WHO WE ARE
wind-up mice is a volunteer-run art & literary journal founded by two friends who met in berlin. we want to publish distinct voices, unforgettable imagery, your experiments. we love blending forms until they are unrecognizable. we seek the intimate, the mystical within mundanity. give us your thoughts on the evening train. your daydreams, lying half-awake on a sunbeam. give us the surreal—twisting the commonplace into a haunting haziness. the ephemeral. sunday afternoons in the kitchen, listening to the rain tap on your window. we believe music & writing go hand-in-hand & curate themed playlists for you to seek inspiration during each submission period. our sunday nibbles feature intertwines music with the intimate. we aim to continue printing tangible copies for you to hold in your hands!
MEET THE TEAM
art credit: chieko kato
co-editors-in-chief ashley d. escobar & penelope bernal
ashley d. escobar collects memories and curates dreams. she'd like to think of herself as a walking curiosity shop. GLIB is her debut poetry collection chosen by eileen myles. she's received an mfa in lying at columbia university. people watching is her favorite hobby, along with taking trains with no destination. the s-bahn platform in ostkreuz right before sunrise is where she'd like to be, overlooking the city with a notebook in hand. gulls & orange skies occupy her mind. find her on twitter @quinoa_cowboy. recent publications include the london magazine & hobart. avid user of the love letter emoji; she'll typewrite you one any day. suburban light by the clientele holds a special place in her heart. orchestrating a lit mag is the closest thing to being in a band—for now. quinoacowboys.com
penelope bernal is also our artist in residence. eccentric, inquisitive. she's a youth artivist at self help graphics inc. in los angeles with a degree in anthropology & global international studies. her world is influenced by anthropological studies, antique malls, and pinterest horses. she loves la—lilac sunsets, green hills, monchhichi keychains—she hums to crow calls and sits on park benches listening to what's important by beat happening. her art can be found on her instagram @antspicnic and her website.
kia heryadi is a music interviewer. she is a friend, lover, daughter, dreamer, and teddy bear enthusiast. some of her favorite labels include too pure, k records, slumberland, and sarah records. when she’s feeling whimsical, she likes to listen to rocketship’s “here comes… rocketship” and chocolate usa's “smoke machine.” she would cut off any number of appendages to have been in attendance at the international pop underground convention.
