Colored Chalk, the zine: Issue Two

This issue’s theme spawns from the great mind of Kurt Vonnegut, via your issue two editor, Jason Heim.

Vonnegut wrote:

“Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.”

And that’s just what we aimed to do with this issue of Colored Chalk.

I have a piece in this issue, “Exhibit One: A Letter From Alex Fumar,” which I hesitate to mention simply because it’s impact is so reliant on context. Read outside the Colored Chalk zine my piece would make absolutely no sense, and could possibly put first time readers off of my work for good. My logic is that if I called attention to “Exhibit One,” then I might as well call attention to other printed pieces which would make no sense out of context. For instance, my letter to the editor in the June 2007 issue of Spirit, the Southwest Airlines magazine (yes, THE Southwest Airlines magazine).

But, I’m a whore, so go on and read: “Exhibit One: A Letter From Alex Fumar.”

And while your at it, here’s Spirit Magazine’s Letter of the Month from June 2007.

Don’t forget, the Colored Chalk zine can be printed and distributed, hassle-free (and all other kinds of free) if you’re in the mood to spread the word. Just click here, print, staple, and force upon strangers.

And if you are in the mood to not spread the word, pick up a copy at Kansas City’s own Prospero Books on 39th Street.