April 2014 Issue

Schlock has always relied on the hard work of willing collaborators to stay afloat. Running with no financial aid and operating from a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean ā€“ thatā€™s Malta, for those of you who donā€™t know yet ā€“ weā€™re proud to say that weā€™ve come very far despite these obstacles.

POP CULTURE DESTRUCTION: MAKE ME LIKE WHATEVER IT IS YOU LIKE

  Iā€™ve had my heart hurt this month. Hurt, I tell you! Iā€™ve been accused of not introducing people to the good stuff stuff in a timely enough manner. Me, the POP CULTURE DESTROYER! Thus this monthā€™sĀ columns is at pains to push what I believe is the coolest shit around. Also to badmouth the baddest

Smartmob

by Greg Bossert Illustration by Nel Pace ā€œHeā€™s in,ā€ Tess said, with a nod towards the end of the bar. ā€œYa think?ā€ Nate drawled. We all leaned forward to look.Ā  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

S.S.

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

Schlock Talks | Nathan Ballingrud

Rage and bad life choices appear to have fuelled Nathan Ballingrudā€™s critically acclaimed short story collection North American Lake Monsters, but he assures us that heā€™s not all about horror and despair as he looks forward to experimenting with various genres now that he has emerged as writer to watch out for with the field