Issue 24 – AUGUST 10, 2025
Welcome to Issue 24: Pigs, Rats, and Anti-Capitalism
The wonderful thing about stories is that we can fight our battles in them — process grief, fight capitalism, and imagine paths past our current woes. Maybe you’re not quite ready to throw it all away and run into the forest without even a sunhat for protection, but in a story, the brave hero can do it for you. Mice can overthrow corporations; pigs can fight against the company town; and you can follow vicariously in their hoof and paw prints, learning how it feels when the shackles finally break away… perhaps inspiring you to keep fighting too.
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Nine Lives Later by Alyza Taguilaso
The Crows Do Not Know Me by Lynn Gazis
Gifting Salt and Sorrow by Melanie Mulrooney
Jot, Flowerwerks, and the Missing Mice by Lara Hussain
Sunflowers and Spring Steel by H. Robert Barland
Rat Race by Larry Hodges
Capitalist Pigs by David Aronlee
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