Scary Boots #5

Scary Boots #4 - Ritual

This fifth edition takes a dual-themed approach, addressing the complex subject of parenthood through the separate monikers of ‘Mommy’ and ‘Daddy’, with each unravelling from opposite ends of the zine, demarcated by contrasting blue and pink tinged covers and coalescing in an evocative centrefold illustration featuring gendered motifs. 

Both sections open with a letter from the editor—drawing on Mommy/Daddy’s personal associations; though, perhaps revealingly, ‘Daddy’ draws a blank—and are furnished with short stories and poetry touching on themes of ‘tenderness, inheritance, absence, desire and power.’

Featuring contributions from Annika Holland, Beck Raine, Christiana Spens, Florence Hutchinson, Hugh Cowling, Idman Omar, Iris Seren Roberts, Joshua Jones, Katie Driscoll, Rebecca Perry, Richard Hell and Sienna Murdoch.

About Scary Boots: Scary Boots is a London-based quarterly risograph printed zine presenting only the most truthful, innovative or incisive writing and art. Each issue of Scary Boots is themed, and contributors are invited to respond to the theme as they see fit.