Every Issue of Flaming Hydra

02

Apr

Scanty writing / Generous attitude

Joe Macleod writes by hand; Laurie Woolever gives out cash

issue-290

01

Apr

On guard

Nathan Munn, reporting from Canada

issue-289

31

Mar

Crowded vowels / Lonesome heroes

That's just the way Rax King talks; Colin McGowan trips out on the sofa

issue-288

28

Mar

Outlived by reputation

The complex and the obvious in Arwa Mahdawi’s investigation

issue-287

27

Mar

Pulped pages / Peak Pauly

Trevor Alixopulos on a spring of fading; Jack Pendarvis motors through the ’90s

issue-286

26

Mar

Too much joy

Anna Merlan, agog in the Happiest Place on Earth

issue-285

25

Mar

Space craft / Bottom line

Miles Klee with a rare gospel, and Amy Chu on bodily imperatives

issue-284

24

Mar

Hope in exile

Yemisi Aribisala on the places you can’t leave

issue-283

21

Mar

Popular history

Tom Scocca on the radio

issue-282

20

Mar

Face turn / Night shift

Maria Bustillos read that exposé, and Brian Hioe stays up late

issue-281

19

Mar

Houston, we have a roach problem

A far-out trip with Sam Thielman

issue-280

18

Mar

The past echoes

Zach Rabiroff in the aftermath

issue-279

17

Mar

Act naturally

Jack Pendarvis and Ace Atkins hit the road

issue-278

14

Mar

Laboratory demonstration

Misha Angrist on science and authoritarianism

issue-277

13

Mar

Exquisite corpus

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún won’t let words fail

issue-276

12

Mar

Pals on the screen / Enemies on the road

Emily Flake’s imaginary friends, and Julianne Escobedo Shepherd on a modern Tantalus

issue-275

11

Mar

Confidence is real

John Saward believes

issue-274

10

Mar

Literary ambition / Boundless borders

Andrew Cuomo analyzed by Harry Siegel, and Felipe De La Hoz on the oozing borders of the U.S.

issue-273

07

Mar

Multiple me

Talia Lavin in the no-funhouse mirror

issue-272

06

Mar

Complicated victim / Simple plunder

Arwa Mahdawi confronts crime(s), and Jennie Rose Halperin considers copyright shenanigans

issue-271

05

Mar

History lessens

Jídé Salawu on the political memoir du jour

issue-270

04

Mar

Ball leaguers / Bald eagles

A.J. Daulerio considers coaching, Anna Merlan watches bird watchers

issue-269

03

Mar

Without exception / Developing community

Brian Hioe on the #(*$&! geopolitics; a Brooklyn community gallery visit with David Moore

issue-268

28

Feb

A sound faintly like Seth Rogen laughing

Amy Chu considers the future

issue-267

27

Feb

Ascending and descending

In the lobby with Zito Madu

issue-266

26

Feb

Thought control

Josephine Riesman on Pink Floyd and surrender

issue-265

25

Feb

Scraps of love / Fists of the future

Luke O’Neil sings, and Harry Siegel unearths a troubling prophecy

issue-264

24

Feb

House of horrors / Bar flies

Ben Ehrenreich watches the neighbors; Trevor Alixopulos might be someone's type

issue-263

21

Feb

Sleepy time

And so to bed, with Carrie Frye

issue-262

20

Feb

Durable media / Hearty breakfast

Maria Bustillos almost pulls a Hackman, and Laurie Woolever’s cry for help in egg form

issue-261

19

Feb

War of words / Words of war

Miles Klee on tech lord hypotheses, and a historic debate recounted by Hamilton Nolan

issue-260

18

Feb

Censor-y overload

Art Spiegelman’s prescient conversation with Josephine Riesman

issue-259

14

Feb

Stable mates

Yemisi Aribisala on the difficult ploughing of words

issue-258

13

Feb

Beyond repair

Joe MacLeod thinks about pain

issue-257

12

Feb

Artistic authority / Lifeless language

Emily and Miriam's Kennedy Center reverie, and pleasantries from Brian Hioe

issue-256

11

Feb

Beat the bosses

John Saward on fighting the power

issue-255

10

Feb

Replay reviewed / Predator praying

Tom Scocca watches the big game; Sam Thielman ponders eternal punishment

issue-254

07

Feb

Federal dread / Proper pronouns

Sally Forth’s weird week at work; Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún’s rough translations

