SUBMIT #3

This issue brings all of 2023’s BarBe Award Winners together for a no-holds-barred, winner-takes-all Clash of the Champions.

The arena-rocking, adrenaline-inducing, breathtaking art of Sam Levy, Serge Lecomte, and Saji sets the scene for this contest of blood, sweat, and heart. Experience the spine-crushing prose of Christopher Banyas and linguistic acrobatics of Adelie O. Condra’s aerial assaults. Grapple with John Talbird’s knockout nonfiction and Kevin Yeoman’s powerhouse plots, and reach for the ropes with C.D. Hunt’s lyrical leglock.

Sit down with us as we interrogate literary femme fatale Ali Francese to get to the bottom of her unruly writing and explore her eye-raking fiction “Spin Cycle.” Then tag along as we venture into the wild and dangerous mind of Chafic LaRochelle with his fiction “Know-It-All” and discover how he’s avoided being banned and burned in an exclusive tell-all.

Get ready for the literary showdown of the year!