Area of Effect The Local Horror of Dark Academia By Jay Castello • November 13th, 2024 Babel is one of the books most keen to explore the dark part of dark academia; the power behind it, not just the hue of an 18th century wood-panel library.
Rookie of the Year 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 Zoning Out By Phoenix Simms • November 8th, 2024 Being anywhere is better than trapped in the suburbs.
Here Be Monsters 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 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 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 The Loveliest Lies of All By Autumn Wright • November 3rd, 2024 Not what, but where is over the garden wall?
Past Presence 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 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.”
