Volume 16 Τεύχος 1
The Brutal Hills Of Sicily
In the small Sicilian farming town of Niscemi, old women wear black shawls and men carry shotguns in the trunks of their cars. Most of them are used for hunting.
Jesus Was A Terrorist
Barun Roy is the editor of The Himalayan Beacon, a monthly magazine based in Darjeeling that has a reputation for unswerving journalism and being more clued-up than anyone else.
Workshop Workshop
If you want to write highbrow fiction today, you’ve probably at least considered getting a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.
Protest By Fire
Everything starts to look a bit unremarkable once you stumble upon a hospital ward full of girls who have tried, and failed, to kill themselves.
Prawns Ahoy!
It’s important that the last woman you see before you board a fishing trawler is reasonably hot.
Life In The Jungle
Calais is the closest point in France to the United Kingdom. Besides that distinction, it’s basically sort of a shithole.
The Busy Gallows Of Iran
Iran is the only country in the world that continues to execute children. 2008 saw six teenagers get the chair kicked from under them (that's right, hanging is the preferred method).
The Troublemaker
On a Wednesday afternoon in February 2007, I shared a booth with a man named 26 inside the Travelers Club International Restaurant & Tuba Museum in Okemos, Michigan. We'd picked a spot far enough from the door to give us some respite from the winter...
Shot By Kern
Richard Kern photographed Argentine-born Ana Lucia at her home in Mexico City. She told us that in middle school her nickname was "The Sweet Little Ass From Seventh Grade."If you go to VBS.TV/shotbykern right now, you can watch her get naked and