Mandatory Medication by Dave Morehouse

With gills fully functioning Lucy slipped into the briny undertow. It feels so good to be home. An interminable six years of university, three years of residency, and five years of medical research weighed heavy on her spirit. Lucy had been landlocked during that time...

A Review of Happiness Ltd. by Melanie J. Cordova

Happiness Ltd. Author: Michael McGhee Laughing Fire Press, 2014 ISBN: 0967492246 $17.95   In the dystopian future world of Happiness Ltd., consumerism is king. People walk the streets of New York City with spending quotas to meet, and opportunities to purchase...

The Secret History of Las Vegas reviewed by Winnie Khaw

The Secret History of Las Vegas Author: Chris Abani ISBN: 978-0143124955 Penguin Books, 2014 $16.00   Chris Abani’s The Secret History of Las Vegas is part thriller/murder mystery, part indictment against the brutality and injustice of apartheid in South Africa,...

Mayakovsky’s Revolver reviewed by Jacob Collins-Wilson

Mayakovsy’s Revolver Author: Matthew Dickman W.W. Norton, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-393-34879-8 $15.95   Matthew Dickman’s Mayakovsky’s Revolver is the follow-up to his award-winning debut and is very much a continuation of his previous work. Many...

Spring 2014: Zine

I don’t know how to begin with this one. How do I describe Zine? How do I drag all of you back to 1990, and a strange, niche, pre-Internet movement? I guess I’ll just yammer on about it and lose half the audience at around 200 words, but that’s okay....