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Literature from the damaged end of the machine.

The machine has declined to comment.

Artwork for Three Things We’re Pretending Are Fine This Week
TOUCH THE EVIDENCE

Nothing happened. That is exactly what it wants you to think.

Three Things We’re Pretending Are Fine This Week

Ruby Morrow has concerns. None are actionable.

PRESS FOR REASSURANCE

Too late. You are already reading Broken Zine.

  1. QR codes on restaurant tables. I came here to eat, not authenticate.
  2. “Circling back.” No. You are returning to the scene.
  3. Luxury apartments named after trees removed to build them. The Sycamore would like a word.

That is all. You may resume pretending.

Portrait artwork for MARCY COIL

MARCY COIL

Marcy Coil documents ordinary behavior after it has been left unattended too long. Her desk contains three pens and one grievance.

Push something. The magazine is poorly supervised.

PUSH THE WEIRD BUTTON

A small bureaucrat somewhere just stamped APPROVED FOR NONSENSE.

MORE BROKEN ZINEBAD IDEA ARCADEODDITIES

ASK THE EDITOR A QUESTION

NO.

BROKEN ZINESOME THINGS SHOULDN’T BE FIXED.

DO NOT PRESS

YOU FOUND THE FOOTER. PLEASE LEAVE QUIETLY.