You Will See

Artwork by Sarah Sunshine Scott

In this issue, we get out the glitter and the construction paper. We get crafty.

And so much more. For Our Next Trick…

Features

Lost Circus

Freak Show Cabaret

Cakeface

Bubble Gum Slut

Banana Hotel

Guerilla Fashionista

Glitter Bomber

Editor’s Roundup

You saw us, you liked us, you joined the fray, and we are delighted. We are honored. We are blown away by your talent. You’re artists & outsiders too. This reality gets lost in the writer’s quest for publication. It’s so good to see you!

Mouse King by Marz Sappler, editor of Open Sewers
Mouseketeer War Diary, editor of Viridian Door Lit
TBA by Editor of 100 Subtexts
TBA by Editor of Funemployment Press
TBA by Editor of the anthology Dreams In Hiding
TBA, Editor of The Iron Kne
TBA Pink Zombie Rose by Editor of Cream Scene (Maybe a Beppi comic!)

Fiction

We said we wanted weird and you delivered. You heard we liked magical realism so you bewitched. But how in the wild hell did you know this issue had a whole arts & craft section? It’s such delicious synchronicity that we have fiction on voyeuristic crayons, dubious pens & enchanted paper crafts.

Sweet Tooth by Mar Ovsheid
Street Show Magic by Lori D’Angelo
Orange Crayon by Omar King
Origami Flight by Gary Bernstein
Craftsmanship by Sarah Little
One Lip To Earth & One Lip To Heavan by Olivia Lucca Fraser
The Mouse King by Marz Sappler, editor of Open Sewers
Mouseketeer War Diary, editor of Viridian Door Lit
TBA by Editor of 100 Subtexts
TBA by Editor of Funemployment Press
TBA by Editor of the anthology Dreams In Hiding
TBA, Editor of The Iron Knee
TBA Pink Zombie Rose by Editor of Cream Scene (Maybe a Beppi comic!)

Poetry

Our poetry offerings are playful, experimental and oddball. Transgressive & inscrutable. Multisensory, visual, sometimes musical.

Restless – a block poem by Jake Price (Visual)
Venispunks – an orgy of sound (Art & sound by surprise guest) Maenad
God Loves Fornicators by Laszlo Aranyi (Visual hybrid)
Rabies Spread By Authorities, by Laszlo Aranyi (Visual)
Pedophile Jesus, by Laszlo Aranyi
Three Iridescent Tones by Bruce Reisner (Art by Omar King)
The Aphonic Awards For Awkwardness by Colin James
Arsonist (Art by Jesse D. Karshner)
Pants on Fire by Nathan Keller (Art by Kafe)
Ampersand by Sky VanGunten (Visual / Katy’s “Richard Scarry for Adults”)
Thicc by Sabrine (art by Sarah Sunshine Scott)
The Silly Cartoon by Dia VanGunten (set to music by Sky VanGunten)
Geraldine, by Dia VanGunten (set to music, another sibling collab)

Crafty

We have two old school snail interviews with the Bubblegum Slut, former teenage zinester. In her honor, we went for “bedroom floor of an adolescent girl.”

Oh boy, do we deliver on that vibe…

DIY Collage Quilt by Beppi
DIY, Sticker Halter Top by Kafe
DIY Paper Surgery by The Paper Surgeon
DIY Zine, by Catherine Gantt
Paper Dolls by Erin A. Ellis
Punk Valentines by Jesse Davis Karshner

A Few Stories about Art Supplies

Orange Crayon by Omar King
Origami Flight by Gary Bernstein
Craftsmanship by Sarah Little

Janne Karlsson doodles on vintage porn.
An Interview with the Glitter Artist, Sue Zola.

Columns

5 rousing rambles – The Sunday AM Punk Rock Gospel.

In his debut playlist, Chris shoots for “Anything But Love Songs.” but he’s more romantic than he realized.

Mike’s first Mix Tape is horny for break up sex.

The premier of Lewk n’ Tell: Kaycee’s dress is a carnival carousel!

Premier of Bill High The Nigh Guy: Science of Skunk

The Stoner Chef makes a weed-infused chocolate mousse, using a cream emulsion and the results knocked his socks off. He described it as “the best edible since The Legendary Amsterdam Space Cakes of 1998.”

In Devilish, our resident satanist takes on on a walk through the redwoods.

We said we wanted an astrology comic, but weird, and Anthony Acri said, “Hold my vino.” Based on the myth-centered Latin calendar, part comic, part mythology, only as “useful” as normal astrology, unlike anything you’ve seen. Anthony is the Ancient Roman R. Crumb and we are here for it.

For the first installment of “Toyful,” no time is wasted. The Maenad goes straight for the prostate in a sex toy review that is no nonsense and conscious of mobility impairment. The author is an editor, a poet, a trans activist and a long time sex worker. If you’re part of Online Literatti, then you know that yes, we got that damn lucky. It’s gonna be nuts.

Fashion

Editorial Shoot: Modern Pussy
Editorial Shoot: Magic Rabbit
Editorial Shoot: Romance Reader
Editorial Surprise: Frock Attack
Editorial AI: Secret Garden
Cream Scene Valentine Party Collages
Masks, Masks, Masks
Lewk n’ Tell: Carousel Dress
DIY Sticker Halter Top
Paperdolls

Comics

An intercontinental collection of comics…

Surprise Guest, a French existentialist
ferg, UK / London
Phil, American
Sean, Australian
Beppi & Mary, American
Poodle, TBA
Fruit Stains, Canadian
The Astrologer, Ancient Roman

AI

Cul d’Or

Feels

Sweet Baby Cactus

Bubblegum Sideshow

Rose Garden (AI Fashion)

Surprise Drop

The Neptunian Returns – Corndog Slingers

Vice, Sex & Kink

Cream Scene’s Kinkster Playlist (Group build! Join the fun!)

Cream Scene’s Break Up Playlist (by Mixtape Mike, a column)

Masks, masks, masks

Queer pop art by ferg cooper

Janne doodled on vintage porn, adding cartoon appendages & colorful participants.

The erotic sex educator time traveler returns — unless a vortex vexes us. Captain Hastings romances a woman!

The Maenad goes straight for the prostate in a sex toy review that is no nonsense and conscious of mobility impairment. The author is an editor, a poet, a trans activist and a long time sex worker. If you’re part of the Outsider Literatti, then you know that yes, we got that damn lucky. It’s gonna be nuts!

Our on-staff artist Maresa Axtmann has a strong presence in this section. She is the illustrator for two sex columns, upon writer’s request. When asked if she was comfortable with that, she described it as a “dream come true.”

Embodied

Spare Parts – Comic

Bodies – Comic

Xenomorph – Illustration

Synonym For Masculinity – Poem

You’re A Dick – Comic

One Lip To Earth & One Lip To Heavan – Fiction

Thicc – Poem

Miss Piggy Paper Dolls

Cul d’Or – AI

Last of It

We get every drop outta this issue …

Artist Spotlight TBA

We said we wanted “an astrology comic but weird” and Anthony Acri said “Hold my vino.” Based on the myth-centered Latin calendar, part comic, part mythology, only as “useful” as normal astrology, this is gonna be a wild ride with a weird cat. Anthony is the Ancient Roman R. Crumb and we are here for it.

Fiction Surprise

Poetry Surprise

Cream Scene Carnival