Open your phone, navigate to your favorite social media app. Scroll for thirty seconds.  
How many ads did you see? 
How many people yelling? 
How many headlines that made your stomach drop? 
How many videos that blurred together until another tragedy became background noise? 
Your goal was 30 seconds, how long did you actually scroll for? 
Welcome to The Chaos Machine, the focus of our 2026 summer issue of Block Print. This collection of stories and art cover a wide range of emotion and themes, all tied to the algorithms in our lives that influence how we see the world and relate to our communities.
 
Block Print is published and produced by Writer's Block Ink, a nonprofit arts and youth development organization based in New London, Connecticut since 2003. Every purchase of this zine is a direct donation supporting our work equipping young people with the tools, mentorship, and confidence to create art that makes a meaningful impact in the world.
Find out how you can get involved at:
www.writersblockink.org