Solace In The Chaparral [DIGITAL DOWNLOAD]

My zine, "Solace In The Chaparral," is now available as a downloadable PDF file!
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In his review of my zines, critic Clint Johns says this about "Solace In The Chaparral" --
"CHAPARRAL is my favorite of this bunch: a lyrical, minimalist meditation on what it means to find a home, and to inhabit it without fear. "
- Clint Johns, Xerography #55

In 2018, two hours after every meal, my stomach felt like it was being stabbed by a thousand knives. The pain was incredibly intense and I spent months anxiously in my head waiting to be seen by doctors and receive test results. It was a scary time. Two years later I found a coyote laying at the base of my patio struggling to breathe. I feared it to be dying. The intersection of these two events becomes the short story, “Solace in the Chaparral,” where Simone deals within the space of waiting and contemplates what it means to feel safe.

Eight page zine (6 internal pages plus front and back covers) in PDF format. The PDF file contains the exact same content as the original zine including lush reproductions of oil paintings and a ballpoint pen sketch created by Bryan Tipton.

Written and illustrated by Bryan Tipton.