issue-253

06

Feb

Goodness snakes

Zito Madu is scared of snakes

issue-252

05

Feb

Obsessive sleuthing

Arwa Mahdawi searches for an ending

issue-251

04

Feb

Money dog / Ruddy schnoz

A.J Daulerio checks his spam, and Amy Kurzweil follows somebody else's nose

issue-250

03

Feb

Burrow into the festivities

Joe MacLeod reflects on the duration of winter

issue-249

31

Jan

Write yourself into being

Author Alan Moore, in further conversation with Zach Rabiroff

issue-248

30

Jan

Cake and candles

Flaming Hydra is ONE YEAR OLD today

issue-247

29

Jan

Deranged country / Dejected heart

Ben Ehrenreich has had about enough, and Jídé Salawu’s first love letter

issue-246

28

Jan

Turgid prose

Anna Merlan reflects on celebrity skin

issue-245

27

Jan

Weird weather / Weary winter

Remember David Lynch with Trevor Alixopulos, and celebrate community with Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún

issue-244

24

Jan

Keeping visible / Staying alive

Parker Molloy tells the truth, and so does Luke O’Neil

issue-243

23

Jan

Find the funds / Forget utopia

Colin McGowan follows the money; congestion pricing considered by Felipe De La Hoz

issue-242

21

Jan

Home in the ruins / Lost in the beat

Moh Telbani on his home in Gaza, and Brian Hioe reads Emily Witt

issue-241

17

Jan

Beyond Bollywood

Fahad Shah in conversation with Payal Kapadia on independent cinema in India

issue-240

16

Jan

Shelves of shame

Leila Brillson considers monstrosity

issue-239

15

Jan

Delight meets disaster / Savoring conflict

Miles Klee returns to Los Angeles; a chat on the old internet with Yemisi Aribisala

issue-238

14

Jan

The Colonial Master Asks You to Thank Him

Jídé Salawu considers recent developments in the colonial project

issue-237

13

Jan

Don’t worry / Be happy

Laurie Woolever’s slog to bliss, and Amy Chu calculates The Best Day of 2024

issue-236

10

Jan

Fugitive facts / Wealth of words

Tom Scocca tries to search, Nathan Schneider attempts to tabulate

issue-235

09

Jan

Me, mogul / Wounded wings

Leila Brillson pulls a strong card from 2024, and Diana Moskovitz apprehends sheer magnetic beauty

issue-234

08

Jan

Free users / Hot people

Jennie Rose Halperin gets bored with online dating and Rax King loves Anora, a Favorite Thing from 2024

issue-233

07

Jan

Seeing the unthinkable

Yonatan Raz Portugali on a clear-eyed podcast about the possibility of peace

issue-232

06

Jan

Low and slow / Frenzied and eternal

David Moore on Steve McQueen‘s ‘Bass’; a Wisconsin birthday treat with Amy Kurzweil

issue-231

31

Dec

A puff of danger / Familiar strangers

Social smoking with A.J. Daulerio; Julianne Escobedo Shepherd finds peace on YouTube

issue-230

30

Dec

Light in the dark / Things on more things

Josephine Riesman at the movies, and a holiday gift for David Roth

issue-229

27

Dec

Disaster on the airwaves / Blood on the page

New fiction from Luke O’Neil; murder books should stain us, says Talia Lavin

issue-228

24

Dec

Watcher of the skies

Sam Thielman with a chilling Christmas tale

issue-227

20

Dec

Useful things / Useless things

Anna Merlan dons an apron; organizing the Brian Hioe way

issue-226

19

Dec

Digging up legends

Author Alan Moore, in conversation with Zach Rabiroff

issue-225

18

Dec

Solitude streaming / A cup of cheer

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún on a shockingly fine television adaptation, and holiday faves from Trevor Alixopulos

