SixByEight Press
  • About
    • The Team
    • Meet our Writers!
    • Contact Us
  • From the Press
    • Year 6
      • 53: Open House
      • 54: The Nightmare Issue
    • Year 5
      • 50: Black Lives Still Matter
      • 51: Redefinitions
      • 52: In Sickness and In Health
    • Year 4
      • 37: Tightrope: Performing Tension
      • 38: Shifting Grounds: On Paradigm Shifts
      • 39: Seconds: The Annual Creative Issue
      • 40: Parallels: Animality & Dualism
      • 41: 2nd Annual Editors’ Choice
      • 42: Conversations
      • 43: Begin Again
      • 44: The Present Moment
      • 45: The Invisible Wave
      • 46: What Comes Next
      • 47: Suddenly Last Summer
      • 48: The Play’s The Thing
      • 49: Trilogy: The Annual Creative Issue
    • Year 3
      • 25: In Motion: The Performance of Movement
      • 26: Legacy
      • 27: Acting Hungry: Food for Thoughts on Performance
      • 28: Booze and Other Sins: The Story of Controversial Substances in Society
      • 29: The Creative Issue
      • 30: A Shadow Most Strange
      • 31: Metamorphoses: Through the Lenses of Translation & Adaptation
      • 32: Editors’ Choice
      • 33: Life in Technicolor
      • 34: Fame Culture
      • 35: A Place and A Space: Sites of Performance
      • 36: Under the Spotlight
    • Year 2
      • 13: A Reprise: One-Year Anniversary
      • 14: Invisible Lines: Performing Borders and Liminal Space
      • 15: Civic Artistry
      • 16: Public Displays of Expression
      • 17: Adrift: Rootlessness on Repeat
      • 18: Incognito
      • 19: The Performance of Yes: On Tacit & Explicit Agreement
      • 20: Rites: On Performing the Inexplicable
      • 21: The Method of Merriment
      • 22: Groupthink: Performance of A Collective
      • 23: Utopias
      • 24: For The Ages: On Growing Up
    • Year 1
      • 01: Primaries
      • 02: Re-enactments
      • 03: The Ensemble as a Whole
      • 04: We’re Not the Only Ones
      • 05: Polyglot
      • 06: Separation Anxiety
      • 07: In Plain Sight
      • 08: Facing Outward
      • 09: An Act of Chaos
      • 10: What If?
      • 11: Storytelling & Shared Illusions
      • 12: My Precious
Check Out Our Latest Issues!
  • 53: Open House
  • 52: In Sickness and In Health
  • 51: Redefinitions
  • 50: Black Lives Still Matter
  • 49: Trilogy: The Annual Creative Issue
  • 48: The Play’s The Thing
  • 47: Suddenly Last Summer
  • 46: What Comes Next
  • 45: The Invisible Wave
  • 44: The Present Moment
  • 43: Begin Again
  • 42: Conversations
  • 41: 2nd Annual Editors’ Choice
  • 40: Parallels: Animality & Dualism
  • 39: Seconds: The Annual Creative Issue
  • 38: Shifting Grounds: On Paradigm Shifts
  • 37: Tightrope: Performing Tension
  • 36: Under the Spotlight
  • 35: A Place and A Space: Sites of Performance
  • 34: Fame Culture
  • 33: Life in Technicolor
  • 32: Editors’ Choice
  • 31: Metamorphoses: Through the Lenses of Translation & Adaptation
  • 30: A Shadow Most Strange
  • 29: The Creative Issue
  • 28: Booze and Other Sins: The Story of Controversial Substances in Society
  • 27: Acting Hungry: Food for Thoughts on Performance
  • 26: Legacy
  • 25: In Motion: The Performance of Movement
  • 24: For The Ages: On Growing Up
  • 23: Utopias
  • 22: Groupthink: Performance of A Collective
  • 21: The Method of Merriment
  • 20: Rites: On Performing the Inexplicable
  • 19: The Performance of Yes: On Tacit & Explicit Agreement
  • 18: Incognito
  • 17: Adrift: Rootlessness on Repeat
  • 16: Public Displays of Expression
  • 15: Civic Artistry
  • 14: Invisible Lines: Performing Borders and Liminal Space
  • 13: A Reprise: One-Year Anniversary
  • 12: My Precious: Attachment to the Romantic
  • 11: Storytelling & Shared Illusions: How Stories Shape Our World
  • 10: What If? Speculative Narratives in Our Lives
  • 09: An Act of Chaos: Understanding Dynamics of Randomness and Subversion
  • 08: Facing Outward: How Audience Influences Performance
  • 07: In Plain Sight: Unmasking Many Faces of Deception
  • 06: Separation Anxiety: On the Filter of Technology & Our Experience of Reality
  • 05: Polyglot: On Multilingualism and Communication
  • 04: We’re Not the Only Ones: On Performing Kinship with the Natural World
  • 03: The Ensemble as a Whole: On Unity
  • 02: Re-enactments: Representation and Revision
  • 01: Primaries: Preludes and Politics
SixByEight Press
SixByEight Press
  • About
    • The Team
    • Meet our Writers!
    • Contact Us
  • From the Press
    • Year 6
      • 53: Open House
      • 54: The Nightmare Issue
    • Year 5
      • 50: Black Lives Still Matter
      • 51: Redefinitions
      • 52: In Sickness and In Health
    • Year 4
      • 37: Tightrope: Performing Tension
      • 38: Shifting Grounds: On Paradigm Shifts
      • 39: Seconds: The Annual Creative Issue
      • 40: Parallels: Animality & Dualism
      • 41: 2nd Annual Editors’ Choice
      • 42: Conversations
      • 43: Begin Again
      • 44: The Present Moment
      • 45: The Invisible Wave
      • 46: What Comes Next
      • 47: Suddenly Last Summer
      • 48: The Play’s The Thing
      • 49: Trilogy: The Annual Creative Issue
    • Year 3
      • 25: In Motion: The Performance of Movement
      • 26: Legacy
      • 27: Acting Hungry: Food for Thoughts on Performance
      • 28: Booze and Other Sins: The Story of Controversial Substances in Society
      • 29: The Creative Issue
      • 30: A Shadow Most Strange
      • 31: Metamorphoses: Through the Lenses of Translation & Adaptation
      • 32: Editors’ Choice
      • 33: Life in Technicolor
      • 34: Fame Culture
      • 35: A Place and A Space: Sites of Performance
      • 36: Under the Spotlight
    • Year 2
      • 13: A Reprise: One-Year Anniversary
      • 14: Invisible Lines: Performing Borders and Liminal Space
      • 15: Civic Artistry
      • 16: Public Displays of Expression
      • 17: Adrift: Rootlessness on Repeat
      • 18: Incognito
      • 19: The Performance of Yes: On Tacit & Explicit Agreement
      • 20: Rites: On Performing the Inexplicable
      • 21: The Method of Merriment
      • 22: Groupthink: Performance of A Collective
      • 23: Utopias
      • 24: For The Ages: On Growing Up
    • Year 1
      • 01: Primaries
      • 02: Re-enactments
      • 03: The Ensemble as a Whole
      • 04: We’re Not the Only Ones
      • 05: Polyglot
      • 06: Separation Anxiety
      • 07: In Plain Sight
      • 08: Facing Outward
      • 09: An Act of Chaos
      • 10: What If?
      • 11: Storytelling & Shared Illusions
      • 12: My Precious

