Summer 2026

Bindle Summer 2026 cover, featuring art by ratgrrl. It's a digitally designed painting of a thin woman in profile, skin black, with white hair done up into a loose bun, wearing a white dress with black flowers and a grey stripe that starts thin at the belly and flares out as it approaches the bottom of the dress and a white headband. She is drawn in an art-deco style. The dress flows into a swooping train. Her head is turned to face the reader. Additionally, attached to her headband she has wispy, grey scarf, which she holds out with her left hand. In front of her left hand, there is a fuzzy black circle containing a purple heart with a thin red outline. Attached to the heart are two swoopy strings that go to two balloons, which are floating near the top of the image. The balloons are blue and magenta, and where they overlap is a shade of green. Both balloons have skulls in them. The blue balloon's skull is cyan and yellow, and the magenta balloon's is green and red. At the bottom right of the image is a black crest with the word "ratgrrl." in an orange, graffiti-like typeface. The cover also has the words "Bindle Zine," and in smaller text "FREE ZINE! Issue #10 — Yegg; Summer 2026; Featuring Long Island Writers & Artists" Yeow! Now that’s some beautiful cover art by ratgrrl.! We’re thrilled that she’s part of this latest issue.

She’s got the front and back cover, so check them both out!

You know we’ve got more! We’ve got Rosa Todaro, who we’re over-the-moon getting to share her poetry for the first time at Bindle. Thank you, Rosa! Another debut for our humble zine is Ricky Grimes, who contributes samples of the comedic arts. Remember, everything is art!

We love our first-timers, and we love our returning contributors, too. Our loyal Druid shares his insight to this season’s animal oracle (spoiler: it’s a freakin’ dragon!). The lovely and talented Steven Leonardo Clifford features in this issue, along with William Aiello, Steven Visitainer, and Fred Byrnes. We’ve got another chapter in the saga of Coterminous, by Corey Gene Monaco, and we close with a ballad to Velveeta Jones, by Taña Forte. Velveeta Jones? You gotta read it!

Ever thought of reading this issue in genuine American made and printed paper? For FREE? Holy smokes, we’ve got a deal for you. Sign up for an absolutely free subscription, and we’ll send you this issue for free. Did we mention it’s free? No catch, just a mailing address which we use exclusively to mail our zines, and we never share it with no one else not ever amen.

Got any comments? Want to contribute to next issue, Autumn 2026? Send yer stuff in to [email protected]. Thanks for reading!

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