ISSUE 78 | AUG 2017

THE WEIRD

Image by Wesley Ryan Clapp

whiteness is not an automatic qualifier - a high value on physical fitness, white genealogy, aestheticized violence, masculinity, and heroic individualism - apparently “Matthias Waggener” wasn’t Germanic enough - the Wolves hold daily bouts of sparring in which all male members are expected to participate - both gay and anti-queer - how to react affectively to this phenomenon

Leah Gallant

My Painting Was Bad so I Brought It to the Psychic

I should have made an appointment - urticariaomancy, divination by itches - all bullshit has its globules of truth - the round little man had crossed the street - she radiated an intense normalcy - I switched tactics - you’re having some romantic trouble, you’re a little lonely, you try to be social - just clean I mean clear your mind

Sam Stoeltje

Central Air

perversity of anthropocene life - the uncanny blurring of the distinction between world and home - that miserable night - I lost it. - a hygge craze in 2016 - the ecological unhomely - inheritance indeed - a programmable thermostat - a washer-dryer, a refrigerator, a ceiling fan

Ray Osborn

Two Beach Poems

cookie cut from the sand - crepe-paper concrete - a variety of dunes - or harder parts - sources of warmth - into freshwater pinks - but like you