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Output Tray

Thinking / writing about zines as I work to archive my collection of ephemera

By @𝓣 𝓦 𝓙

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"Auto Da Fe," V/A cover

"Auto Da Fe," V/A

This is a "zine," that I bought solely because I thought it was funny. It's long been a staple of the bookstand in my apartments. It is a single sheet

Apr 19, 2026
"Remind Me Tomorrow, Forever - Vol. 2" by John Patrick Waller cover

"Remind Me Tomorrow, Forever - Vol. 2" by John Patrick Waller

I picked up this publication at the Northampton artist book / zine fest in 2017 or 2018, back when it was being held at the A.P.E space on Main St.

Apr 9, 2026
"Something is Wrong" cover

"Something is Wrong"

Since this little project is at heart an attempt at a form of critical reflection - I thought this week it would be appropriate to turn that gaze around and

Apr 1, 2026
"Ground Zero - 2013" v/a cover

"Ground Zero - 2013" v/a

When I moved across the country I sold all my records. It had to be done, I was a terrible collector and treated my albums roughly, and they weighed so

Mar 27, 2026
Cesar Vasquez Altamirano - Et Cetera 1 cover

Cesar Vasquez Altamirano - Et Cetera 1

Et Cetera One is a collection of street photographs shot in London by Cesar Vasquez Altamirano. I discovered Cesar’s work on Instagram in 2020, before the pivot to video screwed

Mar 19, 2026
Joseph Mauro, "Calorie Free" cover

Joseph Mauro, "Calorie Free"

Joe shot the photographs in this book right around the time we met, in fact several of the shots in it are from that show – in 2017, where him

Mar 13, 2026
Zach Phillips, "OSR - Catalog #1 - Spring 2015" cover

Zach Phillips, "OSR - Catalog #1 - Spring 2015"

Here is an artifact from my salad days hanging out at hippie noise underground shows in Boston. In truth, I don’t even know what OSR stands for, and I only

Mar 6, 2026
Sergej Vutuc, "Cruysberghs" cover

Sergej Vutuc, "Cruysberghs"

I discovered Sergej Vutuc right around when I first started shooting film in 2015. I can't remember how I discovered his work- it might've been on some online feature, I

Feb 27, 2026
"Legends of the Diamond" cover

"Legends of the Diamond"

I have no idea who made this spare little zine, but I think they are a genius. A cursory search reveals that the esoteric sounding title is in fact lifted

Feb 21, 2026
"Crawl" - Jesse Fillingham cover

"Crawl" - Jesse Fillingham

"Crawl - a POV dungeon crawl about one being's quest for a holy relic" - Jesse Fillingham, Never Press, 2017 https://jessefillingham.com/Crawl In 2010 the Dell desktop I inherited as a

Feb 16, 2026
"Illegal Freedom" - Matt McKeown cover

"Illegal Freedom" - Matt McKeown

This little zine is special to me, only because I bought it during the first big punk show we had at Cold Spring Hollow when I lived in Belchertown, back

Feb 11, 2026
Introducing my big blue suitcase cover

Introducing my big blue suitcase

Five years ago when I moved across the country, I stuffed all of my zines into this big suitcase and there they have lived ever since. It’s powder blue, with