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The ABCs of Science Fiction, what it is and where do we fit in?, Katie Zeeb--commentary and key quotes on what sf means and an abecedary of crucial sf themes and iconic elements.
Ace of Spades, Chris Pellagrino--a zine that questions human freedom at the limits of current civilization, with quotes from Ginsberg, Lamar, Marinetti, and original work.
Afrofuturism, Jasmine Estrada—A guide, with images, to the concept and creations of Afrofuturism, including Sun Ra, Octavia Butler, and more.
Agape, November 2083-2084, The Diary of Jaime B. Byrne, Justin Nguyen--the future brings us the ability to record ourselves for others, a lasting memory. But do we want it?
The Alien, Liz Patnode--experiments must be run on the alien life-form, but wait--the alien is looking awfully familiar.....
Aliens Alienated, Jenifer La Bare--a CSUF student not only of English but of "Alienphisiology" explains the proper way to live with the aliens already among us.
Aliens in Octavia Butler's "Bloodchild," Sarah Stucky--if the humans are the ones who landed on the planet, then who is alien...and why?
Aliens on Earth, Nikita Nunez--the aliens are not from outer space, but all around us...and they are not alien at all.
Aliens and Aliens and Octopi, Carissa Frasca, Darren Askins, Taylor Coburn—Editorial, stories, word searches, writing prompts, and more exploring the intersection of octopuses and aliens.
Ally with Aliens, or Reboot as a Robot, Amanda Gottfredson—wacky news reports and a set of horoscopes on aliens and A.I. in San Diego.
Amazine First Contact…and Other Futuristic Works, Christina Molina--stories and poems about the dangerous moment of “first contact” with the alien.
Among the Stars: An Interplanetary Zine, Elise Peregrin, Jessica Lizarraga, Hollyn Littlefield, Michelle Nguyen—four stories about travelling among the stars, or waiting to….
Are You Human?, Tyler Hildebrand--questions who gets to be human, looking at the Creature in Frankenstein and androids in the video game Detroit: Become Human.
Being Human? A Zine exploring the intricacies, possibilities, and curiosities of what it means to be human, Kyle Woodcock. A story, images, and quotes on the theme of the subheading.
Bli55, John Nguyen—information on the new wonder drug that controls depression and must be taken to improve the world is followed by a short story.
Chicanafuturism: A Call to all Chicanxs, Michelle Fernandez—a discussion of Reyes Cardenas, Ernest Hogan, Gloria Anzuldúa, and others, followed by an example of a Chicanafuturist story.
Chicanonautica and Musica, Voces from the Barrio, Jason Limón—Hogan’s “Chicanonautica” and Ramírez’s “Chicanafuturism” and Chican@ bands Chicano Batman and La Santa Cecilia.
Chimerial Continuum, Vlasinda Productions--A night on the town is interrupted by a streak of light in the sky--and then something begins to explode out of the light!
The Chosen Juan José, Michaela Chariez—Poetry and reflections on a photo journey into history focused on the writer’s grandfathers who immigrated to the U.S.
El Chupacabra, Jackelinne Morales—on the border, in a small farm not far from San Antonio, in a town settled by Braceros, something stalks the night. What secrets does the monster hold?
Cli-Fi in Plant Mutations, Chan’L Gil, a story of climate change and the world becoming a hostile place for us to live in.
Color, Emma Boggs—A first date in East L.A. with murals, rain, and dinner. But things are not as they seem….
Consequences, A Short Story, Crish Padua--madness reigns on a voyage, but instead of Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, we have an Ancient Starfarer and his deadly transgression....
Correctly Human, Zane Toldeo--we find ourselves under an authority that administers "stabilizing pills" in a dystopic future to prevent undesirable emotions. One wonders if it is the present day.
Crash: A Choose Your Own Adventure Story, Dionisia Maldonado, Johnny Weil—the spaceship crashes on a mysterious world. What happens next? You decide!
Creatures and Cyborgs, Olivia Martinez--an exploration of the intersection of Mary Shelley's Creature and Donna Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto, and more....
