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ISSUE ONE ISSUE ONE

THE PAST IS ALREADY DEAD_

This month our present is dragged kicking and screaming into the past. We are haunted by brands not dead but dreaming, cold logic rules machines as chemistry and capital rule the brain, and the sky beckons to the rich and powerful to the detriment of all.

L*VECRAFT COUNTRY_

BY LESLIE LEE III — The novel and new TV show set off to explore the author's difficult legacy, but forget to bring him—or the themes that made his work so powerful—along for the ride.

THE SOUNDS OF TINDALOS.

Upheaval, decay, folklore, and machinery. This month we’ve pulled together a selection of songs that explore the eldritch, the unwell, the revolutionary, and the cunning lure of machine spiritualism.

… crashing against the table, overturning a chair, and finally groping my way to the place where the blackness screamed with shocking music.

— H.P. Lovecraft, The Music of Erich Zahn

``A FEAR OF COSMIC INDIFFERENCE SUDDENLY SEEMED COMICAL, OR DOWNRIGHT NAIVE. ... WHAT WAS INDIFFERENCE COMPARED TO MALICE?``

VICTOR LAVELLE
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The present is marked by the fingerprints of history, and no amount of cleansing can wipe the stain away. This month we look to the past to understand our future, from visions of robotic warfare and psychedelic wellness to the scream of capital into the void.

BUY HAPPINESS HERE_

BY SIAN BRADLEY — Aldous Huxley's vision of a drugged utopia has found new life in a culture obsessed with wellness, productivity, and quick-fix pharmaceuticals.

``THE BOMB LIVES ONLY AS IT IS FALLING.``

IAIN M BANKS
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