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Category Archives: Bang*Bang no. 114
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Apr
All Roads Lead to Rome
by Iron Eater and shukyou (主教) Joseph checked his map against his compass and scowled. The Ambiguity Zone—wherever it showed up, but especially here, when it was least convenient for him, personally—always fucked with more precise instruments, which meant looking at magnets and paper like a caveman, and the absence of so much as a […]
27
Apr
Hosing down the (other) public fuckhole at the mall
by Fil-in-the-blank Quantum Entanglement Inspiration: Hosing down the public fuckhole at the mall (issue no. 92 “cats and dogs”, 2021) Ziran wrinkles his nose behind his face mask, rubber-gloved fingers catching against each other as he pulls a few pieces of HoloHype™ DynaPop™ popcorn out of the fuckhole and drops them into his waste bucket […]
27
Apr
The Night Terrors and the Birthday Surprise
by Devin Ambrosia illustrated by melanofly and Lindsay Lion Lord At exactly 111 years old, Amani felt more in touch than ever with her twenty-something self. It could be dementia, but she felt lucid. The sharp executive function hadn’t come back (wouldn’t that be something?) but she could remember what it was like in small […]
27
Apr
Good World
by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) “Seriously?” is all I could say when I saw the notification on my phone. Four months. Four months of radio silence, and then he hits me with a ‘hey’ text? I put my phone down with disgust, and lasted about twenty seconds before picking it up again. The last messages in […]
27
Apr
Biddable
by Greta Jia-Kang Cabrel While this is a standalone story, it includes or alludes to characters from “To Hone High and Low” [Issue 104] (Robin) and “Accidentals” [Issue 108] (Sheila, Dr. Bonnemann), as well as a certain vaseful of recorders. Lucienne hadn’t planned to attend the fundraising auction for the early music festival. She didn’t […]
27
Apr
Scenario ATU-480 [F173.1, K1363]
by Togi Kayako (土宜草子) Before each job, I sleep. δ-Caeli handles shaping the space to suit whatever scenario it’s concocted with θ-Leonis. I’m terrible at designing a space when it needs to stay locked to only three dimensions, and humans are rarely comfortable when there are more. Thankfully, once I’m in an appropriate form, navigating […]
3
Mar
Prospective Participants for Bang*Bang 114
This is a signup for the April 28 issue; the text deadline for the issue is Tuesday, April 15 and the art deadline is Saturday, April 26. Please reply to this post if you plan to submit a story or artwork for this issue, indicating whether you are interested in contributing to the issue as an author and/or […]
