Typebar Magazine Issue 5

Typebar Magazine's fifth foray into literary analysis, cultural criticism, and discussion of the typewriter. Published in February 2025. Issue 5 includes the following pieces:

NONFICTION:

• Dungeons, Dragons, and Game Design: Why 4E Rules the D&D Roost by Seann Barbour
• Legends, Lattes, and Lament: Why Pain is the Key Ingredient in "Cozy" Narratives by Dorian Dawes
• Digital Dilemma: Why Writers Are Abandoning Modern Word Processing Software by Erica Hanger
• Searching for the Feminine Grotesque by Gwen C. Katz
• Interrogating Power and Narrative in the Cities of Weft Trilogy by Simon McNeil
• Rumble in the Belly of the Brain-Rotted Beast: Tyson vs. Paul Live at the Terror Dome by Christopher Sloce
• I Love Myself Because I No Longer Care About BuzzFeed by Connor Wroe Southard
• No, You Don't Need a Social Media Presence as a Writer by Kyle Ticali
• On Disillusionment, the End of Empire, and 9/11 Memes (Oh Yeah, and His New Novel): An Interview with Ron Currie Jr. by Matt Wolfbridge
• Leg Drops are Literature: Professional Wrestling Angles as Literary Narratives by Matt Wolfbridge

FICTION:

• Champ by Dave Walsh