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All Blog Posts Tagged 'fiction' (13)

New I Love Bad Movies (and more)!

The always-wonderful I Love Bad Movies is back with a new issue!

"A fantastic new issue of I Love Bad Movies, the movie review zine that is as hilarious as it is well-written and…

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Added by Ms Valerie Park Distro on June 25, 2012 at 5:40pm — No Comments

Without Words & Without Kneeling

Tomas Moniz's 12 part serialized zine novella is now complete! We just got the three newest issues and they are awesome. Really ambitious zine project and we're totally proud of him.…

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Added by Ms Valerie Park Distro on March 19, 2012 at 5:44pm — No Comments

Brainscan #29/ No More Coffee #4 Split zine

Released at the 2012 Chicago Zine Fest A split zine with Brainscan #29 and no More Coffee #4

Brainscan #29 - Ben Spies (no more coffee zine) threw out the challenge of fiction to my land of perzines and this is the grim result. These three short stories…

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Added by Alex Wrekk on March 19, 2012 at 10:28am — No Comments

Broken Pencil looking for an associate fiction editor

Job Posting:

Associate Fiction Editor – Broken Pencil: the magazine of zine culture and the independent arts

Volunteer Position.

Part-time.

Downtown Toronto.

Broken Pencil is now accepting applications for the position of Associate Fiction Editor.

This is a volunteer position. It is an ongoing position performed on a part-time basis. Bi-weekly meetings in downtown Toronto…

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Added by Hal Niedzviecki on December 12, 2011 at 9:21am — No Comments

Science Fiction Stories: The Observer (Part II)

Today I am sharing part two of The Observer, my serial science fiction story. Two weeks ago, I introduced Taligunge, the alien observer who comes to Earth, and in this second part, she continues on just that journey.

If you haven't read part one, I highly recommend you check it out right here. And, as always, feel free to let me know what…

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Added by Jordan A. on June 22, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

CED Round-Up: Allergies, Aliens, and South Asian Lovers

I have been experimenting with short fiction this week, or at least scenes that tell a standalone story; I have written about everything from aliens (as part of my new serial fiction, The Observer) to time travelers, allergies, and South Asian lovers. Check out what I've been writing (and knitting in between keyboard marathons) after the jump! …

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Added by Jordan A. on June 9, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

Science Fiction Stories: The Observer (Part I)

Drumroll, please! Today, I am introducing first installment of my serial science fiction project, The Observer. As a writer, I have gravitated mostly towards science fiction in the past, and wanted to re-visit my love for it through producing content regularly. So, this serial fiction is coming to you in parts, just like your favorite…

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Added by Jordan A. on June 7, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

Creative Every Day (CED) Roundup: Bears, Knitting, and Growing Ideas

My Creative Every Day hopes this week were somewhat diminished as I found that I had a lot of ideas, but nowhere to go with them - thus, next week's goal will be implementing those ideas and seeing how it all turns out. The pictures this week reflect my new sweaterdress project at different stages of its completion, my urge to draw bears, and some design changes to The Cowation logo in order to fit with the Facebook parameters - speaking of which, you…

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Added by Jordan A. on June 2, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

The Great American Zine Novella

Forgot to mention this: the first six issues of Without Words & Without Kneeling have been compiled into one giant awesome zine! It's great. As far as what it is, it's like this...

"Tomas Moniz (Rad Dad creator and editor) has been doing something unprecedented of late- a serialized novella in zine form. Not your standard zine fare. It's a story unveiled…

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Added by Ms Valerie Park Distro on May 2, 2011 at 10:33am — No Comments

Win a copy of 'YOU CAN FINISH THIS LATER' from On Lives Press!

Greetings, zinesters!

On Lives Press is pleased to announce the release of You Can Finish This Later.

You Can Finish This Later is an illustrated chapbook of short fiction. Mike Parish penned the stories and Dan Tarnowski drew the drawings. Dug up from deep holes in the backyards of their minds, the collection considers the things we leave behind and the changes we learn to accept,… Continue

Added by On Lives on September 23, 2010 at 12:10pm — No Comments

My Zine is Now a Book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, that is correct. The Silk City Series is now a book, being published by Knickerbocker Circus Publishing, a small press out of Astoria, NY.

It's a collection of stories about the everyday lives of working-class people in the city of Paterson, New Jersey. The book has already garnered praise from publications such as Maximum Rock n Roll Magazine, who said "...the presentation is very beautiful and put together with an eye for the antique, forgotten, miserable and… Continue

Added by Eric Nelson on January 29, 2010 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

SEEKING SUBMISSIONS

Seeking submissions for first quarterly edition of H.O.P.E. Looking for poetry, short fiction, original artwork, cartoons, and more for new Zine on mental illness. Submissions taken on rolling basis. Artists don't need to have a diagnosed mental illness to submit, just an interest in mental wellness. Will take anonymous submissions and/or pen names.

Added by Erin L George on October 13, 2009 at 11:22pm — No Comments

BETRAYED! #19

New BETRAYED blog post is out.

I'm on my ownsome this time - camerads will be back next week. Planning for Balmer DIY Fest, exciting. I think I did a good job holding up the fort on my own. Swinging next week back to horrifying, this week's a little more lighthearted, because I'm coming out of grief. A friend of mine died. Got to write funny stuff to make myself feel better.

Hope you all are… Continue

Added by betrayedzine on April 5, 2009 at 6:09pm — No Comments