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Caketrain Issue 05 DOWNLOADS |
Our fifth is 84 pages longer than any previous issue, over 39,000 words and many of them not at all the ones we were expecting, and this massive amalgam actually coheres, in completely unanticipated, surprising, and freaky ways. Take for example “Nest” by Andrea Fitzpatrick, which finds its thematic sister (daughter?) in “Hive” by Blake Butler; note the enigmatic appearance of Marlon Brando in the poems of The Pines (who?), knocking four times before fading into the ether, only to re-emerge as flesh in the midst of James Wagner’s suite 157 pages later; reflect upon Ben Stein’s “Wild Boy,” his words slowly disintegrating into Brownian motion for sound suspended in air as a precursor for the uncivilization of Peter Markus’ own boy and brothers. Even Jules Julien’s alternate half-bird, half-gun silhouettes adorning the front and back covers hint delicately at a mystery to be solved. Contributors |