Zines can be difficult to define. The word “zine” is a shortened form of the term fanzine, which emerged as early as the 1930s among fans of science fiction. Zines also have roots in the informal, underground publications that focused on social and political activism in the ’60s. By the ’70s, zines were popular on the punk rock circuit. In the ’90s, the feminist punk scene propelled the medium. A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. The term encompasses any self-published unique work of minority interest (in this case rural seniors of Nova Scotia). The significant majority are produced in editions of less than 1,000. Profit is not the primary intent of publication. There are so many types of zines: art and photography zines, literary zines, social and political zines, music zines, perzines (personal zines), travel zines, health zines, food zines. And the list goes on and on. The following Zines were created by local seniors for the New Horizon’s for Seniors project through the Dr. Kingston Memorial Community Health Centre.