Vol. 3 No. 4 (Winter Solstice 2025)

In this issue, a daughter is instructed to go to her aunt’s house, and a space alien is annoyed about a sticker.

Featuring the stories: While The Evil Days Come Not, Glow 1998CE + lovedogs, Brother Hostage, and Repartee, as well as a few meteorological events and poems.

While The Evil Days Come Not: My daughter, go thou to Aunt Mary’s house on the quiet Tall Oak cul-de-sac, three winding blocks past the Kroger, in the town you no doubt have some memories of from when you were a girl. She will not allow boys over nor stand for much noise. But I will be glad to know that, under her tutelage, you are learning things that you learned not while you were here: how to sew at a sewing machine, how a becoming lady ought dress for Sunday’s church services, and, at the root, how to dismount from your unwise youth, and grow into a more respectable way of living. Give yourself to Aunt Mary, and she will grow you, as she has grown so many potted whelps into that which is sturdy and upright.

Glow 1998CE + lovedogs: It is hard to imagine that Marc Thal expected anything resembling commercial success with this album, but, in the wake of his co-songwriter’s death in a motor vehicle accident, Marc’s bandmates expressed that he often reached to places that had hitherto been unconventional. Never before, and rarely since, have we seen themes of romance in Thal’s work, let alone overt sexuality. Glow, from the year 1998, stands out as being candid as candid can be, not only for the band, but as far as musical statements in general.

Brother Hostage: Woe be the name of our current hour! A demonic hound from the pits of the underworld has set upon our tender village’s modest church, taking hostage men, women, and children alike!

Repartee: However, though general labor may indeed be accomplished on a volunteer basis...

Meteorological Events: Some meteorological events.

Poems: Sex With Dogs 1; Sex With Dogs 2; Brown.