A fairground fun, a circus troupe in the moments of repose on the dusty road from one town to the next – clowns and jugglers, carnies and freaks. What we are given to read is a pastime from one show to another. What happens on the margins, in the backrooms, during the show? In the Footnotes?... Well, you know what happens. We do.

“But what they do experience, artists will share. If the means of their art set limits, they will seek to move those limits.”

Life isn’t fair…or is it? Wrenching justice from the jaws of a turkey, Zuggy and Kathy have some bad news for S.C. Rooge!

After his rousing autobiography, Gluck heads to the local tavern to stew and mull over some things. There’s no such thing as a night off for a jester: mayhem ensues!

As the end seems to loom nearer and nearer, things paradoxically are looking up for our heroes. Who said the apocalypse wouldn’t be enjoyable?

Gluck finishes the story of his life to much fanfare. But enough about his past! What does his future hold?

Fezziwig was renowned for how much fun he was…and even though he’s a giant demonic bird, he keeps up that reputation! What’s in store for him and his ol’ pal Zuggy is anyone’s guess!

Victor Cova introduces a 1941 exchange between Claude Lévi-Strauss and André Breton.

Ever wonder how Gluck came to be? In this, the first of two parts, learn the lurid details of Gluck’s birth and upbringing, told by the fool himself in iambic pentameter!

Neither a borrower nor a lender be…unless it can prevent the apocalypse! Zuggy makes payment of unimaginable importance…but will it be enough to save the world?

Excerpt from Ann Quin’s novel Tripticks, introduced by Austin Carder.

Gluck isn’t one to hold a grudge, but what he does hold he grips with an iron fist! Five people fighting against Gluck isn’t fair: he outnumbers anyone all by himself!

Visiting the Noguchi Museum recently, I was struck by the difficulty of sculpture as art: how it's constrained by its physical presence to a degree that other media, like music, painting, and poetry, are not.

Eight poems with drawings from the chapbook Comes a Time.

The cosmic wheel turns and turns as the true importance of several characters is revealed. What does Fezziwig have in store for Rooge? What does Zuggy have in store for Fezziwig?

Gluckus interrupticus! Our jester faces off against his former friends with only one thing certain to the locals: they’re in for a real show!

Kevin O’Rourke reviews the album Sons Of by Sam Prekop and John McEntire.

Genese Grill's introduction to her forthcoming essay collection, Portals (Splice).

Shock follows shock as Fezziwig goes walks comes face to face with Zuggy, Kathy, and Rooge. Will this horrible scene be the end of our heroes, or…our villain?

Celebrations are in full swing, but nothing can cheer up a real grouch. Maybe the appearance of a pretty young lass can change his mind!