Fan Culture… [ISSUE I] ‘I Love A Coffee Shop AU’ And Other Ways To Immediately Let Me Know You’ve Never Worked In One by Chloe Sheila 11 Apr 2022 "Can I have a cappuccino with no milk?" My head shoots up, fingers poised over the sticky till. The air is hot both with the steam from the coffee machine,…
Fanfiction [ISSUE I] Janeway’s First Cup by Justine Norton-Kertson 11 Apr 2022 Scene 1: Lieutenant Barclay at the Night Owl “Reginald Barclay?” “Thank you.” I grabbed my drink and took a seat to wait for Lieutenant Nog. He was on Earth for…
Fan Culture… [ISSUE I] Dearest Coffee House on the Corner, by Anthony Garcia 11 Apr 2022 Anthony Garcia (He/But I'll Never Be Him) will one day consider himself a writer. He is currently completing his MFA in Creative Writing at the California Institute of the Arts. He…
Fan Culture… [ISSUE I] Why Do Fans Love It A Latte?: An Interview with Katharine McCain by Anushka Bidani 11 Apr 202214 Jun 2022 Katharine McCain Katharine McCain is a graduate of Georgetown University where she received her Master’s in English and The Ohio State University where she received her PhD in Television and…
Critical Analysis… [ISSUE I] Love in the Time of Covid: The Emerging Hybrid of Quarantine Fics and Coffee Shop AUs by Katharine E. McCain 11 Apr 2022 In March of 2020 Archive of Our Own, known colloquially as AO3 to those who frequent the fanfiction site, began to buckle under an unprecedented amount of traffic. Moving from…
Poetry [ISSUE I] If I Were Your Coffee Mug by Lynne Schmidt 11 Apr 2022 Lynne Schmidt is the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor, and mental health professional with a focus in trauma and healing. They are the winner of the 2020 New Women's Voices Contest…
Critical Analysis… [ISSUE I] Bean There, Drank That by Anushka Bidani 11 Apr 2022 Notes on "Bean There, Drank That" After Bryony Bates’ stunning text “Hannibal Lecter’s Magic Dick Therapy,” published by MAI in 2018. First sentences are revealing. As a reader, I usually…
Visual Art [ISSUE I] Machiatto & Affogato by Lilacmel (Melinda) 11 Apr 2022 Machiatto A Machiatto is an espresso shot with an upper layer of milk foam. In this piece, I wanted to go for the complete opposite feel of the Affogato piece.…
Fanfiction [ISSUE I] Coeur De Café by Nowa 11 Apr 2022 manip by Nowa Hannibal was in a hurry. It was Monday morning, it was pouring rain and he was cold, so all he wanted was some strong, hot coffee to…
Mixtape [ISSUE I] notes of chocolate and spice | A Playlist by Tiana Gaudioso 11 Apr 2022 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6pChINfBcA0vfFEFR5vFT3?si=0f2d060e9e864569 "Coffee Shop Soundtrack," All Time Low / "Chai Tea," audrey / "Cinnamon," Hayley Williams / "Foam," Miramare, Clément Matrat / "matcha latté," Amelia Rae / "Vanilla," Eaglin / "Citrus,"…