In one sense, you do expect to read about the end of the world in the newspaper. But to see it just this side of fiction isn't quite as usual. Last weekend, the Washington Post published a piece about Americans' idealization of the Great Depression, complete with imagining how such an event would look in today's terms, and to future historians. Now that's what I'm talking about!
American Gods by Unlined's patron saint, Neil Gaiman, is going to be made available for free online in the near future. Keep an eye out for this -- if you've read this book, then you know how fantastic it is, and if you haven't or you know someone who hasn't, this is the perfect opportunity to see why America is a bad country for gods.
I know Unlined's been quiet since the submission deadline, and you all have my thanks for your patience. We've got some wonderful written pieces in the works, but we're still in need of visual art. Got photographs, illustrations, paintings, video, collage? American Apocalyptic wants your eye! Email unlined.org@gmail.com if you'd like to talk.
By the way, speaking of the Great Depression, we can haz lolbos? The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats are what happens when you combine the modern sensibilities of netspeak with the aesthetic of early cartoon strips and the 1930's vagabond lifestyle.
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