Cody Schell
ART of the Solar System #4
by Cody Schell
Jetse de Vries
The Subliminal and the Sublime: An Interaction in Four Evolutionary Scenarios
by Jetse de Vries Art by Arnold T. Blumberg Subliminal: A sublime liminality of intent, a di- chotomy of trial and error turned into the survival of the fittest The prokaryote swims in the primordial soup. It arises from a mix of chiral chemistry: right-handed chirality for nucleotides and sugars,
Vince Stadon
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #21: The bag of marshmallows in The Blair Witch Project (1999)
by Vince Stadon “I see why you like this video camera so much… It’s not quite reality. It’s like a totally filtered reality… it’s like you can pretend everything’s not quite the way it is.” – Josh If made today, The Blair Witch Project would end with
Demakatso May
The Echo Gardener
by Demakatso May Art by Arnold T. Blumberg When the first echo bloom appeared in Clara’s garden, she mistook it for a weed. Its stem was knotted and gray, and its petals were translucent like moth wings. She nearly uprooted it, but something—a flicker of movement in the
Vince Stadon
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #19: Dr Van Straaten’s broken spectacles in Dead of Night (1945)
by Vince Stadon “You see, everybody in this room is part of my dream. Everybody.” – Walter Craig Walter wakes up. Dr Van Straaten breaks his spectacles. July 1969: The Beatles are working on their final album. Paul McCartney is sat at a piano in Abbey Road Studio 2 picking out
Michael M. Jones
Training Day in the Blackdeep Dungeon
by Michael M. Jones Art by Arnold T. Blumberg “First day on the job, huh?” the elder kobold growled, looking down his crooked green nose at the visibly nervous rookie standing before him. “Yes, sir,” came the reply. “Chim the Extremely Lesser, of Clan Coaleater.” “Another Chim. I swear, every
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #70 - Rear-view mirror in The Devil Rides Out (1968)
by Vince Stadon “I'd rather see you dead than meddling with Black Magic!” – Duc de Richleau It’s England in 1929. George V sits on the throne. Stern-jawed, stiff-upper-lip Englishmen are racing fast cars—and single-handedly flying light aircraft—around the leafy, sun-kissed countryside, speeding from one impressive
Sam Logan
Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo
by Sam Logan Art by Arnold T. Blumberg You have started a conversation. Chatbot: Hi! I’m your employer-provided mental health coach. How are you feeling today? Employee: Well, I’m NOT thrilled to discuss my mental state with an artificial intelligence chatbot. This is a mandated session after I
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #79 Theo’s pendant in The Haunting (1963) “Suppose the haunting is all in my mind.” – Eleanor
by Vince Stadon I read The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson back-to-back with The Shining by Stephen King. I was fourteen. In both cases, I wondered how filmmakers had made Hill House and the Overlook Hotel as scary and unnerving and as alive as they are depicted so
ART of the Solar System
ART of the Solar System #3
By Cody Schell
Jack Morton
Otherworld Management
By Jack Morton Art by Arnold T. Blumberg Gran shuffles over from the stove, a thick, home-knit cloth protecting her hand from the black iron handle of the kettle. She pours over the dried brown leaves, and a thick, musty, homey smell rises with the steam. It smells like a
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects #31 - Flaming torch in Frankenstein (1931)
by Vince Stadon “Have you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous?” – Henry Frankenstein Henry Frankenstein is an asshole. He’s not the worst asshole in Frankenstein, a film populated by assholes, but he’s up there near the top. Before we look at this gallery of jerks, I’