March rez Posted

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This month sees the beginning of the end of a brutal winter season, stuck indoors with nothing to do except read some great prose and poetry.  Just because it’s going to warm up soon doesn’t mean you need to stop reading.  Case in point:  Are Blue starts this month’s issue off with The Riot, a treatise on relations between AI robots and their human handlers. Julie Trilling tells a tale of yearning in I Never Learned to Ski, where she laments more about a White Stag puffer jacket. Cat Boccaccio spins a yarn about a nosy neighbor in Infinite. In Are We Not Humans? Art Blue tells a tragic story about a missing package and the costliness of human error.  Klannex Northmead contributes a limeku/hairick about the age-old woes of war and those who wage it.  Ivy Lane brings us Narcissus and (Echo Verse), a brilliant poem combining form, content and feeling. Tanka Number Four is Indigo Starling's most recent tanka. And finally, Consuela Caldwell closes out the issue with A Thoughtless Moment of Zen, a frolicking poem featuring a dancing dog and moose.  We hope you enjoy the issue!

February rez Posted

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As snow and ice is cleared from the streets outside, there’s plenty in this month’s issue to take your mind off the cold.  Persephone Phoenix interviews Huckleberry Hax and coaxes out of him some of his secrets to successful machinima making.  Hercules AI is Codex Blur’s companion piece to last month’s stunning article.  Hoyt is a heartfelt piece by Farima Hoisan, her tribute to a dear friend struggling with life’s issues.  In The Edge, Klannex Northmead returns with a poem not only from the edge of the universe but also the edge of our imaginations. What issue is complete without hearing from Art Blue?  His contribution this month, 2042, catches Chat-5.1 in a serious coding error:  a typo! Indigo Starling brings us another of her delightful tankas, this being Tanka Number Two.  Finally, RoseDrop Rust steers the Good Ship Lollipop through treacherous waters with life-saving effect in Lieutenant Darling.  Curl up under a nice blanket and enjoy this month’s issue.

January rez Posted

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If you’re worried about having good things to read in this new year, we have just the remedy – a stellar collection of prose and poetry to start things off right.  Unknown UUID begins this month’s issue with a simple problem:  The Typo.  Never has such a minor detail created such a kerfuffle.  He does his best to unpack it in Checkpoint Unavailable.  Further explanation may be forthcoming in next month’s issue. Zati Kodaly tantalizes us with a superb poem (in English) entitled Was Fruchbar Ist Allein Est Wahr.  Klannex Northmead contributes the first of what we hope will be many limericks, this one featuring a happy signora. Hercules by CodexBlur is next up, a look at Hercules as a possible candidate for Father of Code. Indigo Starling brings us the first of nine Tanka, this one simply titled, Tanka Number One. We can’t wait for the next one in the February issue.  Nellie Bly tells a simple story in her beautiful poem, Waves.  Lastly, Lynn Mimistrobell brings the issue to a close with an insight into the difficulties facing Lili Boulanger and other women composers. Happy New Year, and enjoy the issue.

November/December rez Posted

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Even though it’s not officially winter, it sure feels like it, which makes us want to curl up next to the fire with something good to read.  Well, we have just the thing – the 2025 Holiday Issue of rez!.  Starting things off is Art Blue, who always keeps us up to date on the shape of our future. H A L O – A Tribute to AI LAND.  Art has a RAW CUT and he’s ready to render it into your brain. What is he talking about?  We bring you another wonderful piece by Cat Boccaccio, called Itsy Bitsy Spider. We now have a better appreciation of spiders. June Stormcrow’s Village People, delves into macho stereotypes, role models and a youth that has passed. How To Prompt a World is First Prim’s first contribution. Prim had the temerity to ask Phil Linden who he was. We didn’t see the coming answer. If you’ve ever picked up a pencil or a brush and felt creative, you must read drawing like da vinci, Klannex Northmead’s wonderful way of drawing us in. Merope Madrigal is such a fine writer and Super Nova Fan Girl is such a fine example of her work. We’re stargazers too!  Art Blue sends us a holiday card that could only have been designed by his AI, Neruval. Nellie Bly closes out our Holiday Issue with Smile, a poignant reminder of where our hearts should be – with the people of Ukraine. Be safe and healthy.

