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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 [>>] (Island) • plus Rejected: First Novel Titles

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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

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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

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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

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Vol. VIII No. 1 – Milkweed

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FICTION
Carley Gomez [>>] • Genevieve Mills [>>]

NONFICTION
Vinitia Swonger • Nicole Rued

FLASH
Kathleen Hull • Daniel Uncapher • Annie Woods • Sionnain Buckley [>>] • Brooke Larson [>>]

POETRY
Dionne Custer Edwards [>>] • Amy M. Alvarez [>>] • S.A. Leger [>>] • Faiz Ahmad • Nadia López García trans. Anthony Seidman • Jacob Rivers [>>] • Betsy Johnson • Esteban Rodríguez • Sara Karim • Lucas Shepherd

IMAGES
Guilherme Bergamini (photo) [>>] • Alexander Chubar [painting] [>>] • Bex Saunders [photo] [>>] • Roger Camp (photo) • Kristen Kurlich (collage) [>>] • KJ Hannah Greenberg (photo) • cover by Morgan Stephenson [exterior, leaves] [>>] • plus Rejected Pollens

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Vol. VII No. 2 – Strong Water

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FICTION
Benny Brown • Matthew Sterner-Neely [>>] • A.L. Rowser [>>]

NONFICTION
Maame Blue [>>] • Amy Stonestrom [>>]

POETRY
Dorothy Chan [>>] • Rainie Oet [>>] • Albert Lee • B.B.P. Hosmillo • Harry Edgar Palacio • Joshua Sassoon Orol • Melissa Ostrom •  Jenny Mueller • Clare Louise Harmon [>>] • Jasmyn DiMeglio • Natalia Prusinska • Kelly Fordon [>>] • Suzanne Cody

FLASH
Susanna Space [>>] • Tamara L. Panici • Sheree Winslow [>>] • R. L. Aseret • Elaine Terranova • Matthew Woodman [>>] • Regina Ernst

IMAGES
Jessica Howard (paintings) [>>] • Allison Janicki (illustration) • Bette Ridgeway (painting) [>>] • Matt Prater (painting) • Alex Wells Shapiro (painting) [>>] • Zoya Kruse-Wu (front) [>>] and chello firefly sherman (back) • plus Rejected Events I Must Now Accept Happened While I Was Employed by an Ivy League Institution

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Vol. VII No. 1 — Back Fire

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FICTION
Peter Krumbach • Haley Fedor • Jeff Frawley • Ann Marie Gamble

The 2018 Force Majeure Flash Contest
Gen Del Raye (1st Prize) • Zoe Canner (2nd Prize) • Rosemarie Dombrowski (2nd Prize) [>>] • honorable mentions Tracy Ann Johnson • Francine Witte • Jennifer Lynn Krohn

NONFICTION
Sophia Terazawa • ali lanzetta

POETRY
Autumn Hayes • Asa Montgomery • Maj Ikle • Henry Goldkamp • Konstantin Nicholas Rega

IMAGES
Dana Kroos (paintings) [>>] • Kari Bell (painting) • Michael Chaney & Sara Biggs Chaney (painting) • Keith Moul (photo) • Dallas Crow (photo) • Harshal Desai (photo) • Junzimeizhi (painting) • Jessy Randall & Suzie DeGrasse (illustration) • covers by Catherine Eaton Skinner (front) [>>] and Timka Szőke (back) [>>] • plus Rejected Varietals

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Vol. VI No. 3 — Increment and Save

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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

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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 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Vol. IV No. 1 – Watershed

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FICTION
Kelly Magee & Carol Guess • Tasha LeClair • Stacy Graber • Leah Christianson

FLASH
Jennifer Yu • Jennifer Leeney Adrian

NONFICTION
Jeff Burt • Elizabeth Reed • Karen Weyant • Patricia O’Donnell

POETRY
Roberta Hatcher • Alejandro Escudé • Terrell Jamal Terry • Beth Towle • Jenna Rindo • Harmony Button • Jim Davis • Andrew Cox • Beth McDermott • Mark Ward • Todd Osborne • Sarah Sloat

ART
Kari Gunter-Seymour [photo series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] [>>] • covers by Kate LaDew (front) & Christine Hamm (back) [>>] • plus Rejected Themes

