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Something Up Ahead
BEGINNING TRIP. HAVE A SAFE DRIVE!
Up ahead, take a left at Domicile Lane and stare into the dimly lit windows of your neighbors. Wonder what secrets might hide behind their seemingly tranquil suburban facades. Continue on for 500 meters.
At the intersection, take a right onto Cipher Road. Consider that you’ve never really been to this part of town before, and for some reason the fire hydrants are all purple. Follow Cipher Road for 800 meters, then merge onto Interstate 50.
Continue along I-50 for 40 km under the silent watch of thousands upon thousands of electronic eyes. Bear right and continue on for 20 kilometers, or until you realize that your country doesn’t have an Interstate 50.
ALERT! CONGESTION UP AHEAD. ALTERNATE ROUTES ARE AVAILABLE.
Please select a diverging timeline below:
-Take a shortcut through an ancient cave (+10 minutes to your route)
-Drive down a long and desolate highway (+23 Hertz to your playlist)
-Pass through an overgrown downtown (-1 growth cycle from your week)
-Circle back around and try this path again (+/- 1 lifetime to your rotation)
-Continue towards what should be familiar (-1 civilization from your future)
-Head across a delicate yet sturdy bridge (+8 legs to your person)
-Add a quick stop at your ancestral home (-1 generation from your lineage)
-Stop where you are and look to the sky (~1 minute to midnight)
Up ahead, take a left at Domicile Lane and stare into the dimly lit windows of your neighbors. Wonder what secrets might hide behind their seemingly tranquil suburban facades. Continue on for 500 meters.
At the intersection, take a right onto Cipher Road. Consider that you’ve never really been to this part of town before, and for some reason the fire hydrants are all purple. Follow Cipher Road for 800 meters, then merge onto Interstate 50.
Continue along I-50 for 40 km under the silent watch of thousands upon thousands of electronic eyes. Bear right and continue on for 20 kilometers, or until you realize that your country doesn’t have an Interstate 50.
ALERT! CONGESTION UP AHEAD. ALTERNATE ROUTES ARE AVAILABLE.
Please select a diverging timeline below:
-Take a shortcut through an ancient cave (+10 minutes to your route)
-Drive down a long and desolate highway (+23 Hertz to your playlist)
-Pass through an overgrown downtown (-1 growth cycle from your week)
-Circle back around and try this path again (+/- 1 lifetime to your rotation)
-Continue towards what should be familiar (-1 civilization from your future)
-Head across a delicate yet sturdy bridge (+8 legs to your person)
-Add a quick stop at your ancestral home (-1 generation from your lineage)
-Stop where you are and look to the sky (~1 minute to midnight)
100 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2022
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June 14, 2022
Planet Scumm goes from strength to strength with this horror focused issue.
Once again, this edition has fantastic production values and the illustrations by Maura Mcgonagle really add to the stories.
There were two breath taking standouts to me in this issue. The first was There’s No-One Left to Haunt by Henry Sanders-Wright. I LOVE zombies, so a zombie story is always going to tick the boxes for me, but to find one that is so original AND packs a strong emotional punch - wow! I wish I’d written it.
Fertilizer by Eli Wilkinson is so fun and creepy, and manages to cover important issues as well as featuring one of my favorites - man eating plants! I loved the voice of Dr Vic, whose notes comprise the majority of the story (and the footnotes are an added layer of enjoyment).
There are no dull stories in this edition. Recesses of Uriel by A. Katherine Black and A Man, Running by Andrew Kozma also made strong impressions on me, but all the stories are winners.
Once again, this edition has fantastic production values and the illustrations by Maura Mcgonagle really add to the stories.
There were two breath taking standouts to me in this issue. The first was There’s No-One Left to Haunt by Henry Sanders-Wright. I LOVE zombies, so a zombie story is always going to tick the boxes for me, but to find one that is so original AND packs a strong emotional punch - wow! I wish I’d written it.
Fertilizer by Eli Wilkinson is so fun and creepy, and manages to cover important issues as well as featuring one of my favorites - man eating plants! I loved the voice of Dr Vic, whose notes comprise the majority of the story (and the footnotes are an added layer of enjoyment).
There are no dull stories in this edition. Recesses of Uriel by A. Katherine Black and A Man, Running by Andrew Kozma also made strong impressions on me, but all the stories are winners.
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