Volume 0: Issue 10

Volume 0

by Anika Jade Levy, Ira Madison III, Shy Watson

Short story collection

VOLUME 0 highlights the salacious, awkward, and taboo topics that don't get talked about, along with the people unabashed enough to write about them.
We want to provoke real feelings: shock, dissonance, even disgust and anger.

We’re not here to sand off the rough edges. Here, we serve up visceral, unsettling stories while introducing you to a new scene of writers unafraid to break the mold and make us uncomfortable.

Genres: Short Stories

77 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2025

Reviews

[Kelsie Christensen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Breakdown:


Excerpt from Flat Earth 3 Stars
Selling Vermont 4.5 Stars
Dog Days 2.5 Stars
My Roommate, The Emperor : 3.5 Stars
In Case I Don’t Call: 2 Stars
Old River: 3 Stars

[Ira Madison · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first published short story, "Selling Vermont," is up in this bitch.

[Josie · Rating 5 out of 5]

<333 old river

[willa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really read issue 11 but it’s not on Goodreads yet

[~ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.25 stars overall, this review is for issue 12 which isn’t on Goodreads yet.

1.25⭐️ WHATEVER HAPPENED TO WORSHIP? BY AUGUST LAMM
I have no idea what the point was here. And I couldn’t tell why she seemed afraid at the end.

3.5⭐️ THE TABLOID MAN BY YIGIT TURHAN
This was actually well written and interesting, if a little rushed. We needed more time for CJ’s terror to build. But other wise, good.

1.25⭐️ TERROR AND REGRET BY AMBER LATER
The beginning/end and middle stories felt totally disconnected. They didn’t inform each other at all. Whatever was being attempted here was not successful, and there was a continuity error midway that pulled me out.

2⭐️ MARLITA BY NICOLE SELLEW
This was written in a frenetic way the felt distinctly stylized. It was definitely a creative choice and I think was successful for the character, I just didn’t really enjoy it.

1.25⭐️ OBEDIENCE BY RYAN D. PETERSEN
This guy definitely fucked his dog. The writing was actually good but the slips the character experienced weren’t fleshed out enough for me to understand the weight of it.

4⭐️PRINCESS BY ERIN SATTERTHWAITE
This was definitely the best out of the bunch. I thought it was a successful satire on essentially hipster-like people who think they’re too cool and interesting for normal people, but are just as vapid and boring themselves. I really enjoyed this one, but I wanted the ending to be that she was finally with her own people, but they didn’t like her.

[Kelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found that these stories were better than usual. I think over time, there seems to be some more quality stories coming out. I thought all of these stories had some good parts to it. There were moments that I asked myself why something was included. Overall, I really liked it.

[Jk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excerpt from Flat Earth, Anika Jade Levy = 3 stars
Selling Vermont, Ira Madison III = 4 stars
Dog Days, Shy Watson = 3 stars
My Roommate, The Emperor, Martha Hipley = 3 stars
In Case I Don't Call, Bruce Johnson = 3 stars
Old River, Josie Abugov = 4 stars

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, a wonderfully ecclectic, riveting, occasionally disturbing, collection of short stories.

[Natalie]

i enjoyed old river by josie abugov!

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

story average 3.8

Flat Earth 4.5
Selling Vermont 3
Dog Days 5
My Roommate, the Emperor 3
In Case I Don't Call 4
Old River 3.5

[Cyn ☾ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Selling Vermont and My Roommate, The Emperor are great. Loved the image spreads at the beginning.

[Jessica Hunneyman · Rating 2 out of 5]

These short stories don't hit the way I hope. I always have 1 or 2 out of the 6 or 7 in each issue that amaze me, while the rest fall short. Old River was a really good one for this issue!