F(r)iction #5
F(r)iction #5 is a lush, brambled quest of a summer issue. It’s a darkly dreamy thing, with all the grandeur and beastliness of a mythic tale: unlikely heroes facing off against old gods, ragged and twisting journeys through grief and recovery, caged creatures fighting for their own power. As the Lady of the Lake tells us: Sometimes, you simply cannot wait for an Arthur. Sometimes, you must claim the sword and its secrets for yourself.
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This issue includes “The Ripples of History,” an interview with critically acclaimed author Yaa Gyasi and an excerpt of her beautiful, transgenerational debut novel, Homegoing. Mike Raicht’s supernatural short thriller “Leave” and Ed Pavlić’s haunting lyric novella excerpt “Flame” tease out both the chilling and the beautiful in strange wilderness encounters. Our graphic short story excerpt, “A Better Place” by Harry Bogosian, is a sprawling science-fiction epic that follows the quest of one small android to end an immortal, omnipotent youth’s reign of terror. From Benjamin Percy’s drama “Red Light” to “The World as We Write It,” an unflappable collection of poetry from the Los Angeles-based organization WriteGirl, the quests and journeys of F(r)iction’s pages abound.
Onwards and upwards, dear reader! Let the strange and luminous whispers of F(r)iction #5 be your call to adventure.
- Editor’s Note, words by Dani Hedlund, art by Brian Demers
- The Passing of Mr. and Mrs. Crow, words by Daniel Knowlton, art by Alyssa Ann Menold
- Three Poems, words by Judy Jordan, art by Arthur Asa
- In My Dream, words by Yvonne Conza, art by Enrica Angiolini
- Holding Still, words by Linda Niehoff, art by Carly Lyn Heath
- Ortolan, words by Dane Huckelbridge, art by Daniel Reneau
- The World As We Write It, words by Melanie Ballesteros, Sabrina de Brito, Zzzhakia Burnley, Erica Logan, Valerie Olmedo, Janel Pineda, Jessica Romoff, art by Gerhard Po’omahealani Ka’aihue
- Worth Its Weight, words by Alexander Lumans, art by Tyler Champion
- A Better Place, words and art by Harry Bogosian
- Flame, words by Ed Pavlic, art by Tyler Champion
- The Ripples of History: An Author Feature with Yaa Gyasi, words by Yaa Gyasi, art by Carly Lyn Heath
- “Double-Life Diary”, words by Audrey Molloy, art by Ryan Gajda
- Leave, words by Mike Raicht, art by Arthur Asa
- Artifact: A.D.2020, words by Linnie W. Greene, art by Gerhard Po’omahealani Ka’aihue
- The Wife of Abel Grace, words by Margaret Jameson, art by Alyssa Ann Menold
Publication Date | August 10, 2016 |
Page Count | 140 |
Language | English |
Cover | Full-colour with a matte protective finish |
Interior | Full-color illustrations throughout, with glued binding |
Paper Stock | 128gsm matte paper |
ISSN/ISBN | 9772380258005 05 |
Dimensions | 10" x 7" x .25" / 25cm x 18cm x .64cm |
Weight | 0.99lbs / 448g |
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