A5, 24 pages. Cardboard cover.
£2 + p&p
The first issue of Idle Ink is a collection of short stories and illustrations on the subject of madness. Each piece reflects different facets of the theme: insanity, self-deceit, violence, control, and power.
"With enough practice, a person can convince themselves of almost anything"
says J.L. Corbett at the start of She Outruns the Humdrum. A particularly apt analysis of all the characters in these stories.
The zine features work by J.L. Corbett, Jenny Nolan-Lee, K.R. Tester, L.L. Kipling and Dazz. The authors' influences include Douglas Adams, George Orwell, and Neil Gaiman. But there are also touches of Ray Bradbury, particularly in the stories that walk the border between character driven narrative and sci-fi. Which is no bad thing, I'm a big Bradbury fan.
It's an engaging start to what I hope will become a long series of zines focused on new writing by emerging authors.
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Review by Nathan Penlington
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