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Published by: Monkeyshines Media, Inc.
Edited by: Jonathan Russell & Michele Wilson
Designed by: MacPhoenix Design

Winter 2023 Featuring:

The cover contributors: The photographer is Racheal Halupa of Photography Sisters, the dress is from Your Fairy Godmother Couture, the makeup and modeling were both done by Excessive Mascara.

Center spread and article: Article and photos, Long Island’s Haunted Asylum: Kings Park Psychiatric Center, by Annalea of the ÆSTHETIC WORKSHOP.

Back cover: Photo by Alexa Goldstein, who also contributed two poems, “Watch Me Shine” and “Welcome Winter.”

Winter 2023 Contributors:

• An anonymous poet contributed the poem, “Suicide.”

• caelxxn contributed the poem, “the never ending night.”

• Christopher Fahey contributed the digital painting “Golden Age.”
  Chris’s company, Crucial Designs, creates positive images, posters, and clothing that brings smiles to people faces and brings us together. He loves to create and share his work with you. Chris was recently featured in this story on ABC News about some of his art projects!

• Corey Gene Monaco contributed the story, “The Newcomer.”

• Katherine R contributed the photo, “This Is 90.”

• Painted Birch contributed the Winter Animal Oracle.

• Robert A contributed the creative essay, “My Homework Story.”

• Tal contributed two photos, “Hallways” and “Wayward Leaves.”

Thanks

We’re extremely grateful to Cool Beans in Sayville and übergeek Brewing in Riverhead for taking in some copies of our zine so their customers can enjoy a nice oddity with their beverages, and thank you to Hannah, Corey, and Rob for helping out with that.

Do we send off the final issue of Monkeyshines with a long list of all the folks we need to thank? Impossible. So many people helped us publish eight small issues over two years. We can’t thank Katherine, Jimi, Thom, Deb, Pat, Rich, Chris, and Hannah enough, but they are a small group in a larger world of people who have helped make these issues something special that we got to share with everyone.

We hope that you join with us in the next incarnation of the zine.

Colophon

• The color scheme is codenamed The Power of Gold and is based on hex-colors #CD2B1C and #CDB889.

• The typefaces used in both the magazine and web site are: Crimson Pro, Coolvetica, and Lumiera.

• Additionally the magazine uses: Zilla Slab, Mali, and Powell Antique.

• The Monkeyshines text logo is set in Amoba.

• The zine had two photos from the royalty-free stock library at pixabay.com.

• The zine was designed using Affinity Publisher and Designer. Photo manipulation was done with Pixelmator Pro. The website was designed and coded using Panic Nova and Jekyll. All this and more done on my trusty iMac.

Principles

• We believe in the Oxford comma and single spaces after a period.
• Ragged right is easier to read.
• Privacy is the default, not the exception.
• Free is free from conditionals.
• Community is key.