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Previews, coming attractions, behind-the-scenes shenanigans, zines and ebooks galore!

#IZM2025 #FantasyLit #Patreon #Comradery #TheTenThousandThings

A photo of Hellebore issues 1-8 laid out on a table so all the covers are visible, with the zine scene logo.

Bidding International Zine Month a fitting farewell by growing our collection with issues 1-8 of Hellebore (a folklore and folk horror zine)! #IZM2025 #zinescene_wlv

City of Roses | No. 15: Frail In which lunch is ruined, a sleeper wakes, time is nicked, sea air is taken, and a dinner party's wrecked.

"Frail," the 15th novelette in the epic, is almost done—

#FantasyLit #FreeBooks #IZM2025 #WithAllHerHeart

Frail (Act IV) “Leo, dammit” – Getting Ready – with All her Heart

"Frail" is almost over—ramifications, and an actual apology or two:

#IZM2025 #FantasyLit #SelfPublishedCult #WithAllHerHeart

It's a crossover! Celebrating both South Asian Heritage Month and International Zine Month, we have zines on South Asian #IZM2025 #southasianheritagemonth #zinescene_wlv

Frail (Act III) “Gentlemen!” – Change & Tradition – Intent – a Fine enough Distinction

"Frail" continues, with a catalog of knights, and a terribly awkward soup course:

#IZM2025 #FantasyLit #IndieAuthors #Intent

It's a mock picture of a Windows XP desktop. There is an Internet Explorer window open, and in the window it says "Zine seeking submissions!!!" and under that "y2(are you o)k. We are a Y2K zine. We are open for submissions. Send us writing. Send us art. No submission limit wow!!!!! :-) Submissions close July 28." There are two QR codes, one for the website and one for the submission form.

Today's the absolute last day to submit for Y2(are you o)k Issue #1!
bit.ly/4nHDEm9

#zine #izm2025

The cover of The Perilous World Of Toxic Fungi zine, which is just the text of the title written in pen. Photograph: Mandy J Watson

Here's a bonus zine from our workshop for #SAComicsSunday, #IZM2025, and #InternationalZine Month: The Perilous World Of Toxic Fungi by Lemonzestt (Naadirah Moola).

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#sacomics

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The cover of the zine Seed Pod Selections. It is black text with no images and says: SEED POD SELECTIONS A studio inventory CATRIONA TOWRISS Photograph: Mandy J Watson

Since it is #InternationalZineMonth / #IZM2025, today's #SAComicsSunday showcase is another zine from the workshop we ran last month.

It's Seed Pod Selections: A Studio Inventory by Catriona A. Towriss.

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#sacomics

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City of Roses | No. 15: Frail In which lunch is ruined, a sleeper wakes, time is nicked, sea air is taken, and a dinner party's wrecked.

Half of "Frail," the 15th novelette, is now online:

#FantasyLit #IZM2025 #FreeBooks #BlessYouJack

Frail (Act II) a Seamless Sky – her Packing’s done – a Season’s worth – Dour men in Rich Black suits – a Heavy limping step

"Frail" continues, with a seascape, and an oath, and a cocktail:

#IZM2025 #FantasyLit #WebSerials #TheSquirrel

#originalzine Two Never Seen Before Fishes

#zine #zineart #speedos #speedoart #handmadezine #diyzine #zines #minizine #zinedesign #zinester #makingzine #internationalzinemonth #internationalzinemonth2025 #izm2025 #underwater

A photo of 5 people sat around a table with craft supplies on making zines.

A photo of 8 people sat around a table with craft supplies on making zines.

A photo of 8 people sat around a table with craft supplies on making zines.

A photo of 10 homemade zines stood on the table

We are so pleased with the turn out for our #SouthAsianHeritageMonth Zine workshop. We had great fun chatting and making our zines ❤️ #IZM2025 #zinescene_wlv

Frail (Act I) one Eye brown, one Eye blue – Hand held High – his Reward – not a Mark

"Frail" continues, with a revelation or two, and some emergency medicine:

#IZM2025 #FantasyLit #WebSerials #Limeade

A photo of a box set of zines called Asian Lunch Box with 5 zines peeking out of the box, including one called India and Nepal, with some chopsticks on the side.

Looking for inspiration for our Zine workshop tomorrow on Routes to Roots? We have the Asian Lunchbox - A box set of zines with different foods from Asian cultures, including India and Nepal. #southasianhistorymonth #IZM2025 #zinescene_wlv

City of Roses | No. 15: Frail In which lunch is ruined, a sleeper wakes, time is nicked, sea air is taken, and a dinner party's wrecked.

The 15th novelette, "Frail," is underway:

#IZM2025 #SPAAW #FantasyLit #BlessYouJack

Thank you @alexwrekk.bsky.social for this beautiful #IZM2025 flyer and for starting International Zine Month back in 2009!

Grateful for the amazing zine librarian community for so much joy & support. We're always excited to welcome new folks into the community!!