The Creature’s First Contact: Braving the Wilderness of Belonging, Giselle Tarango—images, quotes, and thoughts on “otherness” through the lens of Mary Shelley’s “Creature.”
Curious Words of Modern Whimsy-Poems in Retrograde: A Millennial Poem Collection, Raphael Amador--poems of modern loss, disconnect, magic lost, and where we are.
The Cyclops, Ciara Berlin--the Cyclops has to answer the alarm, but where does the eye roam?
Daffodil, Stephanie Wardlaw--bodies replaced by machinery or someone grown in a lab. What is human? What alive? Where shall the twain meet?
Dimensions of the Soul, Justine Cole--not knowing how you got there, you wake in a place unknown. Do you trust the figure who emerges and offers to help you find your lost friend?
Emiliano’s Scrapbook, Sophia O’Brien—the backstory to the forced immigration off planet that creates the Galactic Baseball League. (See IBL Galactic zine)
Ernest Hogan Zine: Who Are You? Where Are You Going? Arianna Gritton—Discussion, review, and images on Ernest Hogan, considered the first Chicano SF novelist. And who is NOT dead.
Evolving Evolution in S-F, Christopher Sharga, commentary and images reflecting on the role of evolution as a key theme in science fiction…and beyond.
Falling in Love with a Robot, Natalie Graham--if love is something you make, can you love something that's made. Who's real and what's real love?
Fantastical Ideas From A Girl Looking Up, Imogen Beruman—sf stories and poems of encounters with aliens, making monsters, remaking ourselves, and the hybrid futures ahead.
A Fanzine Based on the 2017 Album Murders of the Universe, Ryan Peters—Stories and images engaging with the epic, world-shattering visions of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
Feminist Science Fiction, A Short History, Authors, and Reviews, Randee Tejada—a roundup of key figures in Feminist SF, with reviews of some important feminist sf stories.
Flower Petals, Anonymous--a zine made for the project, but not to be shared. Zines can be secret and so this is a mystery.
Frankenstein, Thoughts on the Sublime and Humanity After a First-time Reading, Alice Paulson--sublime images and quotes surround thoughts about our limits.
A Friend for the Fallen, Daniela Torres--a zine that does what we all want do for the Creature, to reach out and offer a hand.
From Long Ago, Itmam Kashem—in a broken future, a survivor reflects on his past, his ancestors, his people, his enemies, his burdens, his beliefs, his hopes.
From a Scandalous Affair to the Creation of a Monster, Mary Godwin and Percy Bysshe Shelley's Relationship, Mary Grams--Mary Shelley's marriage explored in new art, a playlist, and historical background.
Fury in the House of Xiuhcoatl, Jesse Fhami--driving across a barren landscape, attacked by rovers looking to steal what batteries and gas are left, a traveller tries to survive.
The Future is Near, Ashley Kowalewski--two poems and a story explore strange future disconnections between us and technology, nature, and an alien being.
Giant Fighting Robot zine, Jun Seo Hyun—face it…you just don’t know enough about giant fighting robots. Come learn more!
GLiTch, Jessica Flores--what if the government let you choose your fate? What if your fate choose for you anyway? What if the glitch is your fate?
Gloria Anzuldùa and Science Fiction, Ivan Garcia—a primer of research on Anzuldúa’s sf, and a personal response to the value and importance of her sf along the “borderlands.”
Gone But Not Forgotten, Leilani Andazola--sometimes what remains is only a voice, an echo of all we wanted to be. What voice will you leave behind?
Guideline Galaxies: Virtual Reality Guideline, Iris Kim—a pamphlet on the rules (and surviving) a virtual reality game.
Hallucinations, Trevor Buzzone, Cooper Helms—Demons, invasions, experiments. Sometimes it’s difficult to see the connections between them until you look closer. Stories and art.
Heart Break Hotel, Jeanie Almazan--Poetry and images on taking that walk down lonely street to Heart Break Hotel and settling in for a long stay....
A Hero's Beginning, The stereotypical start to a fantasy adventure--an adventure awaits a writer in a secondary fantasy world where other beings and the circus beckons.
