First issue of my new monthly zine documenting the political ecology of a South Minneapolis backyard garden where the fantastical is mundane, the mundane is occasionally horrifying.
Folk horror and field notes from Plot 17.
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A ceramic fairy figurine photographed against a dark background in selective color. The figurine depicts a small feminine figure seated on a rock or stone surface, chin resting on her hand, gazing upward and to the right with a contemplative expression. Most of the image is desaturated to gray and white, with three colors deliberately preserved: vivid purple-pink butterfly wings extending behind her, a deep red strapless dress, and bright blue eyes. Her posture is still and watchful, the upward gaze suggesting she is monitoring something beyond the frame. This is Maren Still, water fairy of Foster's Addition, guardian of Plot 17.
Maren Still is difficult to find. This is her threat.
She blends in, staying frozen for hours,
waiting in the shadows.
Catch a flash of her glowing blue eyes? You’ve overstepped.
What follows cannot be recorded here.
A ceramic fairy figurine photographed against a dark background in selective color. The figurine depicts a small feminine figure with large butterfly wings, sitting with her arms crossed over her chest clutching a bouquet of red flowers. Most of the image is desaturated to gray and white, with three colors deliberately preserved: vivid purple hair cascading past her shoulders with a small white flower tucked above it, the red flowers held against her chest, and bright blue teardrop eyespots on her wings. Her expression is wide-eyed and softly smiling, direct toward the camera. This is Sola Thorn, water fairy of Foster's Addition, guardian of Plot 17.
Wide eyes. A tracking stare.
Wide smile. A set jaw.
Head turning, expression frozen to track those daring to move through the south clearing.
Sola is patient. Fury behind the purple streaks, behind that frozen look. When the blue eyespots glow brighter, it is too late to react
Coming soon: First issue will be published on my digital zine!
The frozen cap over Foster's Addition gives. Seedlings under manufactured light while something else stirs in the thawing ground. Meet the verderer, the water fairies, and the tenant.