E. M. Forster’s story describes a dystopia of isolation and disconnection, published over 100 years ago this story has new context after COVID-19 quarantining.

Printed on broadsheet, this republication presents ‘The Machine Stops’ as a small, cheap, carry and go zine. Monocolour on a singular sheet of paper, this work is a mysterious and nostalgic glimpse into what writers at the last turn of the century can teach us now.