what he gave me, the grief-god with worn hands, practiced in shaping song into secrets, and how I sang, how
One of the upcoming regular features of Dream Theory is ART of the Solar System, a narrative strip with Cody's unique visual take. Here is an interview where we speak with Cody about his upcoming project and experiences. Cody, tell us a bit about yourself and your background.
by Vince Stadon I once got lost in the British Museum. I was eleven, so this would have been in 1981. Lots of people get lost in the British Museum—it’s a big building, with over eight million objects, the largest amount of any museum in the world. I