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The May issue of Foofaraw Zine is here! Of course, all stories will be published for free on the web throughout the month, but paid supporters receive a PDF/EPUB with all of the month's stories at the beginning of the month, along with a few other goodies, including the bonus Four-headed Foofaraw. And Patrons get stuff in print!Individual issues are also available for purchase on Weightless books, where you can also subscribe. Periodic Aggregation: Routed Carefully & Electronically LoggedThis…
“Jettison Tattoo Removal, Negotiable Fee.”The sign, old-fashioned gold script on a dark wooden plaque, hung in a window between a Black barber shop and a corner store advertising money transfers. A smaller wooden “Open” sign hung from the bigger sign.It’s been two years since I got that tattoo, with Terry beside me on the other table getting a matching one. It was his first one and I was worried about how much it would hurt him, but he had such a high pain tolerance.It wasn’t my first tattoo.…
Quick one this week as we've released a bunch of stuff and I'm a little under the weather.First, our first anthology of 30 original stories is out now and available everywhere books are sold online on May 1st.A Great Big Fuss (2025)a foofaraw anthology—don’t go making a huge deal about it, that’s what we’re here for…Foofaraw PressAnd we launched a new subscriber feature where you can read all of our zines, novelettes, and anthologies in a beautiful webapp that will sync all your reading…
The first anthology from Foofaraw Press has arrived. You can pick up a copy of A Great Big Fuss (2025) direct now and everywhere books are sold on May 1! We have a limited edition hardcover, paperback, and digital version (ePub and PDF), or all of the above at our Metalabel shop. Print copies purchased direct also come with the digital versions.A Great Big Fuss (2025)a foofaraw anthology—don’t go making a huge deal about it, that’s what we’re here for…Foofaraw PressFoofaraw[+] subscribers…
Read Mark's story, The Lion Slide, now!Was there any particular park you had in mind while writing this story?It’s an amalgam of two parks near where I live. Were there any good ghost stories or local legends where you grew up?I asked my wife about this and she told me about St Wistan.In 849 AD, after he was murdered by his cousin Brifardus who wanted to take the throne from St Wistan’s mother Queen Elfleda, a church was built in his honour. Since then it is said that human hair grows between…
Oli and Craig sat on the wall outside Burgon’s News, the newsagents at the edge of Gildeen park, eating crisps. “You ever hear the story about the lion slide?” said Craig, through mouthfuls of Ready Salted.“Hasn’t everybody?” said Oli. “Used to freak me out. But then I grew up.”The lion slide in Gildeen park had become legend.The big fibreglass cat lounged atop a green metal tunnel with its four legs spread out over the edges. Its tail was the ladder and its giant pink tongue functioned as the…
—Ellie Black
The April issues of Foofaraw Zine is here!While I know it's horribly late, I didn't want to let Tony's beautiful cover art go to waste... Of course, all stories will be published for free on the web throughout the month, but paid supporters receive a PDF/EPUB with all of the month's stories at the beginning of the month, along with a few other goodies, including the bonus Four-headed Foofaraw. And Patrons get stuff in print!Individual issues are also available for purchase on Weightless books,…
Welcome back to another excellent week of comics and... not much else. That doesn't mean it's a complete waste of a week though. There are still some decent shows returning and a couple albums that might be worth checking out... The Media Guide | FoofarawYour weekly guide to the movies, shows, comics, and albums worth knowing about.FoofarawInteractive webapp for paid subscribers⚔️ Head Lopper Vol. 2 #1 — Image ComicsIt's the return of one of the most fun, quirky comics with amazing world…
Read David's story, Out of the Band, now!Are you a musician yourself? Absolutely not. No talent, not enough patience. But I am a life-long music obsessive, record buyer and attendee of obscure gigs. Indie, reggae, synthpop, punk, electronica, rock, rave, a bit of metal, house, hip-hop (nineties vintage), goth, more indie, I love it all. No country, though. That’s inexplicable.What band or album do you find yourself returning to over and over lately?I have a core of bands that are never far from…
It was a dry, dead patch of landWhere even the pebbles shriveledBeneath the scorching sunBut you said we could make it growAnything, something, everything You said it wouldn’t be too hardTo dig a well, and carve a canalTo install vapor towers and solar shieldsOn our hands, blisters formed and burst In mockery of your boastEvery night our bones achedSkin caked with sweat and dirtWe lay cradled in a gentle embraceQuietly dreading the next plagueThat would decimate our cropWhen that first sapling…
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April 13, 2026 – April 19, 2026
An interview with the author of The Bug
George P. Cross
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An interview with the author of The Retro Diner
Lisa Taylor
An interview with the author of Of Iron & Oatmeal
Michael Allen Rose
