"The Stars Are In Your Paws, Little One"

Bisexual attraction covers the full gender spectrum and does not exclusively mean "two genders".

Saying that other sexualities are "trans inclusive" is weird, because trans woman is not a different gender than woman. Trans man is not a different gender than man.

Furthermore: Nonbinary people have always been included as a part of bisexual attraction (y'all see the purple line of the Bi flag?).

The label of pansexual, omnisexual, etc, or even just mspec are fucking valid and are not inherently biphobic.

Bisexuality is not inherently panphobic, or any of the other things listed in the bullet above.

Biromantic Asexuals exist. I will fight you on this.

You’re crying.

After “Do not stand at my grave and weep”, author disputed:

Do not stand at your bowl and meow. I gave you food. It’s in there now. I feed you at the dawning light, I feed you at the fall of night. I feed you kibbles mixed with meat And wet food for a special treat. I feed you even though you scoff At all the food within your trough. I feed you and still yet you yell Like as a beast from deepest hell. Do not stand at your bowl and cry. I gave you food. You will not die.

This year’s issue of Almost Real: A Speculative Biology Zine is mythology themed, so I wanted the cover critter to be a weird take on an extremely recognizable legendary beast.

The marsupial griffin is my shot at that, a large flying carnivore with a rear-facing pouch like a thylacine. Its unusual front incisors are continuously growing like rodent teeth, but exposed like a beak— nursing young have a gap in between them, but as they wean into sub-adults the gap closes and the teeth grow to a sharp hook for tearing into meat and carrion. Their thumbed hind feet somewhat resemble a primate’s, but with a set of sharp talons for capturing and gripping prey.

Our cover for this volume was illustrated by @ibenkrutt, who really knocked this design out of the park. If you’d like to support our contributing artists and acquire the zine, you can check out the campaign over here!

Griffin Migration, 2022

Wrap-around cover for the Almost Real Zine (Vol. 5 - Mythology). As a long-time fan of the zine, it was a true honour to work on this!