Issue Five

Cover art by Deborah Grant

VISUAL ART

SUSAN TE KAHURANGI KING

Fathomless Depths of Imagination

"She was heavily influenced by comics and animation and has always been interested in the construction of things and all aspects of the natural world. "

With an introduction by Rachel King
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HERBERT SINGLETON

Who Do We Trust

“He carved his demons from the salvage of his harsh surroundings, and managed to find a measure of hope in this hammering out.”

Curated by Gordon W. Bailey with an essay by Danielle Aykroyd

DEBORAH GRANT

Capsizing the Niggerati

"The interweaving of semantics and pictorials allows me to invent a language that can act as a puzzle, but also be seen as a great joke that reveals flaws of human nature. "

With an introduction by the artist

TRENTON DOYLE HANCOCK

Step and Screw

“Hancock blends absurdist imagery with commentary to create a profoundly contemplative meditation on the strange fruit of intolerance.”

With an introduction by Valerie Cassel Oliver

FICTION

KOA BECK

Tiny Pops in the Brain

"Her presence was always pronounced with a smile as she asked the girls about school. And yet, other weeks, she disappeared, sometimes poking her head out of the office... "

ROBYN O'NEIL

Fall in love with me, Hannah Silverman

"Home, which wasn’t a home anymore at all. Just grass surrounded by more grass. I saw nothing but an endless field of green."

JOHN JODZIO

Colonel Cheese is Closed on Mondays

"We’re still in our work clothes, black button downs and red suspenders. There’s pizza sauce ground into the carpet and the high chairs need to be uncrumbed. "

Flash Fiction Contest Winner

KATE BARSS

The Weight of Her

"One morning my mum and I woke up and my little sister was a bird, a pigeon. I can’t say we were entirely surprised, for weeks previously she had been pecking at her food..."

Flash Fiction Contest Winner

JACOB SHELTON

Receipts

"Gregory kept all his receipts in a plastic bag he picked up from a convenience store that still gave out plastic bags. It was probably called 'Smiley Gas' or 'Beauxfords'.."

Flash Fiction Contest Winner

JULIA LONG

Another Fish For Another Water World

"I'm sitting in an Easychair looking up at a convoluted laboratory. There are striated glass vials for blood, urine, tears and saliva. Small containers for ear wax, nail clippings..."

FEATURES

REBECCA WEISBERG

Photo Box Vol. 2

"The reality of the American dream exists in marginal and vulnerable places, where stagnant social mobility and desperate sexuality collide..."

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MERRITT TIERCE

Show Me Something Beautiful

“When I walked away from the practice of religion I let myself just be a person. A bipedal mammal with no god to serve or disappoint.”

An interview by Kayla E.

VARIOUS

DOCUMERICA

"In 1972 the EPA funded DOCUMERICA, a program designed to 'document subjects of environmental concern' across the US."

TONY SARG & VARIOUS

A/V Corner Vol. 2

"Welcome to Nat. Brut's A/V Corner, where your editors pluck bits of sound and film from public domain archives!"

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VARIOUS

Early Edition Vol. 3

"Early Edition is not quite the comics section or the art section of Nat. Brut - it's something in the middle."

Curated by Kayla E. and Bill Kartalopoulos
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POETRY

CHRISTINE HAMM

Two Poems

"'Where did you get this?' she asks me. 'Did someone write this for you?' I look at my poem in her hands, remember the pencil an awkward stone in my sweaty fist..."