Phantasm
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phantasm (n) — a figment of the imagination; an illusion or apparition
Editor's Note
Vertigo Editors (2023-24)
For our 2023 Halloween Issue, we at Vertigo wanted to imbue a bit of ghostly imagination in our dear readers lives: from undead zombies to paradoxically gargantuan vernacular to She-Gods, we hope you’ll enjoy the haunting artwork and even more haunting truths tucked in these pages. From our ghoulish souls to yours, happy Halloween! Don’t let the demented teddy bear bite…
Love, your editors, smiling nightmarishly at you from the dark corners of your room,
Kyrsten Su & Annie Yao
Boo!
Art
Aanya Mishra – Red Thread
Xing Xi Li – do you have salami
Julia Xu – Ysbryd
Lorie Wu – Bubbles
Olive Li – man
Chelsea Li – The Best Memories
Hannah Liaw – Character
Amber Lai – witch room
Annie Yao – Blender Horror Story
Michelle Jiang – A Candle Burnt On Both Ends
Elle Gasper – pumpkin pup
Mia Liu – The Mystery
Emma Ha – AfterTrickorTreating
Annabel Qin – The Witching Hour
Melissa Ismelissa – A(#*&@..$z%
Torxia Xu – Waiting
Writing
Eunice Leung – purple and orange and black
Kyrsten Su – thoughts on October
Emma Tang – Cyclic Nightmares
Emily Pedroza – o-0
Charlotte Bolay – haunted
Christina Zhou – 2 sentence horror stories
Sophia Zhang – The Scariest Thing in the World
Grace Ker – Returning Home
Madeline Chang – Coffin
Daphne Zhu – ._
Mahati Ramakrishnan – A paradoxical state of mind of blabbering