LA QUIMERA Illustrated by Samuel Blanco – Written by Ian Mondrick [Editor’s note: Presented below are three excerpts from LA QUIMERA, the oral history of Venezuela’s fight against the extradimensional invaders known worldwide as ‘The Chimera’. The book details a country’s incredible victory over an alien enemy, but also functions as a tribute to Rafael […]
Allowance Like so many suburban kids in the 80’s & 90’s, I got an allowance. The prerequisites were: Assist him with yard work on Saturday, change the litter for Gip & Chip (my 2 guinea pigs), clean up my room…and recite my vocabulary words. I was a latch-key kid (like so many suburban kids in
PITH & PRIMM Illustrated by Cargodin – Written by Ian Mondrick A day full of promise had turned sour for young Master Pith. The early afternoon sun climbed slowly, promising the first of what would hopefully be many splendid spring days. Pith could see the morning dew atomizing on the hilltops behind his home, coaxed
THE EMPLOYEE PROBLEM The chamber fills with water. From somewhere above the domed ceiling, through a slatted air vent, a stream trickles down the thick cement walls and pools around my feet. My work boots (provided at no cost by The Company), are nearly submerged, the tide rising almost exactly to the height of their
