Issue
#34
/ party
AUG
2018
Dear Readers and Moon Luvers, P-A-R-T-WHY? Because I gotta!!! This issue, we’re celebrating the lighter things in life -- friends, fun, and partying. Party on, zinesters. By the way, you are cordially invited to our 3rd birthday party next month at Foam! Check out Pono AM, Frankie Valet, and Toaster on Friday, September 7th! For future themes, submission deadlines, and anything else, be sure to check in with us online. (See last page.) Like our previous issues, the numbered pages are original submitted content. Other pages are altered by yours truly and unique to each edition of the issue. Thank you for taking a chance and picking up our zine. Hold on to it, or pass it on to the most hung over zinester you know, as The Moon Zine is one of a kind.
Cheers! The Moon
meet the staff
Julie Davis - Throw me a surprise party. Doesn't matter when or where-surprise me. Lauren Kellett - Please invite me to karaoke. Wes Harbison - Allison found grey hairs Allison Sissom - I like to budget, budget. staff picks: party story in 6 words
Julie - Me: “Outlander! We have your woman!!� Lauren - Microwaved my underpants on Mardi Gras. Wes - probably looked at books or left Allison - Danced in the grass under moonlight
by Jacque Davis *************
untitled by Desi Colley ************
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They All Had Names You Can’t Remember by Aaron Owens
It’s chickenpox narrowing invites. Buttonchested figures spewing arms and legs across the floor. Picking white plastic heads out of brown metal vents. Yellow torsos in toddler hands. It’s indoor soccer and a buzzed head for summer heat. That picture of past faces screaming up at a pale, cedar deck. Spinning green plastic guns to choose teams. It’s chlorine chafed lungs on pool-long Saturdays. A rented shelter and a stamp to get back in. That slap of the back on
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missed flips and overrotated dives. Screaming beneath as red rose to skin. They all had names you can’t remember. They turned them into sandpits for volleyball, traded in holiday lakes for 50 frame homes in a mediocre school district. It’s warm breath in red and yellow tents. 2 liters of soda and bored parents turning eyes to closed doors and awkward silence. That night the rain blew you out of the lawn and upstairs. Ruining rec-room carpet with cold jeans and wet socks. 14 year olds watching the sun rise from split-level yards. Eager to see the end.
trash by Chris Moody *************
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Pretty Hammered by Desi Colley ************
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Robots by Bob Boston ************
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excerpts from ‘Matd for ad,’ a poem I wrote at a party submitted anonymously
Idk [] I went outside to write this prom bit I kept my ear plugs in I. Focusin can u ttell II. [ ] autocorrect eillbmake this pormvbettet thanviy should be III. Damn boy ur swrat was glowin IV. All down ur face V. It was glowin orange and blue VI. I can hear [him] yalkin on the steps. It looks like I'm waiting for a ride but I'm not VII. I got a missed call from u but I'm not waiting for u. I'm waiting for no one VIII. I can her the sweaty boy IX. The orange and blue boy X. Even outside XI. Even with my ear plugs XII. [] XIII. [ ] XIV. I lovve u. I love [him]. I love the sweaty boy. I love my friends. I love my strangers. I love my ear plugs.I love theswr accidental roam numetals XV. We are all humans we are all drunkards XVI. Kisses whomever. u want tonight
centerfold: park by Anna Krzton *************
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Y O U ’ R E IN V ITE D TO: THE MOON ZIN E’S
THIRD
BDAY
CELEBRATION CAMP COUNSELOR
SUNSULKING
FRANKIE VALET
09 . 07 . 2018 | 8PM | AT FOAM | 3359 S JEFFERSON
Let's Go Crazy by Nikki Stover ***********************
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Process no_ 1 by Aaron Owens *************
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Process no_ 2 by Aaron Owens *************
Process no_ 3 by Aaron Owens *************
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by Jacque Davis ************
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Birthday by Ri Zas ********
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electric noise by Katryn Dierksen ***************
by Julie Davis ***********
Birthday by Bob Boston ************
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Untitled by Rebecca McLaren ****************
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Wind Plowed Penguins in Cape Cod Sand Dunes by Allison K. Sissom ****************
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cover images:
eternally to: Everyone who has submitted content
front: A beach party during Senior Week 1963 (1963)
back: Beach party during Senior Week 1963 (1963)
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