GUD Vault
Issue 2 :: Spring 2008
Issue 2 celebrates Heaven, Earth, and Space in-between; it is touched by religion, grounded in technology and comfortable with the occult.
Including a language-stretching piece triggered by the Talmud from the legendary Hugh Fox, poems by haiku heavy-hitter Jim Kacian, the surprisingly touching “By Zombies; Eaten†from Christopher William Buecheler, and an alien perspective on human spirituality by Tina Connolly in the remarkable “The Salivary Reflexâ€
— all part of a drool-worthy two-hundred page selection of over twenty authors and artists.
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Table of contents ~ stories / poetry / art
stories
El Alebrije
by D. Richard Pearce
Four Torments and a Judgment
by Erik Williams
Painlessness
by Kirstyn McDermott
The Disappearance of Juliana
by John Walters
Offworld Friends are Best
by Neal Blaikie
Monkeyshine
by Hugh Fox
Baby Edward
by Jeremy C. Shipp
Jamie Hawkins' Muse
by Vanessa Gebbie
Freight
by Joseph Love
The Salivary Reflex
by Tina Connolly
Nan
by Scott Christian Carr
By Zombies; Eaten
by Christopher William Buecheler
The Festival of Colour
by Paul Richard Haines
Thou Shalt
by Hugh Fox
closer in my heart to thee
by Jeffrey Somers
poetry
Subtlety
by Lucy A. Snyder
Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Stage IV
by Samantha Henderson
Watching the playoffs
by Jim Kacian
Dolls
by Kristine Ong Muslim
Under The Flowers a Carcass Waits
by Rusty Barnes
art
Fools & Intellects
by Cameron Gray
Day of the Dead
by Jamie Dee Galey
Sam — Sharp Walls
by newel anderson
Sam
by newel anderson
Untitled Collaborative
by Mike Capp, Justin Hillgrove, and Shana Marcoullier
Worldly Divine
by Cameron Gray
Rise
by newel anderson
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Other works by or including our contributors this issue:
While I found the cover off-putting for a handful of reasons, once inside I was caught in the flow of the narrative. Roberts realizes her players well, showing multiple sides to mythic characters, and the details she puts into this historical re-imagining of "The Epic of Gilgamesh" really bring the story to life.
