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Editors: Alizadeh, MacPherson, O'Mara, Tacks
LOST SOULS
40 pages
21 X 29.7cm
ISSN (Online):
2982-2920
LOST SOULS Issue 02 is now available.
In Issue 02, many of our contributors share visions of alluring, strange and sometimes terrifying creatures, those that are natural, artificial and fantastic. Issue 02 also reveals with compelling insight some of the emotional intensity and relief possible at the porous edges of nature and the city.
Fionn MacPherson tells of the strange ecstasy and bizarre transformations possible from software coding, snails and information at the edge of the internet. S. R. Underschultz writes with a great use of tension to explore how those close to us can trigger pure terror in an outback setting.
Poems by Imogen Wall and Ashley Cape are just as dark and evocative. Cape considers, with gothic beauty, the pain of not being able to protect loved ones from dangerous things within the self, and beyond. Wall portrays a gentle healing at the edge of death.
Our nonfiction features Cobi Calyx, who takes readers to South Australia and her journey into nature and all the many animals of the bush at the edge of her suburban home and the Adelaide Hills. She finds dangers but expansive possibilities, too. Similarly, Ben O’Mara writes of physical and technological threats to his family’s safety and wellbeing, and how great works of science
fiction shed light on the hype associated with artificial intelligence, and what helps accept the vulnerability of life in the 21st century.
Illustrations by C.H. Pearce and Madison Lee are haunting and beautiful. Pearce’s piece suggests sadness, frustration, pleasure and solace when socializing with friends with gaming technology. Lee’s is ornate, moon lit and uncanny in its depiction of human decay and frailty.
And in addition to Carey’s stunning cover, her beach illustration is both beautiful and disturbing, a reminder of the sad destruction from the 2019 bushfires in Rosedale, NSW, and much of southeastern Australia.
Issue 2
REVIEW
Ben O'Mara
November 2024
Aliens: Bishop is a franchise tie-in novel that is a gritty and thought provoking addition to the Alien universe.
REVIEW
Ali Alizadeh
January 2025
Pascal Plantea's film Les Chambres Rogues (Red Rooms) takes viewers on a terrifying journey into mental spaces as dark as the horrors of the dark web.
REVIEW
Phoebe Lupton
December 2024
Naomi Klein's Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World draws on memoir-cultural criticism to reveal a disturbing lack of kindness in the era of misinformation.
Lost Souls Magazine in print and online is proudly independent.
We are based in Melbourne and Canberra.
The design and development of this website was based on a scoping of best practice and relevant examples. Work included websites for Heat Magazine, Meanjin, Overland, The New Yorker, Rue Morgue, Dark Mountain, The Dark and Weird Studies.
We acknowledge, recognize and pay our respect to the Ancestors, Elders and families of the Bunurong/Boonwurrung, Wadawurrung and Wurundjeri/Woiwurrung of the Kulin who are the traditional owners of lands where we work and live in Victoria, and the Ngunnawal who are the traditional custodians of land in the Australian Capital Territory.
