This month's snail mail is currently (hopefully!) sprinting through the USPS system and headed your way! In addition to this month's newsletter, Sustainers and Stars are getting a Halloween mix to listen to, and Stars are also getting 3 new zines: their exclusive mini about my favorite horror movies, the newest issue of catmothcrow (my perzine), and a web design how-to mini I created with my friend Nash for KC Zine Con #10 (we taught a workshop about HTML and CSS basics.)

In other news, I was hoping to have the shop back open now, and stocked with copies of catmothcrow three, but KC Zine Con #10 sold me out! I made so many trades and so many folks picked up my zines that I'm outta almost everything! So it's gonna stay closed for a while longer while I print/fold/staple a buncha titles.

I hope October is treating y'all well! Stay spooky, Snails!

Howdy snails (and the snail-curious!) 💌🐌 I can't believe August is almost half-way over. It feels like it just began.

Yesterday, I dropped this month's snail mail off at the post office. Here's what you can expect in your mailbox:

• This month's chronicle talks about both summertime magic and summertime SADness, as well as the dissonance of feeling joy amongst all the ongoing horrors.
• Sustainers and Stars will get a playlist (scan the QR code on the tv) entitled "Tom Radio" that is accompanied by a nifty visualizer I cut together. (It'll drop here, in the SMS Virtual Void, tomorrow if you wanna listen in early!)
• Stars will also get a sticker featuring Ruby or Snoopy collaged into wild situations, as well the DESTROYA mini zine I created in Roll for Zine ep2, and a mini zine that documents the lived experiences of folks currently being caged in Trump's concentration camp "Alligator Alcatraz". I want that zine to be read/spread widely, and will be posting a PDF of it to my blog in a day or two. Please print, copy, distribute it. I feel it is the responsibility of zinesters to document and shine a light on the horific things that those with power are doing, to make sure that they cannot be brushed underneath the rug and forgotten. It's one of the many ways we can push back.

Ruby must've realized I was using her likeness on this month' stickers, because she hung out on my desk while I got everything packed up. Consider her the Snail Mail Society's quality control inspector. 😉

See y'all here, in the Void!