ARKHAM Confession Issue

ARKHAM C O N F E S S I O N

I S S U E

Notefrom the

Editor

It’s been a while, I confess. A summer of far, far too much heat and not enough interconnectivity kept you and me apart. To say I haven’t missed you would be not only a lie, but a travesty; I regress. To blame my absence on the swelters of August or my inability to troubleshoot chokes our trust.

I needed the deprivation, this catharsis: a selfish, silly vacation in limbo. While it cheapened our bond, it heightened my senses.

My twilight gave me the courage to cowardly tell you over these ubiquitous summer days: come back.

This second issue of ARKHAM Magazine, the ‘Confession Issue,’ was a happy accident. Months of gathering civilian secrets from anonymous sites and online chatrooms led us to this deceivingly lunar and highly systematic conglomeration before you. Find a truth through these leaves. Inhibit neither revolt nor empathy.

The page numbers are garnishes, the chapters are up to interpretation and the AC is blasting.

Yasamin Rahmanparast Editor-in-Chief

of

TABLE CONTENTS 6 // CURE

7 // The Poison 22 // STITCH

23 // The Scars 32 // MATRIX

33 // The Escape 46 // DISCLOSURE

47 // The Lapse 60 // BLIND

61 // The Unexpected 75 // Contributors

C U

R E 6

“IF

YOU DRINK MUCH

FROM A BOTTLE

MARKED ‘POISON’ IT IS ALMOST

CERTAIN TO

DISAGREE WITH YOU,

SOONER

OR LATER.” - - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

Illustrations by Julia Adair Pounds

Photographed by Danielle McGotty

ST I

T CH 22

“YOU SHALL NOT

MAKE ANY CUTS

ON YOUR BODY FOR THE DEAD OR

TATTOO

YOURSELVES:

I AM THE

LORD.” - Leviticus 19:28

Photographed by Danielle McGotty

M AT

RIX 32

MA·TRIX /‘m ā triks/

noun: matrix; plural noun: matrices; plural noun: matrixes

1. an environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure.

2. a mold in which something, such as printing type or a phonograph record, is cast or shaped.

3. a rectangular array of quantities or expressions in rows and columns that is treated as a single entity and manipulated according to particular rules.

Photographed by Christopher Russell Dowell

DISCLO

O SURE 46

“ You & I will always be unfinished business.”

- Kill Bill Vol.1

Photographed by Mallory Prevatt

BLI

N D 60

“IT IS THE

CONFESSION

NOT THE

PRIEST,

THAT GIVES

US ABSOLUTION.” - PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY, OSCAR WILDE

Photographed by Brian Edwards

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Note from the

Creative director

“The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.”

ARKHAM’s mission is to illustrate a symbiosis between people and the elements of being. Our commitment to you is what we live for. This issue, “Confession Issue,” is concentrated on the specific human condition of secrets and confession. What you’re holding are the many authors’ interpretations of secrets and confessions to you. We utilized this as a chance to interact with you, our reader, and help you through your sins and transgressions.

We always have you in mind; secrets die when no one has heard them. Relieve your mind, and think as you will. We’ve cured your guilty conscience of all the wrongs you’ve done. Interpret this book in solitude: peaceful and alone; use these photographs and literature to free yourself. Give these sins one last thought and treat this reading as your confessional. We have illustrated your repentance and washed away your sins, and now grant you the freedom to sin again.

Jacqueline Miller Creative Director

CONTRIBUTORS CONFESSION ISSUE

ARKHAM Magazine: Yasamin Rahmanparast, Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline Miller, Creative Director Clarissa Koppel, PR Director Sequential Artist: Julia Adair Pounds Photography: Brian Edwards, BLIND Christopher Russell Dowell, MATRIX Danielle McGotty, CURE and STITCH Mallory Prevatt, DISCLOSURE Additional Photography Editing: ARKHAM Magazine, CURE & STITCH Models: Simon Chamorro, MATRIX Tristin Ewald, MATRIX Madison Harbick, BLIND Anna Ko, BLIND Yves Mathieu, BLIND Devin Prejean, CURE Goldie San Pedro, STITCH Ryan James Smith, CURE Tilley Sorrel, STITCH Aidan Toohey, MATRIX Mask Designer: Jo Nobile, STITCH

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