This issue is actually a novella called Bones in the Garden.

This issue is actually a novella called Bones in the Garden.

Once upon a time (August, 2000), our whole paper became a novella (Bones in the Garden) written by Monica Drake, the author of Clown Girl and The Stud Book. She reads tonight at Chop Suey as part of Lit Fix, a series that brings books, bars, and bands into one happy place.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...