Archive of the Odd

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An archive of uncanny occurrences. In other words, a horror zine of unusual formats. Non-profit. Issue 3 out now! EIC: Cormack Baldwin

An image of an arrangement of paper scraps with a pen. Letters cut out from a magazine read "Sic." with "by Logan McConnell" written underneath in red.
A mostly black image with a muscular man running at the bottom. Above him, a giant spider looms in a web. The web is connected to the words "Feel The Burn" in a Nike-style bold white font.
A pesterchum-like chat client. Uploaded is a picture of an opossum with ink on its feet, holding a scrunched up document in its mouth.
--archivalAssistant[AA] TO arcaneTyrant[AT] AND caliGraphic[CG] at ??:?? am-- AA: Followed the slime! Where are y’all? CG: slime?????? AT: Please tell me the slime didn’t get anywhere important. The paperwork would kill me. Bee‘s at home. I’m in the Breakrooms. I‘ll meet up with you. CG: guys what AT: what was that AA: Do you have a trash can near you? AT: EV W̵͔̺͌H̴͖̬̒A̵͎̔T̸͈͛ WAS THAT NOISE AA: Okay so I need you to grab a trash can and a broom. AT: MULTIDIMENSIONAL ARCHIVAL STUDIES D̷I̵D̶ ̷N̷O̴T̶ ̵P̸R̷E̸P̷A̴R̶E̴ ̶M̸E̶ ̵FOR THIS CG: can someone tell me what’s going on
. !!! ALERT in ARCHIVE ROOM 1 !!! --archivalAssistant[AA] TO arcaneTyrant[AT] at ??:?? am-- AA: So... don’t freak out. AT: no AA: One of the artifacts escaped. AT: What do you mean “escaped” AT: They’re objects AT: They don’t escape AT: They don’t even have brains AA: Tell that to the missing ‘object’ from ????.01.11.1a AT: The KULLEN? I thought we had that because it’s a tipping hazard. It was a hold from the FTC. AA: Well when you think about it, walking is kind of just tipping and catching yourself.
Image of a pesterchum-like chat client. Chat reads: --arcaneTyrant[AT] TO caliGraphic[CG] at ??:?? am-- AT: Hey so I appreciate your work and all but I ask you please to not bring your pens and such into the Archives. It’s strictly against protocol. And can you clean up if you’re working on something? There’s a trail of spilled ink in the middle of the stacks. CG: ?? CG: wdym AT: What do you mean “wdym.” There’s ink. AT: Ink is like one of the worst things to bring into the Archives AT: Like up there with fire AT: We can set up a workstation for you, if you need the space. Lay down some newspapers, or something. AT: Just not the ARCHIVED newspapers.
A photo of a lighthouse at night. Faintly overlayed on the tower is the outline of a jellyfish. Title reads: Lighthouse Logbook No. 28, by Daniel Simonson.
An empty art gallery features one image, a woman's hands holding a bloody shard of glass. The text reads: Performance of A Lifetime, Emma E. Murray.
A black-and white photo of a paper mill, with a postage mark for "special delivery" and a title that reads: The Same Stars, by Dori Lumpkin. The ink around the postmark looks like bloodspatter.
La mort de Cèsar, a Romantic-era painting depicting several white-robed roman senators poised to attack Julius Caesar with knives. From Wikimedia Commons.
The Archive of the Odd logo in the bottom left, and text that reads: The Archives Will Open, Found fiction submissions OPEN Mr 15 2024 - May 15 2024, Unthemed general submissions, Speculative found fiction, 500-8000 words, $0.01/word
Child-like pastel green jungle background, with an orange pterodactyl flying in the foreground. On a piece of paper are the words "Title: The Third-To-Last Writeup of Penny Wheelwright, Funventure Ambassador" and underneath, "Author: Malda Marlys" in an all caps, handwritten font. Below the paper, overlapping with some of the background is "You've reached customer service at Triassic Park."
