An and Non went to play in the season of lesser lights. Transmissions ended silence in all directions and dimensions. The attraction trenches filled with inflamed attentions, shouts and whispers: long, slow material voices. The hard voice floated above the soft voice. The hard voiceâs paralyzed grandeur excited sympathy for this soft, slow and inflamed
Iâve had my heart hurt this month. Hurt, I tell you! Iâve been accused of not introducing people to the good stuff stuff in a timely enough manner. Me, the POP CULTURE DESTROYER! Thus this monthâs columns is at pains to push what I believe is the coolest shit around. Also to badmouth the baddest
Michael Ciscoâs latest novel, Member â published by Chomu Press. What does it really mean to chart ânew vistas of irrealityâ, as the UK-based publisher ChĂ´mu Press claim to set out to do? As part of our ongoing temporary âpartnershipâ with the Press this month, Schlock speaks to ChĂ´mu co-founders LĂŠon and Quentin Crisp (no, not
Copyright: Ken Liu Ken Liu was/is a lawyer, a computer programmer, and a multi-award-winning author. His work has been published in various magazines and anthologies. He talks to us about what motivates him as a writer and what is in store for us readers and fans in 2015. Youâre the only writer to win three
I spent most of this month thinking about what to eat. Actually thereâs few waking moments where my mindâs not occupied by food. Many a time I consider changing POP CULTURE DESTRUCTION into CULINARY ANNIHILATION. DESTRUCTION NEWS Japanese cartoon (if not Thing from the Television) of the year 2014 KILL LA KILL just ended!
Swedish writer Karin Tidbeck â whose collection of weird and wonderful fiction, Jagannath, received considerable critical praise â speaks to us about writing in English as a second language, the dangers of treating a literary genre as the âredheaded stepchildâ and the benefits a writer could reap from Live Action Roleplaying⌠You delve into being a
Alright, as far as excuses for this first POP CULTURE DESTRUCTION for 2014 being late go this oneâs pretty terrible, but itâs also kind of true. I jetted to London for a week, before getting jetted near immediately after that to Amsterdam. And the Schlock hivemind didnât even seem to care! In fact the one
by Greg Bossert Illustration by Nel Pace âHeâs in,â Tess said, with a nod towards the end of the bar. âYa think?â Nate drawled. We all leaned forward to look. The guy in question was hunched over his phone, scruffy beard and dreads black in the cold light, a glass of water unnoticed on the
by Nathan Ballingrud Illustration by Sam Sultana In the morning before going to work, Nick found his mother and gave her a kiss. He used the flashlight to locate her, careful as always to keep the beam from touching her. This time she was in the kitchen, her wheelchair backed into a small alcove between
Journal Entry 1: The Man Across the Way this little stick of nicotine popped in his mouth. sagging between his lips. the newspaper is folded under his arm. at least heâs holding a newspaper. keeping up some appearances â at least. by the look of his clothes and his hair he doesnât really seem to