Many great things have come since the Internet claimed all of our lives. I've met wonderful people. I can find just about anything I am looking for, and usually at a sweet price. It's easier to pay bills, to get concert tickets. I could go on and on.
But of course we have lost things along the way. One thing I miss is independent publishing. I'm not talking about the small presses. Not even the tiny micropresses. No, I mean handmade zines.
I used to read Factsheet 5 religiously. This magazine was a comprehensive guide to the numerous zinesters that were self-publishing their thoughts and creative endeavors. I ordered many of them. Most were pretty bad, but some were amazing. But all were fascinating in that they were the purest form of publishing at the time. I like stapled sheets of paper with thoughts, stories, and art in them.
Which brings me to Splatterpunk #2. This is an Old School handmade hardcore horror fiction zine. I read the first issue and I liked it a lot. Hardcore isn't really my thing anymore, but I do not like to exclude any approach to the genre in my reading pursuits.
In fact, I liked Splatterpunk Magazine so much I wrote a little piece for issue number two. Splatterpunk contains both fiction and nonfiction, and my own humble contribution is a piece about what I consider to be the prototype hardcore horror novel: Philip Jose Farmer's astonishing Image of the Beast.
I hardly expect you all to run out and grab a copy of Splatterpunk 2 just because of my meandering prose. This issue also has fiction by Horror Drive-In favorites Jeff Strand and Ron Malfi, as well as stories by Barry Hoffman and Shane McKenzie. There are illustrations by the Glenn Chadbourne, Don Henk, Adam Hall, and Graham Taylor. Non fiction by myself, editor Jack Bantry, and Wayne Simmons. If that isn't enough, the issue also has an interview with the legendary Ray Garton.
Not only is this issue bound to be an excellent read (I don't have my contrib copy yet), but it is certain to be a collector's item. You might want to buy two copies.
And while you're there, check out the chapbooks offered by Splatterpunk. So far there are two. One by Barry Hoffman, and one by Don Henk.
SUPPORT INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING!
But of course we have lost things along the way. One thing I miss is independent publishing. I'm not talking about the small presses. Not even the tiny micropresses. No, I mean handmade zines.
I used to read Factsheet 5 religiously. This magazine was a comprehensive guide to the numerous zinesters that were self-publishing their thoughts and creative endeavors. I ordered many of them. Most were pretty bad, but some were amazing. But all were fascinating in that they were the purest form of publishing at the time. I like stapled sheets of paper with thoughts, stories, and art in them.
Which brings me to Splatterpunk #2. This is an Old School handmade hardcore horror fiction zine. I read the first issue and I liked it a lot. Hardcore isn't really my thing anymore, but I do not like to exclude any approach to the genre in my reading pursuits.
In fact, I liked Splatterpunk Magazine so much I wrote a little piece for issue number two. Splatterpunk contains both fiction and nonfiction, and my own humble contribution is a piece about what I consider to be the prototype hardcore horror novel: Philip Jose Farmer's astonishing Image of the Beast.I hardly expect you all to run out and grab a copy of Splatterpunk 2 just because of my meandering prose. This issue also has fiction by Horror Drive-In favorites Jeff Strand and Ron Malfi, as well as stories by Barry Hoffman and Shane McKenzie. There are illustrations by the Glenn Chadbourne, Don Henk, Adam Hall, and Graham Taylor. Non fiction by myself, editor Jack Bantry, and Wayne Simmons. If that isn't enough, the issue also has an interview with the legendary Ray Garton.
Not only is this issue bound to be an excellent read (I don't have my contrib copy yet), but it is certain to be a collector's item. You might want to buy two copies.
And while you're there, check out the chapbooks offered by Splatterpunk. So far there are two. One by Barry Hoffman, and one by Don Henk.
SUPPORT INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING!
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