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Click names for PDF samples, >> for author site/soc. The current issue is 10.2, “Hobby Horse” [ ebook | print ]

Vol. X No. 1 – Ruling Passion

2021 FORCE MAJEURE FLASH CONTEST
Serrina Zou (1st Prize) • Justine Teu [>>] (2nd Prize) • Sherrel McLafferty [>>] (2nd Prize) • honorable mentions Jax Connelly [>>] • Erica Frederick [>>] • S. Erin Batiste [>>]

FICTION
Kevin Serrano Echevarría [>>] • Sophie Hoss [>>] • Vincent James Perrone [>>]

FLASH
Kate Garklavs [>>] • S. S. Mandani [>>] • Edward Columbia [>>] • Luke Rolfes • Capella Parrish [>>] • S.D.S.

POETRY
Rebecca Pelky [>>] • Moira Walsh [>>] • Caroline Taylor • Kristi Maxwell [>>] • Natasha Sharma • Micah Daniel McCrotty • Terry Belew • Meg Johnson [>>] • Mira Martin-Parker

IMAGES
CJ Nye (painting-collage) [>>] • Martins Deep (photograph) [>>] • Lisa Monique Hauck (drawing) [>>] • Arinze Ndieli (photograph) [>>] • Elder Gideon (sculpture) [>>] • Sarah Kimmel (photograph) [>>] • Zhongwen Hu (painting) [>>] • covers by Rebecca Ledbetter (front) [>>] & Scott Brennan (back) [>>] • plus Rejected: True Crime Documentaries

Vol. IX No. 2 – Fusion

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FICTION
Lisa Slage Robinson [>>] • Deva Eveland • Jennifer Love • Sarah Arantza Amador [>>] • Jihoon Park [>>]

FLASH
Jackie Yang • Austin Treat [>>] • Karol Lagodzki [>>] • Grace Q. Song [>>]

NONFICTION
Valerie Witte [>>]

POETRY
Brianna Cunliffe • Beth Brown Preston • Mel Sherrer [>>] • Anthony Aguero [>>] • Kelsey Day [>>] • Berico Henry [>>] • María Teresa Andruetto [>>] translated by Laura Chalar • Sam Lane • Gwen Hart • Sophia Liu

IMAGES
Darren M. Edwards [>>] • K.R. Segriff [>>] • Lauren Paredes • Natascha Graham [>>] • Sydney Yount (photographs) [>>] • with cover by Dawei Wang (painting) [>>] • plus Rejected: First Novel Titles

Vol. IX No. 1 – Fission

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The 2020 Force Majeure Flash Contest:
Negesti Kaudo (1st Prize) • Stephanie Niu (2nd Prize) • Taylor Drake (2nd Prize) • honorable mentions Noah Farberman • Suphil Lee Park • Rebecca Morton

FICTION
Abbigail N. Rosewood • Maurice Moore • Elizabeth Kirschner • Xuan Nguyen

CREATIVE NONFICTION
J.O. Haselhoef • Diana Emmons • Chelsey Clammer

FLASH
Chandra Steele • Randy William Santiago • Tessa Yang • Christopher Santantasio

POETRY
Casey Knott • kevin latimer • Charles J. March III • John Barton • Christos Kalli • Elspeth Jensen • Jake Bailey

IMAGES
Kelly McQuain (painting) • Grant Yun (digital illustration) • Angie Mason (photograph) • Alana King (photograph) • Rachel Singel (intaglio print) • K. Johnson Bowles (fiber art) • covers by David Mack • plus Rejected Years

Vol. VIII No. 3 – Hemp

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FICTION
Angie St. John • A.J. Atwater • Yasumi Tsuhara [津原泰水] translated by Toshiya Kamei • Corina Bardoff • Colby Vargas

FLASH
Michelle Spokes

NONFICTION
Jay Hansford C. Vest

POETRY
Stephanie Chang • Asad Emaan Ali • Meghan Purvis • Michael Chang • Emily Kerlin • Darius Atefat-Peckham • Simon Perchik

