Demons in the Spring


Demons in the Spring is a collection of twenty short stories by Chicago author Joe Meno. Released by Punk Planet books in 2008, with illustrations by twenty artists including Charles Burns, Archer Prewitt, Ivan Brunetti, Jay Ryan, Paul Hornschemeier, Anders Nilsen, Geoff McFedtridge, Kelsey Brookes, Kim Hiorthoy, Chris Uphues, Caroline Hwang, Rachell Sumpter, kozyndan, Evan Hecox, and Cody Hudson. Each of Meno's short stories explores depression, loneliness and insanity in the world. The characters are off-center and morose.

List of stories and contributing artists

  1. "Frances the Ghost"
  2. "Stockholm 1973"
  3. "An Apple Could Make You Laugh"
  4. "It Is Romance"
  5. "The Sound before the End of the World"
  6. "Animals in the Zoo"
  7. "People Are Becoming Clouds"
  8. "Ghost Plane"
  9. "What a Schoolgirl You Are"
  10. "Miniature Elephants Are Popular"
  11. "The Boy Who Was a Chirping Oriole"
  12. "I Want the Quiet Moments of a Party Girl"
  13. "The Architecture of the Moon"
  14. "The Unabomber and My Brother"
  15. "Art School is Boring So"
  16. "Oceanland"
  17. "Get Well, Seymour!"
  18. "Iceland Today"
  19. "Airports of Light"
  20. "Winter at the World-Famous Ice Hotel"