The Deadlands

Sneak Peek of Issue 35

Added 2024-07-08 21:00:19 +0000 UTC

hello friends and most beautiful supporters that literally give THE DEADLANDS life

we have a small treat for you.

it's the Issue #35 TOC + cover reveal + letter from the editor.

yes, that's correct, we don't usually have letters from the editor, but this issue... it's a heavy one... you'll want to lift with your back, not your heart.

pls don't share these publicly yet, these are just for you AND ALSO

BIG CONTENT WARNING: COVER HAS SOME SPIDER ON IT...

Spawn Red Meat Arachnid, Chris Panatier (poetry)
The Ecological Impacts of Resurrection: a Field Study, Corey Farrenkopf (fiction)
Inverse Requiem, Abhinav (poetry)
Raising an Ancestor, Kay Mabasa (fiction)
The Self Chosen Burial Rites of a Bunch of 20-Somethings, Eleora Ryan (nonfiction)
The Rerebirth of Slick, Stephen Kearse (fiction)
The High Priestess Falls in Love with Death, Ali Trotta (poetry)
Rachel Is at a Protest, Esther Alter (fiction)
Ask a Necromancer, Amanda Downum (nonfiction)
End-of-Life, Lauren Ring (fiction)
The Handsome Men, Richard Leis (poetry)
Three Things That Happen the Night My Dad Dies, Isabel Cañas (fiction)

Letter From The Editor:

May you live in interesting times, they said.

May you publish interesting things, they did not say—but it’s what we do, what The Deadlands has done from our first issue, and here we are with Issue #35.

This issue feels unlike others before it, and so this little note: You might want to hydrate before you jump in. Have a snack. Stretch those limbs. Check your heart—is it there, is it ready? Make sure your chair is attached to the floor. Turn the phone off. Grab the tissues. Tie your shoe laces or hitch up your socks.

This is a heavy issue, dealing with our extremely modern world. It covers topics such as meat processing, the N-word, and the decades-long genocide in Gaza. The terrain will be difficult, but it will be worthwhile. Let us go into this together and come out on the other side better than when we went in.

E. Catherine Tobler

July 2024