Writer's Block Magazine

The Revolution Mixtape

August 24, 2015

by Ilona Roesli, Music, Playlist, WB Column

I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more. Well, I wake up in the morning. Fold my hands and pray for the rain. I got a head full of ideas that are driving me insane. It’s a shame she makes me scrub the floor. These lines mark the first sentences of a song by…

And Nothing Else (Anti-)Matters

August 18, 2015

by Passionately Curious, Paul Hofma, WB Column

“And now, puny generic sci-fi superhero, I shall charge up my hyper-flux-capacitated antimatter bomb, and annihilate your entire planet! Lawrence, cue the evil-laugh tape!” Anti-matter (or, alternatively) antimatter is an age-old favorite power source among writers of scifi and superhero comics alike, which is probably why most people you’ll talk with will at least admit…

Unleash Your Inner Angst through a Literary Alter Ego

August 12, 2015

by Books, Essay, Literature, Phoebe Eccles, WB Column

I have often considered it unfair that the bigwigs of the music scene can split themselves into two by virtue of a stage persona and still be taken seriously. On more than one occasion I have put on my extra-large hoop earrings and demanded that my peers call me Pheyoncé, and on more than one…

Erasure Poem – Wuthering Heights

August 3, 2015

by Erasure Poem, Stiftgedicht, Tessel Rijneveldshoek

As you may have read in our 25th issue, I am dealing with the affliction that is called “I Cannot Seem To Get Through Wuthering Heights” (noteworthy: some of my friends shame me terribly because of this). As I will be attempting to read the Brontë sister’s novel for the fourth time this summer, I…

FortaRock 2015 – A Festival of Metal Fun

July 28, 2015

by Jules Schlicher, Music, Reviews, WB Column

Since 2013 I attend the metal festival FortaRock in Nijmegen. Like I do with most of the shows I attend, I go on my own and make new friends while we’re all rockin’ out. The weather has been glorious every time and no band has ever disappointed in their performance (save for a ridiculously horrible…