free writing contest winners!
It wasn't easy, but we picked the best of the best in our free writing contest. The grand prize: a Nintendo Wii and a copy of the new Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars videogame! Hotttt!
Did you miss out on the contest? No worries! Send us a story after checking out our writer's guidelines! You won't win a free Wii, but you'll have a shot at a small payment and eternal fame. If you have any skillz, you can parley that fame into some free produce at the dumpster of your local supermarket.
issue 5 is FREE
Yerp!
We decided to expand our print run and try to make our first profit by giving away the 'zine and selling ads! Didn't work too well but we are not giving up. Yet.
In that spirit, we want you to have a free PDF of issue 5.
What's in issue 5, you ask? Here's a sampling:
- a plea for help making the ultimate monster from would-be geneticist Dave Mulis
- Jeremy Malish bleeds all over his breakfast
- Blake Newton really likes animals
- Gary Moshimer's story about a mad scientist lineage that puts a whole new twist on Mary Shelley
- Melissa Tyler finds that with power comes condescending customer service
- and our puzzle fun page, comix, cool art from around the world, and monster doodles we forced crying kids to draw at Maker Faire.
But...
before we give away hours of labor and suffering*, the fruit of our shriveled yet precious loins...
we must ask you one small favor:
Please consider buying one of our wee $20 ads or a Squid t-shirt
so we don't feel like such suckers. Ha ha, that's kind of a pun.
Thanks! Ok, now head to the download page and get yer free sci-fi!
* Did you know that we pay our contributors? Not much, but we do.
We've also printed a batch of HOT NEW SQUID FUNNY T-SHIRTS! Yes, you asked for it and you gots it. It's a black and purple design on heavy 6.1 brand-name pre-shrunk cotton. Class = Space Squid.