Ben & Winslow
CicadAAAAAAH!
For those of you who live in the Eastern United States, are you sick of cicadas yet? They were cool when they first came out, but now they keep flying into my car, latching into my hair, and making so much noise that my family has to yell if we want to be understood outside.
Recent Posts
- “Why I broke up with my starter,” by Brian Hanson-Harding
- CicadAAAAAAH!
- “7 Self-Care Tips as You Await Responses to MFA Applications,” by Mark Berg
- ”The Comedy of Hair-rors,” by Katharine Pollock
- “Trust me, Dads. Sit Down to Pee,” by Christopher Goodrich
- Mermaid Types
- “How to Shoot and Sink Your Shot: A Manual for Online Dating,” by Adina Ferguson
- Little Winslow and the Mermaid
- “Coff-It-Up!: Your #1 Specialty Coffee Specialists,” by Nolan Yard
- Mermidden
Featured
Defenestration: April 2021
Another year, another issue of Defenestration! And this begins Volume 18, which means Defenestration is legally an adult. We’re going to light some fireworks, eat some cake, and destroy a piñata. Let the merriment begin!
Defenestration: December 2020
This year was literally filled with death and destruction on a level most of us aren’t used to, but that doesn’t mean humor has been destroyed along with it. Some legitimately hilarious things have happened in 2020, and this month we’re going to pile on an extra helping of hilarious things before the year comes
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Defenestration: August 2020
Hello again, friends and readers and people who stumbled here accidentally, to the August 2020 issue of Defenestration! We were all expecting our lives to be back to normal by now, but here we are, thoroughly abnormal. Normal isn’t a thing anymore. Normal is a historical blip, a tone box in a textbook from 2031,
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Nonfiction
“Why I broke up with my starter,” by Brian Hanson-Harding The breakup was inevitable. When you get up every day with fond hopes but are met with nothing but passivity—when you continually think and dream about the object of your affection and concern but there is no reciprocity — it’s only natural to finally give up.
Fake Nonfiction
“Coff-It-Up!: Your #1 Specialty Coffee Specialists,” by Nolan Yard Here at Coff-It-Up! Coffee, Inc. we specialize in a prodigious number of specialty roasts. We are looking to be as ubiquitous as your struggles to stay awake throughout the day!
Fiction
“Q. Can I Hunt Underwater Zombies with Your New Chainsaw, And If Not, Does the Warranty Cover Water Damage?” by Myna Chang Jeremy chugged a can of Shake & Wake Soda. He’d been up for two days straight making a new video for his YouTube channel. A yawn morphed into a surprise belch that brought tears to his eyes. He shook his head and hit the upload button. This chainsaw stunt video was a masterpiece of editing, blending top-notch graphics with his favorite guitar riffs.
Poetry
“I Am Bryan From Work And This Is Just To Say,” by Sophie Panzer I have taken the credit
for the idea
you had
in the meeting
and which you
were probably
hoping
would get you promoted
Visuals
“Captain Ahab: A Sonnet,” by Aaron Caycedo-Kimura For your Sunday enjoyment: a comic that is also a poem!
Ben & Winslow
CicadAAAAAAH! For those of you who live in the Eastern United States, are you sick of cicadas yet? They were cool when they first came out, but now they keep flying into my car, latching into my hair, and making so much noise that my family has to yell if we want to be understood outside.
