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foofaraw
Kevin Humdrum
A zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations published by humdrum industries.
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The first anthology from Foofaraw Press has arrived. You can pick up a copy of A Great Big Fuss (2025) direct now and everywhere books are sold on May 1! We have a limited edition hardcover, paperback, and digital version (ePub and PDF),...
Read Mark's story, The Lion Slide, now!Was there any particular park you had in mind while writing this story?It’s an amalgam of two parks near where I live. Were there any good ghost stories or local legends where you grew up?I asked my...
Oli and Craig sat on the wall outside Burgon’s News, the newsagents at the edge of Gildeen park, eating crisps. “You ever hear the story about the lion slide?” said Craig, through mouthfuls of Ready Salted.“Hasn’t everybody?” said Oli....
—Ellie Black
The April issues of Foofaraw Zine is here!While I know it's horribly late, I didn't want to let Tony's beautiful cover art go to waste... Of course, all stories will be published for free on the web throughout the month, but paid...
Welcome back to another excellent week of comics and... not much else. That doesn't mean it's a complete waste of a week though. There are still some decent shows returning and a couple albums that might be worth checking out... The...
Read David's story, Out of the Band, now!Are you a musician yourself? Absolutely not. No talent, not enough patience. But I am a life-long music obsessive, record buyer and attendee of obscure gigs. Indie, reggae, synthpop, punk,...
It was a dry, dead patch of landWhere even the pebbles shriveledBeneath the scorching sunBut you said we could make it growAnything, something, everything You said it wouldn’t be too hardTo dig a well, and carve a canalTo install vapor...
Galen walked from the fog of dry ice and on to the stage like he always did, owning it, until there was only the mic stand between him and his people. But there was no roar this time, no blinding spotlight, no desperate desire in the...
Catch up!Matthew BurbridgeThe story so far:Last issueStart from the beginning
Big news this week! The Media Guide disappeared a bit (again) there for awhile, but for good reason. We are officially launching The Media Guide web app for subscribers at the [+] and Patron tiers. This newsletter will continue being...
Read George's story, The Bug, now!What does The Bug mean to you?It means a lot of things to me—imposter syndrome, social malaise, suppression of anxiety—but more than anything it really is about a bug. Sometimes it feels as though you...
NOTE: This is not a story about me. This is a story about The Bug.There is a bug inside my brain. I believe it is a spindly little thing with long legs. It pokes and prods at different parts of me and anyone who sees me is none the...
I've been ignoring my duties a bit here as I've been building something new that's in a bit of a soft launch now. It's a suite of web apps I've developed partly to help me organize different things, partly as an experiment. I think they...
Read Lisa's story, The Retro Diner, now!What makes you hopeful these days?The collective action of concerned citizens to address current issues is the only thing outside of my own circle of family and friends that is currently giving me...