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Searching for Edelweiss

Alpine wildflowers, Simone Weil, Nara Smith, other meditations on attention

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Minivan

tilted, perfectly   the globe sat undisturbed on its axis   the sound of stillness spoke to me   being young was being free?   Babi drove the minivan.   Babi said it was easy   un-split ends   curly … Read More

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Letter from the Editor

This week, something strange happened, and the only way to tell which way is right-side up is by blowing bubbles from our mouths and seeing which direction they float. How do we reorient? Per usual, we can turn towards the … Read More

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In Search of an American Original in Friday the 13th and Sleepaway Camp

A pair of Nass writers look for the Original across a pair of movies that have more than a dozen sequels between them

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Bloodbath (The Halloween Issue): Full Design

Boo! You should’ve seen your face. The Nass’s first ever Halloween issue inside.

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Chronicles of a Scary Movie Convert

A Nass writer lauds the transcendent, self-escaping qualities of horror movies

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A Finance Horror Story

A Nass writer probes at some of the more proximate fears of Princeton kids these days

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Said, softly

Said, softly   October crushes down, squeezing the juice of summer and all the faces are new fresh new Mouths fallen heaps of gloss and lips  Sit. Sleep.  October crushes, and leaves curl on asphalt like fingers.    The leaves … Read More

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Spooky Mysteries I May or May Not Be Able to Clear up for You

Documenting some of the spookier mysteries that psychically afflict this Nass writer

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Banana Man

“He wondered if his body felt cold when she touched him. If she could sense the disconnect of his skin. If she could tell that even with her hands on his chest and her legs between his, they weren’t really touching.”

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P(erturbing) M(onstrous) S(ickening): On Periods

Essays, interviews, and scary movies about the horror of menstruation

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To Build a Monster

TO BUILD A MONSTER Synthetic taste, algorithmic broth, and neural-net nuggets stitched together. No human input required—just sit back and let the bots cook up something… alive?   INGREDIENTS 4 Full skeletal remains 2 Embalmed corpses with all organs attached … Read More

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