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ISSUE EIGHT ISSUE EIGHT

CLASH, CONQUEST, COMBINE_

Our lives are driven by concepts and forces in ceaseless opposition, a dialectic of simultaneous destruction and creation. This month we explore the turmoil of concepts in opposition, and what lies beyond.

GODZILLA VS KONG: A SERIOUS INQUIRY_

BY VERA DREW & TREVOR DRINKWATER — We face a decision of great spiritual, existential, moral, and ontological significance: Do we choose lizard or ape?

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DETONATOR RHYTHM.

The blast of the beat. The calm of the space between. This month our playlist combines disparate influences and the limitless creative chaos that comes of opposed concepts dying in perfect harmony.

“It is screeching, pounding dissonance. It is not music.”
“Worf, it’s better than music. It’s jazz.”

— Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Phantasms”

FICTION FICTION

SHORT FICTION_

We're pleased to introduce our first piece of original short fiction, brought to you by June Martin. Because criticism is essential, but bringing something into the world is truly powerful indeed.
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I SEXUALLY IDENTIFY AS THE ``I SEXUALLY IDENTIFY AS AN ATTACK HELICOPTER`` CONTROVERSY

BY JUNE MARTIN — ``I already have the whole story tattooed on my chest, but I want radiating circles of posts calling it violent, an alt-right troll, triggering...``

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FEATURES_

Forward and back. Past and future. Contract and expand. We live between opposites—and there, in the crushing flux, we find ourselves. This month we plumb stellar contradictions, struggle against systems of control, and crash headlong against lifeless mores.

BY G.T. REEDER

BY COLIN BROADMOOR

BY E.T. PERRY & WILL SOLOMON

BY CHRIS WOODWARD

STAY SHARP STAY SHARP

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