High School is Trash, Elaine Norris--a list of things that make High School unbearable, until you get to the thing that changes all that...except maybe not.
Hip-Hop Futurism, Part One A Collection of Essays, Misha Canoy, Noah East, Elizabeth Martinez, Juan Padilla, Eric Schwan—Ecelectic deep dive into Afrofuturist and LatinX SF music.
Hip-Hop Futurism, Part Two A Collection of Essays, Misha Canoy, Noah East, Elizabeth Martinez, Juan Padilla, Eric Schwan—Ecelectic deep dive into Afrofuturist and LatinX SF music.
The History of Zines, Kenneth Coleman, an exploration of zines from the twentieth century to today.
Hot Dogs on Mars, Mikaylee Whitmarsh--once the first people colonize mars, how long will it be before the first hot dog stand gets built? Maybe not too long at all.
IBL Galactic Series 3025, Sophia O’Brien—what will happen to baseball as we travel out to the stars? And is Dodger love eternal?
Imagining the Future, Near and Distant Possibilities, Raymond Alarcon and Ashley Kowalewski, stories, poems, and images of alien abductions, cybervampires, and more,
Infinite Lights, Megan Pham--through poetry and prose, a young spacer with cyborg replacements for old injuries finds it's the time to leave the ship that has been home.
In Times of Liberalism, Damon Nguyen—in a future of greater acceptance, the mutants are still rejected. A mutant ex-firefighter seeks somewhere to be.
Is Everything Ok, Master, Darren Askins--the robot asks its query plaintively but clearly no, everything is not OK, and will never be again.
It’s Alive! Mary Shelley and the Creation of Frankenstein, Mary Grams—examines the amazing story of the creation of Mary Shelley’s ground-breaking novel, with illustrations.
Invasion of the Spooky Girls: "Frankenstein" in the Fashion World, Rachel Mendiola--examines the "Spooky Girls" fashion, obsessed with Frankenstein and 50's glamour.
Is Everybody In? The Ceremony is About to Begin, Tori Venegas--a zine the travels through the doors of perception through the words of song.
The L.A. Beam, From Our Eyes Beamed To Yours, Zachary Morrison—a news report out of the world of a paranoid, alien-invasion, tech company-controlled future.
La Habra Boxing Club Foundation, Pandemic Hits the Cathedral of the Sport, Hamilton Tran--a zine to commemorate the passing of a long history.
Last Call: Your Last Words Are Our First Priority, Sydney Alferos, messages, games, images, and more concerning the last words of planets as collated by Last Call, an Interstellar Phone Co.
Last Contact, Vol 1, Andrew Abravanel—editorial, story, assorted commentary on the theme of “last contact,” as opposed to the more familiar “first contact.”
Last Contact, Vol 2, Andrew Abravanel—editorial, story, assorted commentary on the theme of “last contact,” as opposed to the more familiar “first contact.”
Latinx Sci-Fi Music, Elizabeth M. Martinez—a personal look at the sf theme running through current Latinx music, with reviews.
Lingua, Stephanie Perez--a repressive government rules, but poetry still shows the way to something that remains still.
Living Through the Apocalypse (Part 1), Tierney Diaz--The end of the world is the ends of the world, the many ways we are ending.
Living Through the Apocalypse (Part 2), Tierney Diaz--But the ends of the world are not the end, for we will speak back and find our way beyond despair.
The Lonely Astronaut, Adolpho Plazola--an astronaut wants to get away, but even lightyears from Earth is not far enough. He needs to take the next step away.
Loveless Food Delivered Uniformly: A series of love poems devoted to a vending machine, Brian Heim---a series of love poems…devoted to a vending machine.
A Love of the Craft, Stories and Poems, Marshall Alvarado—a horror zine with stories and poems with pounding at the door, endless chasms, unspeakable monsters, and madness.
Mad Science, Elisa Smith—the everyday routine of the contemporary mad scientist. How are the experiments getting along today?
Mars Volta: The Blend of Science Fiction and Latinx Culture, Keeley Frandsen and Tyler Curtis—Exploration and review, with images, of the music of Mars Volta.
