HI! I’m Kate, an illustrator who goes by Party Krill.
This is a project about holding onto our wonder.
INSPIRATION
Like you, I often use the internet to satisfy brief curiosities. But I find myself feeling unsatisfied, overwhelmed, or unable to hold onto my search results. Instead of searching all the many, many questions I have, I am recording the majority of those "wonders" and using them to inspire a series of illustrations. These questions range from silly to informational to big-picture. A few examples: What's the deal with Boxing Day? Do people who've had near-death experiences report similar smells? What’s the connection between dopamine and irritability? How bad is weed and feed? With these collected curiosities and illustrations in hand, I’ll be popping up in the Spokane community in 2026 to connect with people about curiosity.
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BOOK
We invite you to submit 3-5 poems or a piece of short prose (500 words) inspired by curiosity or wonder. You can use any of my questions, found at the end of this page, or you can chew on bit of your own curiosity. The challenge is not to use a search engine or LLM (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) for inspiration or understanding. Talk to people (on a device is fine!), look at the world, or just sit and, you know, wonder.
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TIMELINE + COMPENSATION
Final decisions will be made in Spring 2026. All selected authors receive a $50 prize to say thank you for sharing their wonder.
RELEASE + EVENT
In late summer, we will hold a community event exhibiting the illustrations, releasing the book, and inviting contributors to share their writing.
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EDITOR
Tim Greenup is a local poet and poetry editor. He will edit and curate the submissions for Wonder Killer: the Book. He has worked on multiple literary journals, and has most recently restarted the literary and art journal, Legends, at Spokane Community College, serving as faculty advisor and managing editor.
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Big thanks to Spokane Arts, which has partially funded this project
& is key to making it happen!
A Partial List of Wonders
Do bears have belly buttons? What about geese?
Is there a biological reason for hot flashes?
What are the 5 ancient grains?
Is is 5 sacred or ancient grains?
What is Boxing Day all about?
Is it suss out or sess out?
What is the spam non-advertisement version of I like Bread and Butter?
What’s the difference between ducks and geese?
How bad is weed and feed?
What happens if you never cut your grass, but you water it, too?
Was there a sitcom that started with I like Bread and Butter?
What does it look like to eat 100 grams of protein as a vegetarian?
Does Botox affect life expectancy?
What is Nigella Lawson up to these days?
Who might do the music for new white lotus?
What is garden party attire?
What’s the connection between dopamine and irritability?
Is there a place where you can live in a community, sheltered from news and still have access to medical care?
What it is the perfect ergonomic drawing space for a hypermobile artist?
What’s an agnostic version of the Lord’s Prayer?
How can you tell if gold and silver paint on vintage dishes is toxic?
Are there reports of smells from people who’ve had near-death experiences?
Arthritis versus bursitis versus it band pain in hip
What’s a reasonable amount to pay a teenager for yardwork?
How honest should I be when asked for organizational feedback?
What to do when people ask for feedback, then are defensive?
Lip taping before and after?
What’s with ants leaving little mountains of sand where they were?
Do we all wake up breathing mostly out of one nostril?
What to do about stiff computer fingers
How to root an algomeda
How to become a soccer fan
How do you pronounce scythe
Why is it better to breath out of your nose than mouth?
What’s the rarest flower in the world?
Which emotions do you hold in your hips?
Why won’t my rose’s grow flowers? My rose bushes are growing, but not flowering.
Which emotions do we hold in our hips?
Who owns a Birkin?
Menopause and sex drive?
Best computer set up for arthritic fingers
What even if arthritis?
Can you wash concrete?
Donbirds overheat? Do need water? Do birds like warm weather?
Do quail mate for life? Or at least a little while?
How to make birds love your front yard.
Do tarantulas build webs?
Are people with clean cars happier?
Are people with clean homes happier?
What are good questions to ask your elders?
What are some good conversation starters for your parents’ friends?
What’s the difference between a Roman column and a Greek column?
What’s the biological function of jealousy?
Do tall people have more cells in their body, or are their cells just bigger?
How much water does an average ai search use?
How do frogs reproduce?
Do minor league soccer players have other jobs?
Did all dinosaurs have feathers?
How to grow sweet tomatoes?
Can you make your fruit trees bare less fruit?