Fiction

Ten short original stories by writers mostly from Illinois (includes four from the Chicagoland area). The stories represent a diversity of authors and variety of topics.

Each issue of the zine is created by 7th and 8th grade middle school students in the Chicago area and features both prose and poetry. This issue (and its two predecessors) was a collaborative class project and includes pieces on memories, dreams, goals, and friendship.

A zine created by teenagers who participated in the I Was a Teenage Zine Fiend workshop at 826CHI.

A collection of personal and fictional stories about cooking and the kitchen in a South Indian family.

A collection of writing on the theme of solace, including big concepts like love, truth, and hope.

Features a few Mossdale-related minicomic episodes. Includes overarching story about residents at Mossdale Estate, including the death and obituary of Agnes Victoria Barret, along with episodes of "Mossdale Afternoon," "Leonard and Louis," "The Such and Such Times," and "A Glimpse Behind the Scenes."

This comic takes the real life story of Joseph Beuys' performance art piece "I Like America and American Likes Me" and creates an alternate account of what really happened during his time with the coyote.

Inside Cover: The Logan Square Literary Review is a not-for-profit, journal of words based in Chicago, Ill. This publication aims to facilitate expression and add to the thriving community of ideas in the neighborhood of Logan Square. Therefore, the LSLR is dependant on submissions from the public.

The story of "Anakim of the Sun: Being Human" is about Father Antonio Rivera, a vampire who became a priest in the hopes of being cured of his blood lust. Though a member of The Church, Antonio finds himself at odd when he must confront his past and is forced to face the one thing he never did: give himself completely to God. By doing so, he realizes the theme behind the Gospel according to John: the road to Heaven is black and white; everything you do, say, think and feel will either take you closer to Heaven or take you closer to Hell... but ultimately, it's your decision.