IMAGES
Salka Ritva Karela Pomfret • Kevin Kong • Sarah Simon • Jason R. Montgomery • Helen Fukuhara • Sally Brown Deskins • C.R. Resetarits • Jennifer Roche • Laura Giardina • with covers by Kyle Taylor [>>] (front, leaf, leaf, back) • plus Rejected Time Wasters

Vol. VIII No. 2 – Sisal

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The 2019 Force Majeure Flash Contest
Chila Woychik (1st Prize) • Anthony DiPietro (2nd Prize) • Z Kennedy-Lopez (2nd Prize) • honorable mentions Lindsay Reeve • Lee Ann Gallaway-Mitchell • Pınar Yaşar

FICTION
Katherine Ann Davis • Michelle Geoga • Jessie Lovett Allen

NONFICTION
Arlandis Jones

FLASH
Raymond Deej • Parker Young

POETRY
Kimberly L. Becker • Adam Schechter • Sarah Lyons-Lin • Suzanne Schultheis • Joseph Johnson • Sasha Torchinsky • Katherine Fallon • Erin Wilson • brian g gilmore

IMAGES
Kelly DuMar • Jason Kerzinski • David Troupes • Elliot Parker • Keith Hood • with covers by Jaina Cipriano (front, leaf, leaf, back) [>>] • plus Rejected Goops

Vol. VI No. 3 — Increment and Save

Sharon Sayegh - Everything That's Magic Happens Here [ ebook | print sold out ]

FICTION
Katharine Coldiron [>>] • Charlie Watts • McKenzie Schwark [>>]

NONFICTION
Jenny Torres Sanchez [>>] • Kelly DuMar [>>] • Jesica Carson Davis [>>]

FLASH
Kimberly Priest [>>] • Anne Riesenberg • Kat Gonso • Meher Ali

POETRY
Marilyn Cavicchia [>>] • Tyler Clark • William Stratton • Knar Gavin [>>] • Jennifer Hu • Anna Akhmatova trans. Don Mager • Rose Knapp [>>] • Claire Castaneda

IMAGES
Martha Clarkson (photo) • Gail Goepfert (photo) • Yanuary Navarro (painting) [>>] • Laura Page (painting) • Joshua B. Huitz (photo) • Diane Din Ebongue (photo) [>>] • Jade McDougall (digital collage) • Geoffrey Ellis Aronson (photo) • with covers by Sharon Sayegh (front) [>>] and Ana Prundaru (back) [>>] • plus Rejected Business Models

Vol. VI No. 2 — Partition Table

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FICTION
Sara Lippmann [>>] • Brian Phillip Whalen [>>] • Rachel Linn [>>] • Heather Whited

FLASH
Anne Riesenberg • Bucket Siler [>>] • Rita Ciresi [>>] • Alex Clark • Oscar Mancinas [>>] • Derek Updegraff • Amanda Bloom [>>] • Sarah Feng [>>] • Lana Spendl [>>] • Travis Truax • Jennifer Lynn Krohn [>>]

NONFICTION
José Angel Araguz [>>] • Kristine Langley Mahler [>>] • Mary Mullen

POETRY
Bruce Alford • Jason Morphew [>>] • Javier Perez [>>] • Lynne Potts [>>] • Peter Burzynski [>>] • Lori Propheter [>>] • Audrey Glass [>>] • Katie Hibner

IMAGES
Bill Wolak (manipulated image) • Shushanik Karapetyan (photo) [>>] • Heather Lewis (photo) • Diana Simon (painting) • cover by Erik Farseth [>>] • plus Rejected Ersatz Dishes

Vol. VI No. 1 — Override Defaults

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FICTION
Kate Myles • Lauren Kocher

FLASH
Meredith Maltby • C.B. Auder • Jan Stinchcomb • Amanda Haag • Sierra Bellows • Tara Isabel Zambrano • Rosanna Staffa • Helen Hofling

NONFICTION
Lindsey Wilson • Amber N. • Dacia Price • Jennifer Kulbeck

POETRY
Mack Carlisle • Leah Noble Davidson • Rachel Jamison Webster • Lauren Sanderson • Julian Mithra • Riel Sturchio • Cath Nichols • Ann-Marie Blanchard • Carolyn Guinzio • B. Woods

