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Cover for Issue #7 of Quarter Up, art by Loulou. A man plays at a pinball machine, and a woman plays a video arcade machine in a small room from an isometric perspective. The small room floats in front of a star field. The title ’Quarter Up’ sits along the top of the room, and hanging from the bottom is the subtitle ’Volume III, Summer 2024’.

QUARTER UP!

The seventh issue of Quarter Up, a newsletter about pinball ... (MORE)

The seventh issue of Quarter Up, a newsletter about pinball and retro arcade gaming. Articles in this issue: Sonic Speed Cafe in Katy, Texas, the history of Wyvern F-0, two claw-machine arcades, and commentary from Buffalo on the rules-n-regs of pinball.

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A detail from Sefton Eisenhart’s painting Chaos of Heat, showing white shapes on a deep-red background. The author and title name are presented in large blue text in a sans-serif font, with ’A Crime Story’ in a smaller font size near the bottom.

The Chaos of Heat by Sefton Eisenhart

The only reason Dash was giving Vince a chance was because they were kind of friends growing up. These days they occupied distinctly opposite places when it came to supply and demand.

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A book cover shows a statue of a woman with six bat-ears, enormous bat-wings, and spider-legs. The statue is built into a cave wall and integrated into an underground mountain. Below the statue, bat-like people fly. To their left, a spider-like person holds a club over his head to strike. Next to him, a spider-woman spins silk. Next to her, a human man reaches over a cliff edge to hold the hand of a fairy-like woman. At the bottom of the page, a human woman, with curly hair and scarred skin, holds up her hands in a questioning stance.

The Woethief by Seth Patterson

Nyla Woethief has two minds, and an unborn child to protect.... (MORE)

Nyla Woethief has two minds, and an unborn child to protect. She longs to be free from her mistress, Gemma, who forces her to steal people’s bad memories. If she wins the next two duels, she will become Princess. Will that be enough to free her from Gemma and her treacherous ex-husband? Does an insectoid girl who haunts her dreams offer hope, or danger?

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Cover for Issue #5 of Quarter Up, illustration by Pencilforge. Illustration shows a bottom-up isometric perspective on a young man in blue jeans and a pilot’s jacket playing a video arcade cabinet called Quarter Up, against an orange-yellow background.

QUARTER UP!

The fifth issue of Quarter Up!, a newsletter about pinball a... (MORE)

The fifth issue of Quarter Up!, a newsletter about pinball and retro arcade gaming. Articles in this issue: Coverage of Houston Arcade Expo 2023, games seen on the road, the reverse-engineering of Sinistar, league schedules, a recap of the year’s pinball games, and a special offer from Buffalo.

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In this cover image, a woman in Wild West clothing stands in a gunfighters pose, ready to draw a bag of coins against her opponent on the other end of a dusty street. Her opponent: a pinball machine. Title is Shootout at the Arcade Corral by Brad Albright, all rights reserved, used with permission.

QUARTER UP!

The fourth issue of Quarter Up!, a newsletter about pinball ... (MORE)

The fourth issue of Quarter Up!, a newsletter about pinball and retro arcade gaming. Articles in this issue: A history of the proto-snake game Nibbler, a preview of the 2023 Houston Arcade Expo, an interview with pinball repair expert Steve Mitchell, and musings on pinball in Denmark.

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A book cover shows a statue of a woman with six bat-ears, enormous bat-wings, and spider-legs. The statue is built into a cave wall and integrated into an underground mountain. Below the statue, bat-like people fly. To their left, a spider-like person holds a club over his head to strike. Next to him, a spider-woman spins silk. Next to her, a human man reaches over a cliff edge to hold the hand of a fairy-like woman. At the bottom of the page, a human woman, with curly hair and scarred skin, holds up her hands in a questioning stance.

The Woethief by Seth Patterson

Nyla Woethief has two minds, and an unborn child to protect.... (MORE)

Nyla Woethief has two minds, and an unborn child to protect. She longs to be free from her mistress, Gemma, who forces her to steal people’s bad memories. If she wins the next two duels, she will become Princess. Will that be enough to free her from Gemma and her treacherous ex-husband? Does an insectoid girl who haunts her dreams offer hope, or danger?

* FOR AGES 13+ *
Aspen Daisies at the Beaver Creek Resort, Colorado, in late summer.

Small Things by Allie Flint

A collection of poems by Allie Flint, poet laureate of Lafayette, Colorado in the 1950’s.

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Cover art for Issue One of Quarter Up! magazine by Christopher Jacobs. Three different-colored pinballs shoot out from beneath an arcade cabinet with the words ’Quarter Up’ on the screen.

QUARTER UP!

The first issue of Quarter Up!, a newsletter about pinball and retro arcade gaming.

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BROWSE AUTHORS

Erin Bern

Erin Bern is the author of the upcoming science-fiction work Abyss Station.

John Bernhard

John Bernhard is the author of the vignette No License Needed.

Nicholas Bernhard

Nicholas Bernhard is the developer of Nantucket E-Books. His works include the historical novel November in America, and short stories such as The Trash Man and In the Maize.

Buffalo

Growing up in Modesto, Buffalo had, in the words of Gaylord Buzzard from the Broom-Hilda comics, a ream of paper, a typewriter, and the delusion [he] knew how to write.
Portrait by Jonathan Worth 1, credit Jonathan Worth, link to http://jonathanworth.com

Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently THE BEZZLE (a followup to RED TEAM BLUES) and THE LOST CAUSE, a solarp... (MORE)

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently THE BEZZLE (a followup to RED TEAM BLUES) and THE LOST CAUSE, a solarpunk science fiction novel of hope amidst the climate emergency. His most recent nonfiction book is THE INTERNET CON: HOW TO SEIZE THE MEANS OF COMPUTATION, a Big Tech disassembly manual. Other recent books include RED TEAM BLUES, a science fiction crime thriller; CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM, nonfiction about monopoly and creative labor markets; the LITTLE BROTHER series for young adults; IN REAL LIFE, a graphic novel; and the picture book POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Photo by Jonathan Worth, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.
Photograph of author Sefton Eisenhart. He is wearing a suit and tie, with a mustache and orange-tinted glasses. He is standing in front of a white background.

Sefton Eisenhart

Sefton Eisenhart is a writer living around Pennsylvania. His work has been published in Prometheus Dreaming, VoxPop PhlMetropolis, Wen Wu Literary Journal, The York Daily Record, and State of Philly.

AT Gonzalez

Author of the Ken Graham Interview, and a regular contributor to Quarter Up.

The Human Trust

The Human Trust is a collective of writers from all over the country, dedicated to pushing literary and cultural boundaries. Their upcoming works include the cyberpunk serial THE CURTAINS ARE BLUE.
Illustrated portrait of author Seth PAtterson, caucasian male with brown eyes and black hair. There is a cobweb in the upper-left corner of the image, and the caption

Seth Patterson

Seth Patterson grew up listening to radio dramas and his mom reading novels from the 1800s. He got his love of writing from his dad, who is an editor. In high school, he completed the One Year Adventu... (MORE)

Seth Patterson grew up listening to radio dramas and his mom reading novels from the 1800s. He got his love of writing from his dad, who is an editor. In high school, he completed the One Year Adventure Novel program. He has been in love with writing fiction ever since.

Public Domain

A collection of books in the public domain, meaning they have no copyright restrictions.

David W. Stoner

David W. Stoner is the author of short stories including Gypsy, A Hard Path, and Night’s Passage.
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