Featured in Storm Cellar 5.1, here’s one of Bill Wolak’s computer-manipulations of public domain images, Spell for a Desire Ageless as Summer:
Check out the issue in print and ebook formats in our store. Read on!
Author: Storm Cellar Editors
Pushcart Nominations 2016
We’re pleased to announce our Pushcart Prize nominations for 2016:
- Stephanie Dickinson – “Big-Headed Anna Fears the Parish Sheriff Coming for Her Make-Believe Baby” (short story)
- J.E. Reich – “Old Country” (short story)
- Erica Wright – “American New Year” (poem)
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Alan Jernigan – “Sadness Morphs into Luck” (poem)
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Virginia Smith Rice – “I Meant to Close the Window” (poem)
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Ana Arredondo – “Wild Silent Drums” (essay)
Elizabeth J. Colen: Standing Under the Pivot
This weekend’s share arrives fully formed and prescient: Elizabeth J. Colen‘s “Standing Under the Pivot.”
This poem originally appeared in SC 4.2, in print & ebook formats in our shop. Subscribe, whydon’tcha? & then & then read on.
PS. Seeking contributors for the next issue: writers who happen to be women or genderqueer (broadly construed). LINK.
Martin Porter: Dictionary, or the Scattering of the Nations
Today’s share comes at an opportune time, a time of opportunity, to consider what is a nation, the nation or nations, how they may unite or cleave irreparably, how they might speak a common tongue. Here’s Martin Porter‘s flash “Dictionary, or the Scattering of the Nations“:
This flash originally appeared in SC 4.2, in print and ebook forms over here. Subscribe, why don’t you, for more very understandable words delivered to your eyetips. Those who can: ♥️ read on ♥️!
PS. We’re looking for authors and artists to contribute to the next issue, which will feature all creators who happen to be women or genderqueer. Submission manager link.
Pushcart Winner preview
Storm Cellar 4.2 contributor Sea Sharp‘s poem “The Tallgrass Shuffles” appears in The Pushcart Prizes XLI, out this month [powells link] — have a gander!
![Sea Sharp - two poems[sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sea-sharp-two-poemssample.png?w=450&h=695)
![Sea Sharp - The Tallgrass Shuffles[4]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sea-sharp-the-tallgrass-shuffles4.png?w=450&h=695)
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