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 thatās Malta, for those of you who donāt know yet ā weāre proud to say that weāve come very far despite these obstacles.
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Iāve had my heart hurt this month. Hurt, I tell you! Iāve been accused of not introducing people to the good stuff stuff in a timely enough manner. Me, the POP CULTURE DESTROYER! Thus this monthāsĀ columns is at pains to push what I believe is the coolest shit around. Also to badmouth the baddest
by Greg Bossert Illustration by Nel Pace āHeās in,ā Tess said, with a nod towards the end of the bar. āYa 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
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.Ā the newspaper is folded under his arm. at least heās holding a newspaper.Ā keeping up some appearances ā at least.Ā by the look of his clothes andĀ his hair he doesnāt really seem to
It is with great pride and cheer that we welcome readers to the very first issue of Schlock Magazine released under our brand new redesign. But far from being just a cosmetic change, we also hope that the improvement is reflected in the content. Thanks to new features like Schlock Talks, the magazine has broadened
Jack sits in a dusty room in a corner of the museum, close to the basement and far from its visitors.Ā The room is the museumās stack, the last place an artefact is stored until it is catalogued and put away forever. He sits in the cavernous room, among cracked brown skulls and moth eaten
Rage and bad life choices appear to have fuelled Nathan Ballingrudās critically acclaimed short story collection North American Lake Monsters, but he assures us that heās 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
1.Ā Statements āIf you mean: Do I believe in an old man with a gray beard up in the sky? then, noā but I believe thereās somethingā a forceāthat underlies everything. Maybe God is the Universe or the force behind the Universe. Itās kind of hard to express.ā ā¢ āIām not a religious personā Iām
*** Iella (http://cargocollective.com/iella) is creature with an uncontrollable tendency to draw on things. Based in London, it dabbles in illustration, sequential art, doodling people on the tube and some traditional fine art.