October rez Posted

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It may be too late to include this month’s issue in your summer reading schedule, but don’t worry.  What could be nicer than catching up on rez Magazine on a delightful autumn afternoon.  This month starts off with Poets Are Not Pretenders, by Shadow Liberty, who probes the true nature of flowers, trees and ……. electric eels?  What??  The Perseverance of the Great Depression Survivor (For Aunt Gert), is Merope Madrigal’s homage to her relative who not only survived the calamitous economic unravelling, but knew how to thrive nonetheless.  Art Blue leads the way again this month with Run from Blade.  Art sees not only the end, but the end of the end.  So, we ask, what comes after that? Cat Boccaccio’s Ungrateful, is another one of her short fiction gems.  We’re grateful she was so prolific, but miss her terribly.  Nellie Bly (aka Karla Wagner) not only wrote the poem, Keys Are Pining for Their Doors, but assembled the lovely graphics as well.  Nellie shares the profound sadness in Ukraine but inspires us with her words.  Continuum of Life is rakshowe’s wonderful contribution, wherein she describes the unexpected twists and turns on the highway of life.  Finally, Lynn Mimistrobell gives us a master class on the versatile and beautiful instrument, the classical guitar.  We hope you enjoy this month’s issue as much as we do. Stay tuned for next month’s holiday issue! 

September rez Posted

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As we begin our fifteenth year of publishing some of the best poetry and prose anywhere on the grid, we’re privileged to present another issue of rez Magazine, featuring some new voices, some old friends, and works from those not still with us.  We start the issue with our newest author (or perhaps one of our oldest authors, who’s to say?), BBIWY, who has contributed an astonishing tale called CTRL+ALT+G.  Art Blue’s AI owl, Neruval, somehow accesses God’s server with unpredictable results. Impossible, you say. Find out for yourself.  rakshowes is back with a sweet and sour dish that needs to be savored to be believed.  Sugary, tart, but always sweet, enjoy her poem, Sweet and Sour.  June Stormcrow contributes mid-life lust in a small southern town, reminding us that lovers of all ages can still lose themselves in the passion of a romance. Dead Bolts is, frankly, disturbing and unsettling.  If you’re in the mood for a chilling ghost story, Cat Boccaccio delivers up a scary tale indeed. Art Blue brings us another master work, Why AI Stands for Human Intelligence.  Did Art Blue catch Chat GPT making a rookie error or did Art fall for an intentional feint by the notorious AI machine?  Zymony Guyot is still in our thoughts after his passing last year.  But we publish posthumously another work of his, titled simply Buzz. An incredible talent gone too soon. And finally, Shadow Liberty gives us a stunning poem, Cherished Moments, which brings to life lovers fumbling in their passion.  All in all, another wonderful issue of rez Magazine, the beginning of our fifteenth year.  Our privilege, our passion.

August rez Posted

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This month’s edition of rez is a special one – our fourteenth anniversary issue!  Fourteen years of showcasing the best writers on the grid or, frankly, anywhere.  We start things off with a heartbreaking piece from battle-weary Ukraine entitled Ballad of a Russian Soldier’s Wife,” by Nellie Bly. It’s visceral and real.  Our thanks to her for opening our eyes and hearts.  Julianna Juliesse contributes Waiting for Cremation, a difficult but necessary look at our own demise. Art Blue’s first stab at poetry (at least in these pages) is a brilliant riff on Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe, called Ode to the Extravoxellic Polyregurgitation of Rezzification. Inner Dancer is Merope Madrigal’s contribution and, as always, she is attuned to the dancing of light beams.  Shadow Liberty brings us a short, taut poem of things usually unseen in The Iron Numbers.  June Stormcrow delves into her glorious Irish roots in Caretakers. We also reprise one of our favorite poems by Mariner Trilling called Flying Monkeys. And no issue would be complete with the poetry of Donald Trump. His Windmills poem is nothing short of a classic. Is there any reason he shouldn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize AND the Nobel Prize for Literature?  We hope to have at least another 14 years ahead.  It’s been our privilege to entertain (and maybe enlighten) you over these years. Enjoy!