The Mary Shelley Zine: The Embodiment of Romanticism, Philip Risteski--an examination of Romantic era elements in Shelley's novel, with a quiz!
Mask Your Problems, Hide Your Eyes Glow in the Dark Zine, Sequoia Ruth--a glow in the dark zine with poems and words about different lights and what is revealed and what is hidden.
Mixystic, Mixed to the Future, Jessica Garcia—the story of Galacy, a half-alien woman who meets her father the alien for the first time.
The Modem of Prometheus, Kayleen Shenandoah Knapp--the future is strapped to your wrist, but what if someone else wants it and it doesn't come off?
Monsters I Have Loved, David Sandner--your monster friends aren't always your friends, except when they are. You have to know the difference.
Monsters of the 20th-21st Century Coloring Book, Uncanny Edition, Free Stickers Inside, Andrea Paik--a coloring book to make you lose hope, where the stickers aren't sticky, they stick.
Monsters Zine, Joana Chavez--the monsters have come out and there are things they want to tell you...and they want you to join them!
Navigating Watery (and Waterless) Places, What Does Shelley's Frankenstein Have to Say About Contemporary and future Water Politics?, Meghan Taylor--read to find out.
A New Reality with Virtual Reality, Andrew Mayorga--presents an interview with the inventor of a future fully immersive virtual reality and a woman who lives inside the game.
No. 735, Kaitlin DeFreitas--in the ceremony, the numbers called must leave. But what are those glitches in the sky? And where are you running to?
The Other Side, A Rambling Vol. 1, Documented by M.F. Hickethier--a creature ponders existence trapped in a lab, but the questions only proliferate when it gets loose in the world.
Past Rainbows, Into the Stars, An Anthology of Original LGBTQ+ Science Fiction Stories, Annotations, and Poems, Erik Mercado, an anthology focused on Queer Futurisms .
The Potion of Possibilities, Jessica Padilla--a specially designed and engineered zine that spills out beyond its borders as it exhorts you to imagine what might be beyond what is.
A Queer Future, Oriana Harder--a princess doesn't want to be the princess she is supposed to be....instead, she wants a princess. Will she live happily ever after?
Quietus, Eulices Ponce--what waits for those whose researches bring them down into the catacombs?
Quotes from Prophecies and Revelations, Anonymous, Vols. I-X, 5th Edition, Terra-117967.12328767126, translated by Fatima Tahan 194936.41552511416, Nikita Derkach—an alien book of mysteries, a translation from what language and what medium and what original?
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, Brianne Pinochet--beautiful design, art, and penmanship bring Poe's classic poem alive...for evermore!
Reality, Samantha Bonsol--in a world that isn't real what do we do when we learn the real world isn't a world we want?
The Rejection, Ruth Perez--images, quotes, and commentary bring us to a rumination on the tragic rejections that beset the Creature in Frankenstein.
Religion and Science Fiction, Wren Thomasson—both religion and sf look to the big picture: what does it all mean? Explore the overlap in poetry, stories, reviews, and commentary.
Rewiring the Rapture, Christina Canalita—What would a digital rapture look like? Who would it happen to? Who would do it? Hand-drawn visuals and easy reading versions included.
Rewrite the Stars, Robin Choi--In a future run by machines, the Blueprint could change everything and rewrite the stars. But what is real and who can you really trust?
Robot Takeover, Andrew Mayorga, Katie Treydte, Annabella Eritano, Kalan Hempel—stories from the robot takeover. It doesn’t go well for us.
Romanticism to Contemporary Literature and Media, Recommendations, if you like this, you may like, Mia Techur--connects modern and Romantic texts by themes and ideas.
Science Fiction in Manga, Kristopher Dominguez--a beginning study of the use of science fiction elements in manga, with a deep dive into some specific storylines.
The Science Fiction of Stephen King, Audrey Lee--a compendium of notes, lists, and explorations of Stephen King’s science fictional writings
The Scrapper, Jefte Diaz--a comic (from the past by the price on it) about an alternate Robocop made of scraps on hand instead of future tech...kind of like a zine!
