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Medium Chill: Issue 2
MEDIUM CHILL began as a sophisticated literary journal but morphed into a collaborative underground 'zine full of short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and art from writers and artists from all over the globe. Some of them even have their own books—so if you're not a fan of one, go read another—this is an anthology.
Most likely, you'll notice some minor formatting errors and probably a few slips in grammar and mechanics, but nothing that will impede clarity; so just try to have some kind of orgasmic reading experience pondering the darkly honest works from writers who may be new to you. Writers work very hard, often for little reward or acknowledgement – so before you negatively review, ask yourself if you've done better. If yes – shoot an email and provide the link of your best effort to the MEDIUM CHILL we'll let you know if you're correct But if no, you should get on that then--get to steppin' on your best effort instead of offering negative reviews of others' works. The internet is full of snark and pessimism; that's nothing special—but your genuine insight and positive review just might be.
Issue 2 of the underground fiction series featuring stories by Andrew David Bonazelli, Stew Miller, Steven and Tiffany Santana, S.A. Bradley, Matt Krack, Tom Mohler, Pete Chiarella, Barry Parsons, Dr. Rhonda Baughman. Cover by P. Puzzle
Most likely, you'll notice some minor formatting errors and probably a few slips in grammar and mechanics, but nothing that will impede clarity; so just try to have some kind of orgasmic reading experience pondering the darkly honest works from writers who may be new to you. Writers work very hard, often for little reward or acknowledgement – so before you negatively review, ask yourself if you've done better. If yes – shoot an email and provide the link of your best effort to the MEDIUM CHILL we'll let you know if you're correct But if no, you should get on that then--get to steppin' on your best effort instead of offering negative reviews of others' works. The internet is full of snark and pessimism; that's nothing special—but your genuine insight and positive review just might be.
Issue 2 of the underground fiction series featuring stories by Andrew David Bonazelli, Stew Miller, Steven and Tiffany Santana, S.A. Bradley, Matt Krack, Tom Mohler, Pete Chiarella, Barry Parsons, Dr. Rhonda Baughman. Cover by P. Puzzle
66 pages, Paperback
Published July 2, 2018
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February 25, 2019
Maybe Issue 2 of Medium Chill is a bit shorter than its predecessor. Maybe some of its stories work better and approach its overarching theme of violence with more sophistication than others. Doesn't matter. It's a good collection of independent short fiction by writers from Northeastern Ohio and beyond, and it's a lot of fun to read. My favorite story in the collection is Dr. Rhonda Baughman's "Medium Chill", a pointed critique of corporate proprietary education juxtaposed with a Kill-Bill-like assassination squad action adventure. It works as well as it does because of Baughman's wry and memorable voice. Also of note are S.A. Bradley's "Wound", which presents the aftermath of a violent murder as a hallucinatory fever dream, Barry Parson's "Buck Hunt", which deals with exactly what its title indicates with impressive detail and pathos, and Tom Mohler's timely revenge fantasy "Teddy". A few other stories deal with gun violence and school shootings with varying success, but, all in all, it's another fun collection.
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