Blink-Ink #61 features ‘the best stories of approximately fifty words’ about “Phones.” As the editors write, “When Alice Cooper sang ‘The telephone was ringing,’ he established a real sense of urgency. Somebody had to deal with the phone! What happened? Now our devices natter away, pulling us this way and that.” The editors asked for stories about how phones and our relationships to them have changed us and our behaviors – past, present, future — pretend, or all too real.
Stories include “Busy Signal” by Robin Stratton, “If the Three Little Pigs Had Smartphones” by Emma Phillips, “A Treehouse Extraction” by Carolyn R. Russell, “Sleep Mode” by Rahel M. Hollis, “Democracy v2.0” by Chris Lihou, “Full Charge” by Kristina Warlen, “Butt Dialed” by Barry Basden, “Where One Phone Breaks, Another Appears” by Mir Yashar Seyedbagheri, “Party Line #2” by Susan Borgersen, and many more, including cover artworks.
Cover art: Modern Fairytales by Francisco “Pancho” Graells