Screen-Time, Emilee Gibbons--three stories ponder the virtual world we inhabit, sifting what is lost and what might remain to us in our "screen-time" world.
Sector 7, Department of Independent Intelligence (Classified), Alexander Rubio--we listen to the classified testimony of one who saw the aliens who saved the Earth. So why is part of the report redacted?
SF Through the Ages, Kevin Nguyen—a look at four iconic sf stories: Frankenstein, War of the Worlds, The Jetsons, and Star Wars
The Simulation, Stephany Gehrig--how do you know if reality is just a simulation? If it is a simulation, are you still real? Do you only exist as long as the simulation has a use for you?
The Social Dilemma Zine, Yadira Aguillon--an examination of a number of the dilemmas current society faces from social media overload to AIs and more. What will keep us together?
Society of Last Dreamers, Mervae McCormack--the last book in the world, with poetry and poetic prose lamenting a world transforming beyond recognition into a place where we no longer belong.
Something Happened When We Reached for the Stars, Jackson Runels, commentary and images exploring 20th-century interest use of "space" in design and as a cultural motif.
A Song of Our Wasteland, Sam Drake--So the apocalypse happened but all there is to talk about is the song playing in the vehicle. What will it take to change the tune?
Subject D005, Ann Anglo—An experiment in making a humanoid keeps a diary of its existence. Is it human?
Subterranean, Oralia Sanchez—after an alien invasion, humans live underground. One young woman and her friends head to the surface to find out the truth of what’s up there.
Tales of Destruction #1: Worlds Collide, Cole Schneider—a mad scientist experiments with contacting
The Test, Lupita Sosa-Gomez—Aliens come to Earth, even past the galactic warning to stay away, and take samples. Will humans pass the test?
Tear Down the Wall: Dissolving the Illusion of Separation, S.J. Young--a mini-zine on heading into nature and finding our loneliness is not what it seems.
Treow, Kayla Phim--a tree communicates its story of experiencing the coming of humans and the climate change wrought upon the world. What would a tree have to say?
Under Your Skin, Shelby Perlis--wouldn't it be great to have your social media under your skin, on your skin, always sharing? Wouldn't it?
Unhuman, Megan Durate—Another day working at the famous theme park with the mouse for members of the advance guard of the alien invasion. The invasion had to start somewhere….
Utopia, Qinouyu Zhu—a photo and art meditation on “Utopia,” the perfect society that is always in the future, waiting for us.
Vacation, Itmam Kashem—in the future, we lose everything to them. We made them and they unmade us with the efficiency we designed. Where will the world go from here?
Vampirology, Maram Angar—vampire lore, history, and anatomy, and many iterations of the vampire in current stories and gaming.
Violet, Neena Richards--Violet was the drug everyone in the world craved, but few could afford. Stealing it is the only way to make a living.
Visions of Old, Madeline Hurst—images, playlist, and an argument for the value of science fiction to Young Adult literature.
Voices of the Future by Mia Techur, Randee Tejada, Elaine Vong, Tessa Wong—exploring the link between Modernism, the "Little Magazines," and the future.
Water Rise, Earth Restore, Marisa Castaneda-Garcia--in a future depleted world, the Lithuahalla people are chosen to rise and restore. But why do so many disappear? And where?
When Worlds Collide You Can Run But You Can’t Hide, Brianna Mitchell—A testimony of a being caught between two worlds at war, and what happens then….
WOW, Worlds of Words, Words of Worlds, Patrick England--0an exploration of the thought of influential writings on the sublime (and the power of words) by Edmund Burke.
A World Reimagined, a zine, Kal Hempal--in the future, a zine from the colonized outer planets of Earth's dictatorship shows the desire to be free remains.
Zine for Zen, Ashley Roach--Poetry and gliding images bring a contemplation of nature and memory.
Zines at CSUF, Maryhelen Marines—overview, reviews and commentary on the history of zines in CSUF’s Special Collections.
Zines to the Future! (Re)making Southern California Futures, David Sandner—the first zine made for the project, designed to explain the project itself.