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With thousands of soldiers dying in Vietnam, a group of young friends in New York embarked on a secret mission to bring the U.S. war machine to its knees. They did it in their underwear, using knitting needles, fondue forks, and an inflatable kiddie pool. 

Issue no. 173, “The Buffalo Raiders,” is now live:

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What do you do when they tell you that you'll never race again? You run farther than you ever have before. Our latest Atavist Magazine excerpt highlights Todd Barcelona's recovery from a traumatic brain injury.

On the afternoon that changed his life, Todd was driving home from work in his sky blue 1994 GMC Sierra truck. He had purchased it used and lowered the suspension so it sat closer to the ground. It did not have airbags.

Todd approached the intersection of Austin Peay Highway and Old Brownsville Road heading north. A Shell gas station, fields of crops, and stands of trees filled his view. The light ahead turned yellow, and he continued through the intersection. A gray Honda Accord driving south made a left at the light at the same time, failing to yield the right of way. It smashed into Todd’s truck almost head-on.

The horrors of Hemomancy that you will only see on the battlefield.

Combining Red Wood Expansion with the lycan form is forbidden to younger Bloodhunters. Practiced only by those strong enough and practiced enough to resist the voice of the Wolf and the intoxication of physical strength.

Exiting the lycan form while enlarged is messy. It’s theorized that the ritual of regurgitation helps to separate the mind and body of the Bloodhunter from it’s summoned avatar. Those who cannot let go of their lycan forms are at risk of loosing their identities and succumbing to feral atavistic instincts.

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Katy Kelleher’s “Flowers for Yellow Chins, Bruised Eyes, Forsaken Nymphs, and Impending Death”

Jenny Odell’s “The Myth of Self-Reliance”

Nicolette Polek’s “Fear is a Three-Thousand-Pound Bell”

Christine Lalane’s “Castles in the Sky”