A stack of papers over a sepia-toned map of the world. The top page reads "Nature and Mechanics of Causality: A Graduate Seminar (PHYS 631) by Monica Joyce Evans. Exploration of current practices in time travel and time manipulation. May be repeated for credit as topics vary."
Top of front page of New Orleans "States" newspaper for Sunday, 2 January 1916, with illustration of a "Baby Newyear" and array of faces of young women with the headline "IT'S LEAP YEAR, BOYS". From Wikimedia Commons
Archive Of the Odd Logo, and text reading "The Archives Will Open, Found Fiction Submission open Mar 15 2024-May 15 2024. Unthemed general submissions, Speculative found fiction, 500-8000 words, $0.01/word"
A muddy, sepia-toned fake business card reading "Do you have information about [a smudge obscures the words.] Call the confidential tip line at 502-755-6381. You are our eyes and ears. Call now." A shoe print overlaps with the top text.
A stack of Archive of the Odd books. From top to bottom, Revenge Arc, Aibophobia, A Supernatural History, and For Research Purposes Only. Revenge Arc and Aibohphobia both have curved pages, while there is a small tear in For Research Purposes Only's binding.
Typewritten text reading "Past, present, or future, found fiction is always in fashion." between rows of fancifully illustrated people drawn in an Edwardian style. They are labeled with dates ranging from 1920 to 1946 and wear increasingly unusual clothing, including conical hats ending with springs, curling shoes, and clown-like puffed pants.
Screenshot of Random Picker, with the text 'Ende' in the main field, and buttons to rerun, edit, or share on the bottom.
Image of a glittery pixel knife keychain against a page of Revenge Arc, showing a black and red blog with a glitter-trailing knife cursor.
Photo of Archive of the Odd Issue 2, opened to Avoiding Yesterday Best Look by M Maponi, with an illustration by Karolina Mochniej of a woman glancing back into a horse skull-topped mirror.
Picture of two convention tables in an L shape, covered by a black tablecloth. From left to right, books on the table are Incubate and The Dancing Plague by Speculation Publications, Obsolescence and Narcissus by Shortwave, The Shipwreck of the Cerberus by Joe Koch, Beautiful/Grotesque by Weirdpunk books, Archive of the Odd Issue 1, Revenge Arc by Cat Voleur, and Archive of the Odd Issue 2. Also on the table are glittery pixel knife keychains, business cards with the Archive of the Odd logo, and postcards of Revenge Arc.
Screenshot of the Archive of the Odd submissions page, showing that Issue #4 is open from September 15th to December 15th, 2023.
Screenshot from Microsoft word, showing 14000 words have been written.
Progress bar of the Write-A-Thon, showing $1116 has been raised, with 11 days left and 11 pledgers, on the 11th of the month.
Open call announcement, white text on black background, with the Archive of the Odd logo of a raven holding a key in a ring of alchemical symbols. Text reads "Archive of the Odd Issue #4 Open for submissions Sept 15-Dec 15, 2023. Found fiction (aka epistolary, found footage), Speculative fiction, Blind submissions, <8000 words magazine, 5000-12000 separate chapbook release, $0.01/word fiction, $20/page art. archiveoftheodd.com/submissions/"
Screenshot of Pledge It dot com, showing that $1004 of a goal of $1800 has been reached.
Photograph of Cormack Baldwin, wearing a black hat covered in green eyes and a crow skull, with a crow-headed cane, on his phone next to a box of books.
A box of books of Revenge Arc by Cat Voleur. A hand holds one open, showing a red-and-black comic page by Bri Crozier, as well as a wall of messages. None of the text is legible.
Two posts on Bluesky. The first, by Daniel Kraus, is a picture of a hotel armchair that has a short wooden armrest, making it look like a fingernail. Underneath is by Alex Platt, discussing the short story "The Human Chair" by Edogawa Rampo. These have been reposted by different people.
Bluesky notifications showing that bot accounts "poetical photos" and "90's anime" have followed Archive of the Odd.
Cover of Revenge Arc by Cat Voleur, showing a pair of human lips sucking on a vein of an anatomical heart, surrounded by the dripping words 'Revenge Arc' and a picture frame-like border.