What precisely was found when we burst into the laboratory of Dr. Finnegan Moss, late Professor of Neurology at Miskatonic University, has never been publicly acknowledged. A sanitized version was released: the professor was found dead, victim of an unfortunate laboratory accident. These many years later, my body riddled now with cancer and disease, the […]
I can only chew when the air conditioner is on. It is an old, boxy thing, with a temperamental thermometer. I remember the meaning of such words, and less sharply owning such a thing, once. The device runs, chugging in the window, on and off every few minutes as it struggles against the New England […]
She sat at the desk, tapping her keyboard, liking the click of the keys but not typing anything of worth. With a sigh she peered out her window at (her prison?) Providence, her home. The buildings rose up, thrusting their cement edifices into the gray skies. Rain fell onto the city, cleaning it, making it […]
Wave on wave, each with increasing virulence, is dashing this new religion of whiteness on the shores of our time. -W.E.B. Du Bois, ‘The Souls of White Folk’ 1920 ~ Every day was a chance to enjoy the circus by the sea. Milky sunlight, refracted by frosted window panes, was cut with the sickly yellow […]
Michele Aucoin was always kind, generally sarcastic and reliably wise. She served as a mentor or booster for many in the arts community – both designers and fine artists – and her loss is acutely felt in those communities. Aucoin, 57, was a RI College grad and a graphic designer at many firms in PVD, […]
Our runners-up in the fiction contest are: “It Won’t Be Ignored” by J L. Metcalf, “The Ever-Ending World” by Kent J. Starrett “The God Spot” by Shad Fagerland “Ghoul of Providence” by Mike Slater Honorable Mention: “Bring the Children Home, Lord Cthulhu” by Andrew Stewart
THU 15 Beth Barron/ Jamie Craighead Duo/ Corinne Southern: Vocals/Guitar. 9pm. Askew, 150 Chestnut St, PVD. fb.com/Askewprov Out of State Plates Literary Series: Featuring Sarah Elaine Smith, author of Malibu is Everywhere. 7pm. Twenty Stories Bookstore, 107 Ives St, PVD. outofstateplateslit.com FRI 16 – SUN 18 92nd Annual Grecian Festival: Your best chance of experiencing […]
You guys are sick. When we put out a call for entries into our Lovecraft art and writing contest, we had no idea what horrors lurked in your minds. Consider us enlightened. Congratulations to our writing contest winner, Dylan Ingham, for his story titled “Starry Stan,” and to our art contest winner, “The Stars Align,” […]