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Bangs #11: Sticky
A summer issue about the things that cling. The people we can’t quit. The habits that won’t die. The loves that leave a film behind. The heat, the desire, the residue.
For work that sticks in your throat, stains a little, and lingers long after it should have disappeared.
For work that sticks in your throat, stains a little, and lingers long after it should have disappeared.
Bangs #10: The Sound and the Fury
We’re exploring sound---the noise and the hush, the music in the mundane, the static between moments. The everyday symphonies: the radiator’s sigh, the late-night siren, the arguments behind closed doors, the lullabies you still remember.
Bangs #9: The Daddy Issue
A zine exploring “daddy issues” in all forms—the absent fathers, the present-but-distant dads, the ones who tried their best, and the ones who never really tried—and how their fatherhood shaped who we became.
Bangs #8: Birds & Bees
Some things don’t need to be spelled out. They’re whispered behind closed doors, sung about in bad pop songs, scribbled in the margins of a diary. They happen in the dark, in broad daylight, in our heads before anywhere else. It’s the glance held a second too long. The breath caught in your throat. The almost, the not-yet, the maybe-never.
For our eighth issue, BANGS is leaning into the unspoken, the undeniable—the pull, the spark, the tension between want and have, between touch and restraint. We want work that simmers, that lingers in the space between longing and indulgence. Tell us about first flutters and lasting heat, about the chase, the hesitation, the words left unsaid. Show us connection, vulnerability, power, play—the ways we come together and the ways we fall apart.
How does desire shape us? How does it haunt us? How does it set us free?
No need to be shy. We’re all ears.
For our eighth issue, BANGS is leaning into the unspoken, the undeniable—the pull, the spark, the tension between want and have, between touch and restraint. We want work that simmers, that lingers in the space between longing and indulgence. Tell us about first flutters and lasting heat, about the chase, the hesitation, the words left unsaid. Show us connection, vulnerability, power, play—the ways we come together and the ways we fall apart.
How does desire shape us? How does it haunt us? How does it set us free?
No need to be shy. We’re all ears.
Bangs #7: The End of the World
Bangs #7: The End of the World dives into endings—both literal and metaphorical—with a collection of fiction, poetry, essays, and artwork that explore collapse, reckoning, and what comes after. From apocalyptic landscapes to personal cataclysms, this issue captures the weight of finality and the unexpected moments of beauty within it. Featuring voices from around the world, Bangs #7 is a meditation on destruction, survival, and the strange hope that lingers in the ruins.
BANGS #6: Woo Woo
Bangs #5: The Body Issue
Bangs #4: Oh, mama!
Bangs #3: New Year, New You
Bangs #2: Gets Ghosted
Bangs #1: Summer Love Issue
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
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