Best of
New-Weird

2019

99 Poems to Cure Whatever's Wrong with You or Create the Problems You Need


Sam Pink - 2019
    99 to be exact. bleeding out to the backdrop of this new cartoon. a woodchuck in a tiny witch hat laughs at you, as you lay down, hands over your chest and think, 'perfect.' and a red light atop a powerline blinks in the distance to remind that there is no end, only one long try, deflate at your own pace. don't fight the freefall. 99 poems to cure whatever's wrong with you or create the problems you need. and yes, you need. im your fucking dad, honey. admit it, or we'll never get out of this alive.

The Salix Arcanum


Benjamin Tweddell - 2019
    Walking the hidden paths amongst the reed beds, surrendering himself to tranquillity, he stumbles upon a medieval chapel in the marshes of West-Sedgemoor, forlorn, and seemingly forgotten. Drawn back there, day after day, unable to resist the call of the ancient sanctuary, he finds himself lost in a mysterious reverie, ensnared by an incomprehensible power – The Salix Arcanum. To purchase, please contact exoccidente@gmail.com

Suburban Folktales


Josh Russell - 2019
    Princesses home birth babies in their sleep, passers-by home birth diminutive duplicates on the sidewalk, and pregnant queens keep company with neoliberal birds. Kings text their daughters. Everyone already has cancer. Everybody has a complaint. But who reigns over the suburbs? Who will repair the storm damage? Who will purchase dough enough to make a man? Formed from the lineage of Italo Calvino’s Italian Folktales, Russell’s stories suggest that even quotidian cares are subject to the strange and wondrous.

The Unnamed Country


Jeffrey Thomas - 2019
    Hundreds of years ago, our Emperor Tho tried to think of ways to protect his country from being attacked again, after he managed to drive out the last invaders. And he knew he had to change the name his enemies had given to his country. Then Tho had an idea… a way to keep other people from wanting to come here and steal his empire. He would hide it from their eyes, and their minds, and the eyes and minds of any demon lords who might try to bring more bad luck to his empire. So he gave our land the name it has to this day.”“And what name is that?”“The Unnamed Country.”From Jeffrey Thomas, creator of Punktown, comes The Unnamed Country, a mosaic novel weaving tales of a land and people poised between the ancient traditions of the past and the burgeoning technology of the future. Where devils, gods, and ghosts still haunt the land, and where you may just discover a unicorn.