Issues


Polluto 5
Identity Theft and the Octopus Kid
Polluto has packed a snorkel and will head to Atlantis for a quick visit to fight killer mermaids and there legions of underwater nasties. Unfortunately we forgot our passport and bank statements, mind if we borrow yours?

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Polluto 5
A Steampunk Orange
Cutlass-wielding youths in tweed suits prowl the dingy redlight districts of Mars

Intrepid colonialist explorers hunt giant squid in the clockwork submarines of an alternate past . . . and Polluto rises from the mists, casting ghostly phosphorescence through the gloom, and calls you. It's time to reach out and take the fruit. It's time to wind yourself up and escape.

The toys want out and they're hungry for knowledge!

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Polluto 4
Queer and Loathing in Wonderland
Polluto has donned its frilliest frock, slapped on the make-up and stepped into a pair of heeled ruby slippers to fight terrorist munchkins on the road to Oz. Grab your baseball bat and join the fray!

Cross-dressing and black power in Wonderland, with Deb Hoag's 'Queer & Loathing on the Yellow Brick Road'
Satirical stories from Polluto regulars Rhys Hughes and Steve Redwood
Robot sex toys in 'The Androidgenous Zone' by Andrew Hook and Allen Ashley (Elastic Press)
The seeds of transformation in D.W. Green's 'Willow Within'
A look at 'The Day Hermeneutics Died' by David McLean
Steampunk prostitution in Alex MacFarlane's 'A Shade of Yellow'
Dwarves, twisted fairytale forests and escapees in Jim Steel's 'The Bears in the Wood'
The latest rants and creative mayhem from regular columnists RC Edrington and Micci Oaten.

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Polluto 3
Sex in the Time of VHS
Issue 3 looks at snuff, sex, violence and videotape. With a guest appearance by Jack the Ripper.

Sex, death and videotape in Deb Hoag's genetically-modified skin-flick perversion, 'Sex in the Time of VHS'.
Transdimensional, bisexual madness in 'Burt and Dharma' by Marshall Payne.
Cross-pollenating, unitarian sex-mastery in J. Michael Shell's unsettling 'Fallout'.
Punning lingus and speculative fiction's answer to Viz, in Rhys Hughes' 'The Groin Scratcher'.
Roadkill rape revenge and other wet dreams, in Robert Lamb's 'Highway Girl'.
Sex slave libraries in Steve Redwood's 'Damaged'.
The (literal) heat of passion in 'The Day She Melted' by Frank Burton.
Cybernetic crises in Michael R. Colangelo's 'Steel Teeth and Synthetics'.
Columns by Micci Oaten (Paparazzi Whore) and RC Edrington.

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Polluto 2
Apocalypses and Garden Furniture
Apocalypses & Garden Furniture examines the armagedden myths of today, from zombies to crime to social upheaval. Grab a deck chair and sit back as the world falls apart!

Jeff VanderMeer on Darfur, death by sea monsters and the state of counterculture.
Rhys Hughes with 'Cracking Nuts with Jan Hammer', a lament about prog rock and the horrors of Julie Burchill.
Steve Readwood's satiric Highlander parody, 'The Burden of Sin'.
Extreme horror writer and publisher of Chimericana Books, Mike Philbin, with a sexual-apocalyptic tale, 'The Man who Flirted with Mother Nature'.
Deb Hoag with a pair of humorous science fiction musings on the End: 'Meatloaf of the Apocalypse' and 'The Church of The Bitter Ray Gun'.
Chet Gottfried with the Norse kink-fest, 'The Ragnorok Seduction'.
Adam Lowe's phantasmagoric story of ecological transformation and seual annihilation: 'Zombie Love Song'.
Artwork by Malcolm McClinton (Wizards of the Coast), John Michael Lee and Dave Migman.
Columns by Patti Plinko, Micci Oaten and RC Edrington.

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Polluto 1
Post-Natal Depression and the Mysterons
Our Spectrum Award winning first issue had the very loose theme of Post-natal Depression & the Mysterons. Here we set out to turn generic conventions and popular culture on its head.

Fresh stories from Jeff VanderMeer, Steve Redwood and Rhys Hughes.
Artwork from Vince Lock, notable illustrator of 2000AD, The Sandman and Deadworld.
A column about life with heroin from underground poet RC Edrington.
The first music and culture column from Micci Oaten of alt-rock band, Paparazzi Whore.
Mark Fickett, Dave Migman and Kurt Huggins & Zelda Devon providing colour artwork throughout.
A vibrant mix of unknown talent, bringing you the best in alternative culture.

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