Here's a surprise new release from Closed Caption Comics co-founder and PIX 2016 special guest, Conor Stechschulte.  Monks Mound looks and feels like it grew out of the same creative ferment that is currently nuturing his ongoing series, Generous Bosom.  Printed in dark blue-green/evergreen on cream stock, this 20 page short story interweaves two narratives:  the central ground narrative tells of two adult siblings spending the night at their mother's and as such offers a slice of life in these United States; the secondary, is, more or less, a guided, historical tour through the titular Monks Mound, an ancient Native American burial mound that recevied its present designation in the early 19th century after some Trappist monks settled nearby.  How the two interconnect is up to the reader to determine...