Flyer for International Zine Month, featuring something to do every day of the month in July. INTERNATIONAL ZINE MONTH 31 PROMPTS FOR 31 DAYS (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) JULY 2025 #IZM2025. 1- Make a 1 page zine! Don't know what to write about? Make it a zine about why you like zines! 2-Zine Rewind! Dig out your favorite zines and share them!. 3-Look up local or virtual zine event or maybe even dream about starting your own! 4 - AmeriZINE Day! Explore marginalized voices in the Americas. Support zines written by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) 5-Free Zines! Post a PDF online or leave copies of your zine in public for other people to enjoy! 6- Zine Pride! Support zines created by LGBTQIA creators. Don't know where to start? Check out the Queer Zine Archive Project! (QZAP.org) 7-International Zines! Explore zines from a country different from your own! 8 Zine Trade Day! Ask someone to trade zines with you. 9-New Skill Day! Learn a new zine skill like folding, binding, duplicating, or Layout!! 10 Write a review of a movie, album, book or podcast to add to your next zine. 11- Write a letter or a short note to a zinester you admire. 12-Zine Wiki Day! Add or update listings to Zine Wiki. Support community powered Information at zinewiki.com 13-Zine Meme! Make a zine-themed meme from an online meme template. 14 - ValenZINES Day! Write a valentine to zines and share why you love them! 15-Zine Cuisine! Cook from a recipe found in a zinc and share the results 16-Zine Distro Appreciation! Order some zines from a zine distro online and share with people about your favorite zine distros. 17-Zine Collab! Ask a friend if they would like to collaborate on a zine with you. 18- From Trash to Treasure! Use recycled or scrap materials to make a sine or embellish one. 19-Variety is the spice of life! Read zines outside your usual taste-like comics, art zines, how-to guides, or perzines!] 20-Zines of the Future! Explore zines by youth or introduce the you…

July 21st is Zine Library Day, one of the celebrations happening during International Zine Month! #IZM2025 #zines

Ways to celebrate:
*visit your local zine library
*check out an online zine library
*donate $ or zines to a zine library
*bring your closest zine librarian a delicious treat 🍩

Frail (Opening) Standing there – an Offer is Made

"Frail" begins, in, as one might expect, the aftermath:

#IZM2025 #FantasyLit #WebSerials #TwelfthBetweenEverettAndTheF

We've received some great submissions for this but we'd love some more! Calling all artists and writers nostalgic for the recent past!

#internationalzinemonth #izm2025 #zines

Mayhem (Closing) the Sound of Bottles, clinking

The end of "Mayhem," the 14th novelette, and the event you've all been waiting for—the duel—

#IZM2025 #FantasyLit #PDX #GreaseAndAshAndSugar

No. 15, “Frail.” A telephone pole rises up and up into an overcast sky, the back of a blocky bulk of walk-don’t walk signs depended off to one side, the bole of it barked with the shreds and tatters of the corners of hundreds upon hundreds of long-gone fliers, faded worn and melted by sun and rain and wind to a softly feathery mulch, and only here and there the stern dark wood of it beneath. A gap’s been left about a single tin sign, Placement of Signs or Posters on PGE Poles Is Not Permitted, it says.

Which means the 15th novelette, "Frail," is set to begin next week!

(In which lunch is ruined, a sleeper wakes, time is nicked, sea air is taken, and a dinner party's wrecked.)

thecityofroses.com/chapbooks/no...

#IZM2025 #FantasyLit #PDX #WithAllHerHeart

No. 14, “Mayhem.” The pedestrian walkway of a bridge reaches over the river before, paved with neat red rain-wet bricks; the deck of the roadway above; the railway caged behind riveted girders and grilles to the left. A lamp has been lit against the afternoon gloom, hanging over the walkway from a girder to the left, and another, identical lamp, further along the way. Across the river, against the colorless clouds, almost lost in the haze, two narrow towers of green glass can just be made out.

The 14th novelette, "Mayhem," is almost done...

(In which a knife is plunged, a debt repaid [in part], an oracle's consulted, words are had, and swords are drawn.)

thecityofroses.com/chapbooks/no...

#IZM2025 #FantasyLit #PDX #SteelBridge

City of Roses | No. 14: Mayhem In which a knife is plunged, a debt repaid (in part), an oracle's consulted, words are had, and swords are drawn.

The 14th novelette, "Mayhem," is almost done:

#FantasyLit #FreeBooks #IZM2025 #CityOfRoses

Mayhem (Act IV) a Long and Narrow flight of Stairs – the Duel on the Bridge – One of her Many Names – If

"Mayhem" continues, as blades are drawn—here we go—

#IZM2025 #FantasyLit #WebSerials #SteelBridge

A joyful zine to help you get through the week #zinescene_wlv #izm2025

A photograph showing the cover of A Family Portrait, by Lindelwa Cele. It is a ballpoint pen drawing of the outlines of the heads and shoulders of a group of people, surrounded by loose rectangular shapes meant to evoke the sense of a photo frame. Photograph: Mandy J Watson

It's #IZM2025 (International ZIne Month) and also #SAComicsSunday so here's another zine from the workshop I co-facilitated in June: A Family Portrait by Lindelwa Cele.

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#SAComics

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A zine called Zine Wolf: Wulfrunian Topographics 3 on a table in front of our zine shelves. The Zine Scene sticker is in the top left corner.

A zine from our Locally Made shelf, full of photography of Wolverhampton #IZM2025 #zinescene_wlv