Device

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About.

Device is a mixed-media exquisite corpse project serialized digitally. The concept is this: present all visitors with a 'storyline' of sorts, moved forward with prose, poetry, a video, a song, or an image. This, of course, will not have as streamlined a look as traditional exquisite corpses, but it allows for the inclusion of many more artists. Think about it as you would a stage script. The texture of this exercise will be dictated by the choice of media in each installment, either owing to the particular strength of the given contributor, or that contributor's wish to challenge themselves. If you would like to be considered for inclusion, please send an email to device.magazine[at]gmail.com.

Device logo design by i.r. jones.

Contributors.

R.T. is the de facto editor of Device. He is a robot prototype whose only goal in life is to keep Brandon "Our Hero" Gretter alive long enough to celebrate his arch-enemy's death. He also promotes winterstar music and maintains a 2030+ point level on Wii Sports tennis.

Brandon 'Our Hero' Gretter is the last flickering flame of life in a universe otherwise devoid of hope; he is better than the Autobots, Hawkeye Pierce, Snagglepuss, Batman, Ernest Hemingway, and the 1963 Boston Celtics combined. He is currently waiting for someone he is very friendly with to hit the lottery and provide him with the opportunity to do what he has always wanted to do: avoid responsibility...and write, probably...and meet chicks. If he could have one nickname besides "Our Hero" (which is already the best nickname), he would want it to be "Wolf Rocket." Our Hero appears courtesy of Marsupial Jones and Petrichor Machine.

John Herman is an artist, writer, teacher, and web adventurer. He is passionate about art, media, and storytelling and creates community through creative collaboration. You can learn more about John at johnherman.org.

Amie Speroni has escaped the clutches of common insects,
somewhat thwarted her considerable codependent tendencies,
rebutted accurate and deserved impeachments of character,
and survived numerous brushes with substandard food service through
the cunning and strategic planting of daffodils.

Emma Haskins is usually biting her fingernails, drinking tea, or drawing circles on scraps of paper. She dreams about the smell of printmaking studios, she doesn't share chapstick, she worries about the same things you do, & she sporadically posts her art here and here.

E. Christopher Clark is an author and all-around geek who is passionate about storytelling in all its forms. The founder of and chief contributor to Geek Force Five, his books include Those Little Bastads, the forthcoming collection All He Left Behind, and the as-yet-unpublished novel Down the Cape. Find out more at echristopherclark.com.

Laura Spencer was born, grew up and started writing in a city with echoes of old factory life. She is the co-founder of Big Lucks, a literary journal that has quickly been added to the five things that make her happiest (surprisingly close to the random sounds of Joe Strummer).

Kristen Scheer smiles a lot, talks a lot, she's impulsive, and loves to travel. She likes to tell stories and often repeats herself. She works hard as a bartender and social worker, but loves taking it easy on the beach. She's laid back, smart, and passionate. She's a photographer who has little sense of danger when a camera is in her hands.

i.r. jones keeps an ashen owl in a wrought-iron cage. The owl wakes at night and feasts on the dreams of the sleeping. i.r. studiously dissects the resulting regurgitated pellets and assembles a working knowledge of both the ethereal and corporeal, fashioning his discoveries into interpretable forms of light and sound.

Don't front, Mark Cugini gotcha open. His work has appeared in Compass Rose and The Messenger, and is forthcoming in Stymie. He is a founding editor of Big Lucks.

Dan Keating is an eclectic, postmodern blend of melodramatic science fiction, existential nihilism, and contemporary philosophy and literature, all focused on the same goal: engage the mind, heart, genitals, and any other parts of the reader/viewer's anatomy that they deem pertinent.