F(r)iction #4
No. 4, spring 2016
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It’s F(r)iction’s first birthday! At one year old, F(r)iction is like the weird kid from across the street: always talking to birds, crawling catlike through other people’s shrubs, pedaling pell-mell down the block with a tricycle basket full of worms and dirt. That is to say, the most interesting—and certainly the most bizarre—creature in the neighborhood.
In celebration of this little magazine’s first rotation around the sun, we’re bringing you a flock of wonder and strangeness. Kit Reed’s short story “Stickyfeet™,” in which a coder faces her ornithophobia through peculiar masonry. Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum‘s poem “On the 100th Anniversary of Mary’s Death,” a vibrant, secret ritual of mourning beneath mundane shades of grief. Jonas McCluggage’s graphic short story “Follow the Leader,” in which swarms of feral orphans slip toothed and fae-like from the abandoned park at the center of town. And Garth Greenwell’s thoughts on time, queer literature, and prose’s surprising trapdoor, as well as an excerpt of his award-winning debut What Belongs to You. As always, these terrible, delicious tales come giftwrapped in F(r)iction’s signature full-color illustrations.
From growth spurts to glow ups, we’re celebrating potential—how far we’ve come and how far we hope to go.
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In this issue:
- Editor’s Note, Words By Dani Hedlund, Art By Brian Demers
- Becoming, Words By L. P. Walsh, Art By Elle Levy
- Three Poems, Words By Marc Frazier, Art By Arthur Asa
- Think of Sad, Words By Shelley Wood, Art By Brian D’Agosta
- Saver, Words By Michael Twist, Art By Carly Lyn Heath
- All Manner of Thing, Words By Rebecca Mlinek, Art By Daniel Reneau
- Letters from Afghanistan: A feature from the Afghan Women’s Writing Project, Words By Hajar, Art By Neil McClements
- StickyFeet, Words By Kit Reed, Art By Arthur Asa
- On the 100th Anniversary of Mary’s Death, Words By Andrew McFadyen-Kechum, Art By Gerhard Po’omahealani Ka’aihue
- Cold Blooded Old Times, Words By Ryan W. Bradley, Art By Brian Demers
- Follow the Leader, Art & Words By Jonas McCluggage
- This is Luck, Words By Paul Kennebeck, Art By Neil McClements
- The Art of Impalement, Words By Tyler Lacoma, Art By Tyler Champion
- Through the Unyielding Lens, Words By Garth Greenwell, Interviewed by Dani Hedlund, Art By Zach C. Britton
- Nearly Weeping Outside, Words By Sean J Mahoney, Art By Carly Lyn Heath
- Heracles and the Cattle, Words By Carl Fuerst, Art By Jonas McCluggage