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Vol. III No. 2 – Spring Forward, Fall on Your Ass

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FICTION
Jan Carson • Scott David • Steve Coughlin

FLASH
Tom Howard • Stephanie Dickinson • Eleanor Levine • Andrew Johnson • John Gifford • Kelsie Hahn

NONFICTION
Ben Langston • Shelby Stephenson

POETRY
Simon Perchik • Amy Schmidt • Skaidrite Stelzer • Sara Biggs Chaney • Grace Bauer • Holly Painter • Amanda Tumminaro • Amorak Huey • Amanda Watters • Jennifer Markell • Allison Grayhurst • Vanessa Couto Johnson • Noah Kucij • Don Russ • Joel Peckham • Justin Hamm • Tanya Muzumdar

ART
Frank Roger [images 1, 2, 3, 4] [>>] • covers by CJ Nye (front) [>>] & Laura Story Johnson (back) [>>] • plus Rejected Ilustrations

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Vol. III No. 1 – Super/Drag

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FICTION
Jennifer Caloyeras • Xenia Taiga • Autumn Jackson • Eric Prochaska

FLASH
Nicholas Miller • Michael Chaney • Meredith Summers • Mayah El Dehaibi • Philip Kobylarz • Jennifer Kovelan

NONFICTION
Sjohnna McCray • Katie Johansen • Josette Kubaszyk

POETRY
Gary Jackson • Kimberly Prijatel •  Edward A. Dougherty • Aaron Anstett • Sarah Coury • John Palen • George Eklund • Carol Hamilton • Jennifer A. McGowan • Doug Bolling • Amber Edmondson •  Eric Thompson

IMAGES
Ivan de Monbrison [drawings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] [>>] • Emily Hake [paintings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] [>>] • covers by Otha “Vakseen” Davis III (front) [>>] & Sasha Piergeorge (back) [>>] • plus Rejected Powers

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Vol. II No. 3 – This Bird Will Die

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FICTION
Lynda Sexson •  Lisa E. Balvanz • Alida Winternheimer

FLASH
Jenny Ferguson • Christopher James • Jacquelyn Bengfort

NONFICTION
Nicole Oquendo

POETRY
Angela Veronica Wong •  Sean Thomas Dougherty •  Scott Weaver • Sarah Stanton • Elaine Moynahan •  Charlotte F. Otten • Janeen Rastall • F. J. Bergmann

IMAGES
Ira Joel Haber [collage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] [>>] • covers by Jesse Wells (front) [>>] & Eleanor Leonne Bennet (photo) [>>] • plus Rejected_Methods

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Vol. II No. 2 – “Women” (theme issue)

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FICTION
Angela Woodward • Marianne Mckey • Lindsey Gates-Markel

FLASH
Sybil Baker • Janis Butler Holm • Jacqueline May

NONFICTION
Jennifer Clark • DonnaMarie Girouard

POETRY
Mercedes Lawry • Sandra Faulkner • Karen Neuberg • Justine Chan • Diane Henningfeld • Monic Ductan • Melissa Dias-Mandoly • Maude Larke • Joan Colby • Dominika Bednarska

IMAGES
Emma Powell [photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] [>>] • cover by Nicole J. Wroblewski (front) [>>] • plus Rejected Flavors

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Vol II. No. 1 – Slimmed Down for Summer

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☛  Nathaniel Tower [flash] • Brendan McDonnell [story]
• David Lewitzky [poem] • J. R. Kangas [poem]
• Joan Colby [poem] • John Abbott [poem]
• Cathy Bryant [poem] • Christopher Dungey [story]
• cover by Colleen Vaillancourt (front) [>>]
• plus Rejected Webisodes

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Vol. I No. 2 – Working In the Kinks

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☛ Justine Chan [story] • Paul Asta [poems] • Garrett Traylor [poetry] • Jordan M. Gray [poetry] • Lindy Wheatley • Mary McCormack [poetry] • Ara Trask [story] • cover by Dave Samuel (front) [>>] • plus Rejected from This Issue

 

 

 

 

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Vol. I No. 1 – Proof of Concept

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☛  Harmony Neal [flash] • Ara Trask [f] • Matthew Tinbull [f] • Sidney Sheehan • Lindy Wheatley • cover by David Seabaugh • plus Rejected Titles for the Book You’re Reading