Issue
#15
/ STL
Nov
2016
Dear Readers and Moon Luvers, St. Louis is the current home to all of The Moon Zine editors. It’s the place we laugh, cry, create, and love in. But the fucking humidity, amirite? St. Louis inspires us to make this zine. We love STL so much that we wanted to give something back to it. Inside, you’ll find a smattering of memories, snapshots, and thoughts that reflect and celebrate our city, imperfections included. I’m from the Lou ‘n I’m proud. Last month, we were fortunate enough to be a part of the St. Louis Small Press Expo 2016. The kick-off and main event were a lot of fun! The expo weekend was full of meeting new people, learning new things, and creating and appreciating new art. We want to thank the SPEx steering committee, volunteers, attendees, vendors, St. Louis Public Library, and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation (and anyone else we forgot!). 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 mightiest, muddiest zinester you know, as The Moon Zine is one of a kind.
, The Moon
the moon zine staff bios:
Julie Davis - TGE or GTFO Josh Saboorizadeh - Ballwin Days Allison Sissom - Look, as a child we would get Gus’ pretzels and tour the brewery, regularly. Very regularly. Lauren Kellett - I WENT TO ROSATI KAIN Wes Harbison - Looking for the best slice of pie in STL. Suggestions? staff picks: favorite intersection
Julie - Broadway, Chippewa, and Jefferson Josh - Vandeventer and Market Allison - Lemp and Arsenal Lauren - Washington and Grand Wes - Olive and Boyle
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by Carson Monetti **************
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My End of the Phone Conversation During Which I Realized I’m a Mostly-Acclimated STLouisan by Maddie Smith “Hey Jane, what’s up? -Right, Soldier’s Memorial, so I parked on Locust and just walked down. -- Well, Locust is closed between Broadway and 6th right now. -- Haha, I know, construction is crazy everywhere, but if you’re on Olive, just turn left on 7th and
then right on Washington and then you can go down 6th to turn right on Locust because it’s a one way. -- Honestly, I didn’t pay for parking. It’s, like, $1.50 an hour, but it stops charging after 7. -- Ok, see you soon!”
10 Things I Want to do Before I Die by Allison K. Sissom 1. See an expansion of the Metrolink in STL. (They are working on it! http://www.nextstopstl.org/)
2. Eat Sliced Pint’s Toasted Ravioli Pizza.
3. Display my art at SLAM.
6. See Union Station utilized.
7. Win a radio contest in which I get free Tums for life.
8. Eat at a frozen yogurt shop in the grove called Grov-Yo. (It doesn’t exist… yet.)
4. Bike each section of the Great Riv-
9. Have St. Louis Bread Company
5. Sample every STL micro-brew.
10. Pay off my student loans.
ers Greenway.
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recognized as the name nation wide.
by Allison K. Sissom ***** ***** ***
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‘ by Julie Davis
the tiny ones keep me awake on the drive home, the window rolled down just enough the big ones explode on the ground, mixing with the yellow lights, green lights, red lights and mocking our homemade fireworks and kisses in basements that I can still walk to and that damned wall --------------------------------------------that wall has more stories than you can count my dad taught them to me gumballs and crinoids broken glass track the soft ones fill my lungs with shallow breaths of cheerios and piss the heavy ones rush down the street, leaving casualties of dead rainbows and bent homes and 6-foot high fences ||||||[X]||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| with gates leading to swingsets with Enya on Walkman and true mud pies (or milk poured in a hole you dug, with Oreos for dipping) and rusty round pools with ripe mulberry bobbers and polaroids on your desk of your favorite women, but we’re not women in them we’re children, babies we’re chasing our tails and rolling down hills, struggling with our own names
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by Julie Davis **********
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ST. LOUIS by Xena Colby
Looking for a place That can use what I have Some of it’s good Some of it’s bad Oh St. Louis A mighty current runs through us I’m ok, just a bump on the head I’ve got my fist wrapped tight on that thread Lose sight of me, I’ll take up the looking Always looking ahead Oh St. Louis The Mississippi runs through us Looking for a friend To take me as I am Half-made plans Sour jam Oh St. Louis A mighty current runs through us
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Traffic by Allison K. Sissom ***** ***** ***
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Refracty ******************
by Kevin Kickham **********************
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National Anthem by Tori Hudson
Saint Louis is on me again like Mexican blankets in the thick of summer. Like makeup too heavily and teeth in gums. It comes in under the door when I'm asleep, blue and spotlights, wide vents blowing hotly. I see only its feet. Who is a child? And who is a woman? And who is the woman who looks like my mother but is much too old? My mother and coffee with almond milk. My mother and hands and feet and knowing always. Knowing always. Saint Louis and my mother. How old was she then? How long does it take to lose a place? How long since she was so young? I'm glad you're here. I couldn't sleep. Saint Louis is on me like clovers on a hillside. It breathes. Cross-legged and lonely. July in Forest Park.
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home as body // body as home by HBP
first fall felt like fleeing then like freedom learning these roots like bone structures structures of homes structures of home-bodies this body is home this place is hands holding this time is st. louis as sanctuary leaving means losing/gaining + staying means gaining/losing i hear humans here say, “gosh just think about all the THINGS i could do THERE i would be like this i would be like that’ those thoughts came to me, too, and after the act of acting selfish / selfless / fearless / fearful my only summary: sorry, but, you are here and you are home
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by Tubby Tom
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Bridal Warehouse by Wes Harbison *************
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by Carson Monetti **************
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Hi Print-Your-Own-Zine folks! We want to take a second to say thanks! You could be doing anything else right now, but you’re doing this. Thanks for spending your time with The Moon Zine. If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments, let us know: themoonzine@gmail. com. Some quick instruction: when you’re done reading this, cut the page right down the middle (hamburger style) and toss this half in the recycling. Take the other half and paste it on the very last inside page. Or wherever you want! There are no rules! Have a good day!! -The Moon
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Credits & Notes front cover image: by Julie Davis
back cover image: by Wes Harbison
backgrounds: tf-_paper_15.jpg (pg 12), texture-fabrik_decollage_04.jpg (pg 16),
texturefabrik-com_concrete_vol-2_6.jpg (pg 20), tf-_photocopy_08.jpg (pg 27); all courtesy of texture fabrik
Thanks to: The St. Louis Small Press Expo 2016 crew!
eternally to: Everyone who has submitted content and/or helped us collage The Moon Zine
special thanks to: Maddie Smith, Jacque Davis, and Don Davis for additional printing assistance & The St. Louis Public Library for free printing services
made in saint louis, missouri, usa
“I wish you folks back in St. Louis could see this moon.”
- Mike Shannon
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