by Emma Eislerart by Belle McDonald SCENE ONEThe girl exits a café and the night awakens [imagine a long, serpentine creature; anything made of shadows]. The streets are empty, lampposts casting yellow haze. She pulls off her mask and lets it dangle from her hand, then a moment later tugs down her hair. She sighs, … Continue reading
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Dear Dr. Beaky
by Megan Rochlinart by Havi Rojer On this day, in the 1348th year of the Lord, the Doctor Beaky of Paris answers all ye questions about the great pestilence that hath descended upon the land. Dearest Dr. Beaky,My wife is recently beset with large boils upon her face, be this the plague or is her … Continue reading
I did not anticipate a silent apocalypse
by Gillian Harrill. Model: Adam Shulman Continue reading
So You Want to be a Plague Doctor
by Bex Pendrak Hey you! Yes, you. You’re new here, right? Great. I’m assuming you saw our recruitment notice on the cathedral doors. So you want to be a plague doctor, kid? Well, let’s get one thing straight. This isn’t something you can just do for fun, earn some extra cash, and lead a normal … Continue reading
Things to Do with a Mask When the Pandemic is over
by Havi Rojer Put it on at night as a sleep mask: Make it into a mask quilt and snuggle up: Give it to a mouse to use as a tiny parachute: Use it as basket for collecting wildflowers: Encase it in glass as a relic for grandchildren: Attach it to a pole and make … Continue reading
Smudges
by Olivia Cippermanart by Belle McDonald My first quest was a barbeque. Smoke and scent anddamp summer greenness, piled high on soggy paperplates.To hold my jeans, Hippolyta’s girdle–a golden beltthat cost four dollarsTo glide across the sprinkler-dewy lawn, Mercury’sshoes–my favorite pair of ratty flowered vans.I’m wearing a warrior’s pigmentDark eyes with the mess all around.I’m … Continue reading
Mmm… Ask about it!
art and article by Shahad Salman When the pandemic started, isolation and quarantine suggested a state of disconnectedness. But my friends and I grew closer by asking obscure, open-ended questions that allowed us to construct realities of altered dimensions. We realized that your weirdest, most complex ideas could be points of relatability or interconnection. We … Continue reading
Climate Comics
by Olga Khmelnitsky and Belle McDonald Continue reading