IMAGES
Susan Stamm Evans (sculpture) • Anna Lea Jancewicz (photo) • Susan Yount (collage) [>>] • Andrea Fuhrman (photo) [>>] • Katherine Rudin (collage) • K.J. Hannah Greenberg (illustration) • covers France Corbel (front) [>>] and Lilian Crooks (back) [>>] • plus Rejected Behaviors

Vol. V No. 2 – The Wick Offers the Wax

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FICTION
Ethan Forrest Ross • Michelle Ross • J.E. Reich
Jeff Ewing • Curtis Vandonkelaar

FLASH
Jefferson Navicky • Brenna Womer • Ann Stewart McBee • Max Delsohn

NONFICTION
Ana Arredondo • Matt Muilenburg • Laura Bernstein-Machlay

POETRY
Lori Lamothe • Rebecca O’Bern • Ari Wolff • Jaime Garcia • Melissa Atkinson Mercer • Erica Wright • Sara Ryan • Jesse De Angelis • John Sibley Williams • Sarah Ann Winn

IMAGES
Amy Kotthaus (two photos) [>>] • Adam J. Gellings (photo) [>>] • Christine Stoddard (two mixed-media) [>>] • David Todd McCarty (photo) [>>] • Olivia Inwood (sculpture) [>>] • Nicole Edine (photo) [>>] • Kristi Kohut (watercolor) [>>] • Jes Trejo (photo) • W. Jack Savage (painting) [>>] • Harry Wilson (photo) [>>] • cover by Brian Michael Barbeito [>>] • plus Rejected Atlantic Crossings

Vol. V No. 1 – The Benefits of Theft over Honest Toil

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FICTION
John Allen • Julia Butschkow trans. Peter Sean Woltemade

NONFICTION
Chila Woychik • Harry Leeds

FLASH
Meher Ali • Stephanie Dickinson • Camille Meyer • Thea Swanson • Dan Nielsen

POETRY
Courtney Marie • Caleb Nelson • Robert Fanning • Gen Del Raye • Danielle Susi • Kimberly Ann • Alan Jernigan • Daniel Hales • Joel Allegretti • Marc Harshman • Virginia Smith Rice

IMAGES
Azia Archer [photos 1, 2 ] [>>] • Nathan Nielsen [woodcuts 1, 2] • Stephanie Flood (collage) [>>] • Samantha Fortenberry (six photos) [>>] • Samantha Peterson (photo) [>>] • Bill Wolak (manipulated image) [>>] • cover by Rob Jefferson [>>] • plus Rejected workouts

Vol. IV No. 3 – Sightlines

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FICTION
Emily Cornell du Houx • Lidia Jean Kott

FLASH
Carolyn Guinzio • Sarah Gawricki • Beth Walker • Kayleb Rae Candrilli • Daniel W. Thompson • Caleb Tankersley

NONFICTION
Courtney Kersten • Diane Payne • Luke Rolfes

POETRY
Carol Tyx • Christine Bettis • Grace Bauer • Aran Donovan • Diya Abdo • Danielle Weeks • Sandra Kolankiewicz • M.K. Sukach • Jen Coleman • Ann Clark

TRANSGENRE
Jay Hansford C. Vest

IMAGES
Covers by Jennifer Nichole Wells (front) [>>] & Jonathan Brooks (back) [>>] • plus Rejected Rejectors

Vol. IV No. 2 — As Body Is to Fetish

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FICTION
Joseph Harris • Lee Ann Roripaugh • Harmony Neal • Kelsey Allan

FLASH
Jacob Aiello • Olivia Wolfgang-Smith • Meredith Alling • Martin Porter

POETRY
Sea Sharp • Jenni B. Baker • Marc Santos • John Gallaher • Elizabeth Crowell • Devon Wootten • Rachael Peckham • Carlton D. Fisher • Rachel Jamison Webster • Marvin Shackelford • Elizabeth J. Colen • Douglas Luman • Jessica M. Lockhart

IMAGES
Leonard Kogan [paintings 1, 2] [>>] • Luke David Mechem [woodcuts 1, 2] [>>] • Thomas Gillaspy [photographs 1, 2] [>>] • covers by Andrea Joyce Heimer [>>] & Ben Hopper [>>] • plus Rejected ’Ships