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17

Dec

Unequal sympathies / Daily delights

Zito Madu has questions about the decline of civilization, and Jennie Rose Halperin makes space for pleasures

issue-223

16

Dec

Fresh blood / Baked guava

Miles Klee on rough justice, and Laurie Woolever makes one perfect treat

issue-222

13

Dec

Northern delights / No great loss

Good secrets shared by k.e. harloe, and Joe MacLeod’s little talk with Google

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12

Dec

Some kind of wonderful / Punk made plain

Visit the land of Oz with Sam Thielman, and listen to Ekko Astral with Parker Molloy

issue-220

11

Dec

Friendly conversation / Dictatorial silence

A favorite shared by Carrie Frye, and Brian Hioe on the Hong Kong 47

issue-219

10

Dec

Avoid big labels / Mistrust France

Mark Yarm talks with Tsunami, and Jídé Salawu on new chums Macron and Tinubu

issue-218

09

Dec

Dread disease / Crime concerns

Yemisi Aribisala solves an old mystery; Tom Scocca on the dangers of living in New York City

issue-217

06

Dec

Immeasurable middle

Ian Williams on the right way to live

issue-216

05

Dec

Open and shut

David Moore on the world of tomorrow, pov 2005

issue-215

04

Dec

Get your wings

Revisiting a holiday classic with John Saward

issue-214

03

Dec

Seeking loveliness / Going numb

Amy Chu chasing beauty, and new fiction from Colin McGowan

issue-213

02

Dec

That lucky feeling / Pick a pope

Rax King goes through the wringer; Osita Nwanevu on 'Conclave'

issue-212

28

Nov

Finding Each Other in Asheville

Days of reckoning and gratitude, by Carrie Frye

issue-211

27

Nov

Fraught feast / Foul-weather friends

Amy Kurzweil's dread repast, and respiration strategies from Parker Molloy

issue-210

26

Nov

Platform shoos

The world axes the X, by Fahad Shah

issue-209

25

Nov

Majority tyranny / Ancient grease

Nathan Schneider considers οἱ πολλοί, and Miles Klee on an unhappy meal

issue-208

22

Nov

Penis in the sky

Talia Lavin considers the cave

issue-207

21

Nov

Getting ahead / Getting away

Arwa Mahdawi on ambition, and Amy Chu's Candace Chen gets in a pickle

issue-206

20

Nov

Gusts of meaning

Luke O’Neil on losing your balance in a storm

issue-205

19

Nov

Furry interloper / Edible impostors

Anna Merlan’s nomadic roommate, and a public service matrix from Trevor Alixopulos

issue-204

18

Nov

Reading fundamentalist

Maria Bustillos on the defense of Western Civ

issue-203

15

Nov

Auto-tune autocrat

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún explains the coming political meme

issue-202

14

Nov

Tidings of the season

A sestina from Sam Thielman

issue-201

13

Nov

Final insult

Jennie Rose Halperin traces the poisonous roots of celebrity culture

issue-200

12

Nov

Swedish sparkles / A hopeless position

Diana Moskovitz takes a break in Stockholm; Amy Chu at the Boston Palestine Film Festival

issue-199

11

Nov

Be a pal

It doesn’t really matter what you call it, says k.e. harloe

issue-198

08

Nov

Above the fray

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd at a billionaire’s election watch party

issue-197

07

Nov

Longtime listener / Believe in books

John Saward on the tribe of Mike Francesca, and Maria Bustillos on saving libraries

issue-196

06

Nov

Laughable leadership / Wretched results

Jídé Salawu on Nigerian tomfoolery, and a poem on this day by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún

issue-195

05

Nov

The darkest hour / Braced for the future

Laurie Woolever on worsening situations; plan to plan with Felipe De La Hoz

issue-194

04

Nov

Pull the lever / Feel the change

Hydras on the ballots; dread and loveliness with Luke O’Neil

issue-193

02

Nov

Protest, vote

Jonathan M. Katz and Maria Bustillos on the Tuesday of our discontent

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31

Oct

Brawl and response / Really racist

Tommy Craggs on ultra-violence in the NBA; Arwa Mahdawi reviews ‘The Message’

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