Volume 13 Issue 12
What Poverty, War, and Hatred Have Done to Central Africa
The country has been torn apart by years of civil war and strife, and its people don't seem to have any faith that their leaders can fix it.
Public Hair
There was a pretty girl sitting with her girlfriends in front of my wife and me. Most of the time all I could see of her was her hair. When you were sitting behind girls in classrooms in grade school, their hair could drive you crazy.
Games
This had mixed reviews everywhere but I like it. It’s one of those uncomplicated shooting games that you can play without having to stretch your brain too much.
Tomorrow, The World
Kids do their rites of passage stuff at a much younger age these days. We’re not just talking about things like smoking crack or stabbing strangers for their MP3 player (although that does account for 98 per cent of it).
Reading With Polythene Sheets
These New Puritans are four gaunt, well-spoken 19-year-olds who've been clumped into the imaginary "Southend Scene" (one club night is not a scene) with bands like The Horrors.
Slave To The Office
I’ve been shitting in L’Tesha Jackson’s desk drawer for months now and I see no reason to stop. I really don’t. See, the thing of it is, it started as this little prank, a sort of dare that a buddy of mine put me up to and that was that.
Out By Holy Land
I hate Stew but he sells weed. So one Saturday, me, Mike, and Mike’s brother Ross drive Stew’s fuck-friend Boudreau out to Stew’s house to cop.
Baron In Vegas
Baron came out of the elevator holding the guitar. There was a white door in a white wall, a small red light with a button underneath. He pressed the button. A camera swiveled an inch above him. A voice asked him who he was.
Two Really Short Stories
Jenny went to the pool to pick up her mother who was very excited and the first thing she said was, “I just swam with a dead guy!”
Music Forever
With their boring name, neat graphics, tasteful website (thestudio.se) and less-than-scintillating answers to our piercing questions (see below), it looks as if Gothenburg duo Studio are trying their hardest to send us off to Snoozeville in the world’s...