Self

Non-fiction stories on being swindled by a scammer into thinking he and his friends would receive $30,000, a punk band stranded in Indiana and staying in the middle of nowhere with a latex mask artist, finding punk comaraderie at North Illinois University, receiving a letter in the mail upon high school graduation that he wrote to himself in junior high, and getting hand burns from falling out of a tree house.<br />

Split zine between a writer in Chicago and one in Portland. Bits and pieces of writings from older zines, fractured along the lines of the seasons.<br />

A new look for Foul, this one was created entirely on a good old fashioned typewriter. Brandon breaks it all down, telling us about what his life is like these days. It opens up with two funny stories about his friend Brian (one titled &ldquo;I love Brian Nix&rdquo;, the other titled &ldquo;I hate Brian Nix&rdquo;), then goes into some lists of shocking pop culture events. Also a story about his girlfriend getting food poisoning, and a few other items. Funny, cynical, real, and down to earth. Half size, 12 pages. <br />

Five short pieces about quitting a job as a bike messenger; trying to get a library card at the Harold Washington Library; visiting Cook County Hospital after breaking a leg at a messenger party and an possibly an arm playing bike polo; a new relationship; and bike messenger injuries and apathy about them.

&quot;14 (non-fiction stories of high school fuck ups, drop outs, and stoners. My wasted youth. Drunk driving, fortune telling, and way too many drug references.&quot;<br />

The interview issue.

A philiosophical zine with entries on fate, lying, underemployment, and fire.<br />

THE2NDHAND publishes short work by the established, the first timers, and those in between.

Short comics interspersed with appropriated essays on similar topics.<br />

Photos of the rare meeting of two heart-shaped potatoes.