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Dominic J. Raths, EIC
1993 - 2024
Never before was the world blessed with a more caring, pure, and honest artist. It has been one of my greatest privileges to have shared so much of my life with you. The years of laughter, tears, and art will always burn in my memories, even though the world feels colder. I do not yet know how I will continue without you, but the mission remains and our fight is far from over. You will always be our cherished Founder, Chief Editor, and my friend. I will love and miss you forever.
The Current Collection
Article
Held on the first friday of every month, the Cleveland Museum of Art puts on its MIX event with a different motiff each time. For the month of May 2024, the theme was 'K-pop' featuring the enterainment of DJ Big Sana and the dance trio, PinkSoda
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Poetry
You have to allow yourself to fail. Pushing boundaries, trying the new, it all comes with failure as the shadow you must ignore if you are to progress. “heartwood” is a rumination on our speckspace existence in The Big Bad Nothing and the pursuit of Art with its glimmers of Beauty.
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SMS: Abstract
A message sent to the wrong number. Or perhaps the right number at the wrong time?
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Article; Interview
Johnny Neiman, a folk-punk musician based in Eastern Ohio, sits down with Chris Bowles to discuss what motivates, inspires, and drives him to create. From process to final vision, they discuss where he started, and hints at all of the exciting projects that are coming.
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Short Story: Science-Fiction
Imagine if you could capture memories perfectly. Not as a photo, but the real and actual memory complete with scents, sounds, and feelings. You could harvest the experience the moment it happens, and perserve it perfectly for future viewing. But at what point does the compulsion to collect the experience outweigh being present in it?
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Essay: Satire
Writer Kyle Tansel gives us an alternative look at demonology and the unexpected uses evil Abrahamic forces can bring to the table this holiday season. Individual Results May Vary.
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Short Story: Postmodern-Fiction
As summer leaves us and we embrace the changing of the seasons, we all watch the coming morbidity of Winter reflect across the canvas of nature. Shecells invites us to explore this canvas in an upclose and personal way. To experience, to know, and to be.
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Short-Story: Absurdist-Fiction
Roseline says "two again" instead of three. Explore her peculiar habit while the very nature of the narrative brings into question the validity of the effort of even considering what is being propositioned. Writer Bilal Farad Muhammed challenges the readers' interpretations, suppositions, and internal conflictions in this piece of experimental fiction.
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Short Story: Horror
After her quiet town is rocked by a grissly mass murder, Hunter, unsuspecting and unremarkable, finds herself being visited by a mysterious stranger. He promises to give her a chance to save the victims and foil the plot of the evil beings behind this crime. Will she be able to trust her instincts and set things right, or will she fall to incompetence and cost everyone their lives.
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Essay
As we remember our childhoods, what is it about Halloween that really resonates with us and sticks out? Join the writer as he combs through his memories looking for a common thread that makes this holiday special.
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Short Story: Science-Fiction
A man commandeers a space craft and flees Earth. However, when his ship crashes into a watery moon, he finds himself stranded, alone, and struggling for survival. As weeks pass, his desperation grows, leading him to make a fateful decision that ultimately brings him face to face with the mysteries of the alien deep.
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Live Music Review
Our Editor recounts his experience from early October of a live performance by Knifeplay at The Lager House on a memorable Wednesday night, capturing the band's distinctivly cumbersome yet captivating performance.
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