Issue.40

8 posts
Issue.41: 2nd Annual Editors' Choice
View Post
  • Issue.40

Joe’s Choice — Under the Bridge: A Short Story (Part 4)

  • Posted on December 26, 2019December 27, 2019
  • by6x8Press
When I was first put in touch with Nick Popkey over the Summer, I had no idea that we’d be collaborating on his material for the next four to five…
View Post
Share
Issue.40: Parallels
View Post
  • Issue.40

Companions: A Short Story

  • Posted on November 21, 2019November 21, 2019
  • by6x8Press
KELLEY KIDD Katanga The girl and I grew up together. My first memories are of her wrapping me up in her small arms and bringing me home with her. She…
View Post
Share
Issue.40: Parallels
View Post
  • Issue.40

Graveyard Shift: A Short Story (Part 2)

  • Posted on November 21, 2019November 21, 2019
  • by6x8Press
CAITLIN OUANO You can read Part 1 of the story here. Sonya’s lessons were always interesting, and Trish soon had her own composition book filled with notes, documenting plants and…
View Post
Share
Issue.40: Parallels
View Post
  • Issue.40

Unnatural: Animalized Hate Speech and the Less-Than-Human Nature

  • Posted on November 21, 2019November 21, 2019
  • by6x8Press
ITUA UDUEBO The employment of language in the service of inequality is a practice that we’ve engaged in since the earliest civilizations. Systems of hierarchy require effective socialization, and individual…
View Post
Share
Issue.40: Parallels
View Post
  • Issue.40

Circus History and the Taming of Empire

  • Posted on November 21, 2019November 21, 2019
  • by6x8Press
MICHAEL DONNAY Airplanes had heralded its coming — passing low over the center of town last week to drop flyers announcing the circus’ impending arrival. The handbills began appearing a…
View Post
Share
Issue.40: Parallels
View Post
  • Issue.40

The Daemon’s in the Details

  • Posted on November 21, 2019November 21, 2019
  • by6x8Press
KATIE ROSENGARTEN The world of fiction is arguably where animals shine brightest. That, and when their lives are dramatically narrated by Sir David Attenborough’s mellifluous RP accent. Unchained from the…
View Post
Share
Issue.40: Parallels
View Post
  • Issue.40

Under the Bridge: A Short Story (Part 3)

  • Posted on November 21, 2019November 22, 2019
  • by6x8Press
NICHOLAS POPKEY You can read Part 1 of the story here.You can read Part 2 of the story here. “Order up, principesa,” Adrian said, sliding a hot plate through the…
View Post
Share
Issue.40: Parallels
View Post
  • Issue.40

Parallels: Animality & Dualism

  • Posted on November 21, 2019November 21, 2019
  • by6x8Press
In this issue, we consider the ways non-humans, in particular animals, are used/invoked in performance to convey meaning, including how we as humans often compare and contrast ourselves with animals…
View Post
Share

Subscribe to SixByEight Press

Join our mailing list!

Recent Posts
  • 21st Century Consciousness, or The Waking Nightmare: A Rambling Monologue in One Part
  • “The world is a beautiful place if you know where to look.”
  • Floating Boats
  • Nightmare Day
  • The Nightmare Issue
6x8P
Our mission begins with a basic premise: that we are all active participants in a constructed collective we call society — living & breathing actors in the same stage play. In today’s production, we see new opportunities to establish and embrace connections within this collective and realize its potential to grow into a community.
SixByEight Press
  • About
  • The Team
  • Contact Us
  • Meet our Writers!
  • From the Press
© SixByEight Press 2021. All Rights Reserved.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.