foofaraw

foofaraw

Kevin Humdrum

A zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations published by humdrum industries.

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“Oi, Paul. You coming to the demo?”I press the phone against my face. It’s Sabeena. My best friend a.k.a. boundary pusher. I slink over to my bedroom window and hush my voice. “What demo,” I whisper. “I’ve got college all day...
Read Rachel's story, My Personal Thief, on Foofaraw now!Have you ever been robbed?Yes, I have. This story was actually based on last summer when my phone was stolen from me, my glasses broke, my laptop was spilled on (and broke) and then...
Waste neither Time nor Money, but make the best Use of both.” —that guy on the bills you roll up for coke, you know, Jack Black from the OG Drunk History videos on Funny or DieI’m in. Yes, seriously! You’ve been banging on about the One...
It wasn’t long before I realized I had my own personal thief. He’d come in every night around three and I’d pretend to be asleep. I didn’t dare move a muscle. Not out of fear, but because I pitied him. He was terribly obvious; he left...
Read H.'s story, Basement Girls and Attic Gods, on Foofaraw now!There’s a wonderful contrast between beautiful prose and a quite dark and ugly situation
 was that deliberate or just natural from your writing style and interests?I find...
Val eased her banged-up, sputtering Hyundai Accent through the wrought iron gates of Lion’s Head Estate and up the winding hill. She could already feel the velvety, perfumed whisper of borrowed luxury on her skin. The thought made her...
—Ellie Black
Morning loosens from the treeline pale
 and trembling
 threadlike
 thin. I step forward where it wanders; something stirs and draws me in.By the roots a shape is waiting, still as frost on shadowed stone. Not a whisper marks its...
Read Ashlee’s story, Moon Drama, on Foofaraw now!Do you “bring your whole self to work”? Should people?Well, now that I’m writing full-time, definitely yes–I think writing is easiest when you’ve got some real-life experience to base it...
Linda from Accounting was eaten an hour ago. My feelings are mixed. I’d been a little too open with her about my relationship issues and Linda is—sorry, was—always trying to be interesting to other people. So, on the one hand, the...
Catch up!Matthew BurbridgeThe story so far:Issue #1Issue #2Issue #3Issue #4Issue #5Issue #6Issue #7Issue #8Issue #9Issue #10Issue #11Issue #12
[GM’s note: No prices are fixed right now. Eggs are still changing hour to hour. Do not call attention to this. “Winter 2025 Gustation” maybe?]Appetizernettle orechiette, date, goat cheese, sabacarmelized beets, whipped ricotta, coffee...
Welcome back! There was no Weekend Edition because my little pup ate a sewing needle, which left me in a state of nervous panic for about 48 hours... This also meant I had to speed-run to listen to some new music to get this together......
The March issues of Foofaraw Zine and Four-headed Foofaraw are here!This is an extra-special month for us, with it being the inaugural edition of Mindlessly Massive March: double the stories; triple the word count; 150 pages of goodness!...
Here we are on Starship Earth, ready-set-going lap number four-point-five billion and fifty-two around the Great Yellow Dwarf, poised to mow down each and every hurdle, even though it’d be easier to jump, duck, or run around the damned...
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