Zines and me

 

 

 

 

 

I've been writing for zines for ten or fifteen years now, and I would've started earlier if I didn't grow up in such an ass-backward part of the country. Here's my work and where to find it. PS: If you are looking for some writing for your zine, I am usually game, and I don't care if you have no money. Contact me and we can figure something out.

Air in the Paragraph Line

Air in the Paragraph Line is a zine about my life as a writer. It originally started as a way for me to waste photocopier time at my old job. Issues 8 and 9 were more like a "real" zine. Issue #10 onward are printed like a real book, and contain writing from a bunch of other people. Issue #11 came out in 11/06 - read the site for more details.

Xenocide

In its time, Xenocide (earlier called Electric Deicide) was a print and ezine, specializing in death/thrash/extreme metal. I started it as an ezine in 2/92. Issue 4 was the first real print issue. Issue 5 came out in 4/93, and although I worked all summer on an issue 6, I gave it up in the fall of 1993 because of a lack of money and time (and because all of the good death metal bands were getting stupid). The text of all five issues are still available for archiving reasons. However, they are horridly out of date; buyer beware!

Assorted Realities

Assorted Realities zine printed an excerpt from my second book, Rumored to Exist. It's here. (Looks like that link is dead now, sorry.)

Metal Curse 'zine

I started my zine career helping out my pal Ray Miller with Metal Curse zine. I wrote Dear Death, a fake advice column, and cranked out an occasional CD review or two each issue.

Rock Out Censorship

I did some work for Rock Out Censorship since 1993, mostly assorted HTML wrenching and scheming with the publisher, John Woods. (Sadly, he passed away in 2002.) An article of mine on video game violence is located here. I don't really like it anymore, and it's been used in a bunch of college class reading materials, without me seeing a dime or at least getting to guest-lecture to a bunch of college chicks or something.

Extent Zine

I had a column in Extent Zine #7 called Ipecac in a Shotglass, which was essentially another excerpt of Rumored to Exist. I submitted a second article for #8 and never heard back, so maybe I was in there twice, I'm not sure.

Raped Ape

I wrote regularly for Raped Ape Magazine, an ezine that my friend Zeno had been publishing as part of his startup book publishing venture, called Sotry House.

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More Rumored to Exist excerpts can be found in Metal Curse, Perezvon Plays Dead (MIA), and Wine With Thieves. I did some rumored-like things in Drunkenscrawl zine.


Last updated Saturday, 18-Nov-2006
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