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A bird's eye view of a suburban neighborhood.

Suburbia’s End

By Matt Marrone • November 12th, 2024

We were in our own dimensional rift and saw it all at once – the flashing and clashing lightsabers, the pillars, the darkness, the red eyes, each other.

Interlinked
A still from It Follows shows a young woman with long blonde hair looking over her shoulder as she approaches a decrepit house.

Zoning Out

By Phoenix Simms • November 8th, 2024

Being anywhere is better than trapped in the suburbs.

Here Be Monsters
A mustachioed man in an argyle sweater vest menacingly holds a shovel in art from the game Hello Neighbor.

The Discomfort of “Hello Neighbor” in Contemporary America

By Emma Kostopolus • November 7th, 2024

The people under the tightest scrutiny are already the most vulnerable – our queer, trans, and POC neighbors.

Mind Palaces
A lonesome two-lane road, illuminated by headlights, stretches into the dark distance.

A Girl Drives Home Alone at Night

By Maddi Chilton • November 6th, 2024

In the white glow of headlights there’s nothing but waste.

This Mortal Coyle
The dark entity known as 'The Forgotten' speaks with Deirdre Coyle's player avatar in a screenshot from Disney Dreamlight Valley.

The Forgotten from Disney Dreamlight Valley

By Deirdre Coyle • November 5th, 2024

This is suburban horror: the daily grind of forgetting oneself, losing oneself.

Always Autumn
Wirt, Greg, and the bluebird Beatrice head deeper into the woods in a still from Over the Garden Wall.

The Loveliest Lies of All

By Autumn Wright • November 3rd, 2024

Not what, but where is over the garden wall?

Past Presence
A still from Sex and the City episode "The Baby Shower" shows a woman sitting on the floor changing a baby's diaper, grinning like a jack-o-lantern at the camera.

Dream Vacation

By Dr. Emily Price • October 31st, 2024

The suburbs are conformity, and they’re also, for people around a certain age, parenthood.

Noise Complaint
A cropped image of a boy and girl holding hands on a school dance floor, both of them dressed in their best formal clothes.

Marilyn Manson, Middle School Dances, and Small Town Fear

By Ben Sailer • October 30th, 2024

I can’t remember if I left and went home after hearing the rules of the game, but I do remember refusing to play, without saying exactly why I didn’t want to join in.

Funeral Rites

They Feed on Fear

By Elijah Beahm • October 29th, 2024

“The inspiration behind playing as monsters is very personal. As a youth with an obvious disability, I found that I did not fit in, and I felt akin to the monsters in pop culture and media.”

Feature Story
In a detail from the movie poster art for the film The Stuff, a man screams as light green goop flows freely from his eyes and mouth.

Nothing But Respect for My President Whipped Crème

By Orrin Grey • October 25th, 2024

Does each peak hold beautifully from kitchen to plate, as the can promises? Is it sure to impress? Will it make my family love me?

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