THE RACKET JOURNAL : ISSUE TWENTY-THREE. HERE. RIGHT HERE. EVEN RIGHT NOW.

Cover Image: Shroud, no. 4 / Brooks Anderson

THE RACKET JOURNAL : ISSUE TWENTY-THREE
IT’S HERE (RIGHT HERE). FOR YOU. WHAT ELSE CAN WE SAY?

FEATURING YOUSSEF ALAOUI, NORMA SMITH, KOSS, KATE BARRENGOS, ANDREA BERGEN, EDWARD LEE, MATT FOWLER & PAUL CORMAN-ROBERTS.

AND PUZZLES. OH THE PUZZLES. OH, THE BACK PAGE BY LAURA JAYE CRAMER.

Well, just when you think everything is as top-of-the-tops, bat-shit, totally off-the-wall, cuh-razy town - the President of the United States of America gets an illness he pretty much claimed didn’t really exist. 2020, you are a fickle monster. What isn’t fickle? The Racket Journal : Issue Twenty-Three. It’s here, like it is every week, just waiting for you to pick it up and take it on home.

Think of it like a life raft, but a life raft made of art and writing.

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ALSO,

WE ARE TAKING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE JOURNALS OF THE FUTURE.

And we really think you should submit something.

Your submission just needs to adhere to these guidelines.

The Guidelines:

1. We’re accepting prose, poetry, non-fiction and art.

2. No more than 750 words.

3. We’ll accept multiple pieces as long as they’re no longer than 750 words combined.

Send submissions to: theracketreadingseries@gmail.com

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REALLY THOUGH, WHAT’S NEXT? DRAGONS? IS THERE GOING TO BE F’N DRAGONS THAT EMERGE FROM COCOONS IN THE EARTH AND BREATH FIRE OVER OUR MAJOR CITIES? OR IS IT MAYBE GIANT-SIZED KEVIN BACON MONSTERS WHO EAT THE SUBURBS? OR, AH SHIT, WE STILL HAVE THIS ELECTION TO DEAL WITH, DON’T WE?

Well, think of this as a dessert-like reward for after you’ve filled out your mail-in ballot. AFTER.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE.