The most costumed and frightened time of year is upon us, and then what is also known as All-Souls Day. This is “Preparing the Heart” by Amy Schmidt:
![Amy Schmidt - Preparing the Heart [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/amy-schmidt-preparing-the-heart-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
“Preparing the Heart” originally appeared in Storm Cellar 3.2. Support the magazine, support the author: purchase or download. You’ll touch our hearts if you subscribe. Read on!
Sometimes pushing form just comes down to feeling through joints in the language. We were delighted when Shelby Stephenson shared this chapter of memoir-in-verseĀ from Country:
![Shelby Stephenson - from Country [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shelby-stephenson-from-country-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
Read the whole issue by downloading or purchasing Storm Cellar 3.2. The most intoxicating option is to subscribe. Read on!
Pumped from the archive like cold aquifer water, we’re happy to serve three flashes by Stephanie Dickinson: “Emily and the Hobo,” “Emily and the Mule Man,” and “Emily and the Scarlet Fever Deity.”
![Stephanie Dickinson - three flashes [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/stephanie-dickinson-three-flashes-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
These flash pieces first appeared in Storm Cellar 3.2Ā ā download the whole issue here, or purchase the thoroughly refreshing print edition. SubscribersĀ see it all firsties. Read on!
Here now, two fine flashes lovingly restored to mint condition by Andrew Johnson: “Pulsing” and “Ring Nebula, First Entry.” Get them before they jet off to other parts:
![Andrew Johnson - Ring Nebula, First Entry [sample-2]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/andrew-johnson-ring-nebula-first-entry-sample-2.png?w=700&h=1079)
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The heart wants a suit of armor sometimes. Isn’t family a bundle of arrows? The hidden knife is as dangerous as the seen. Check out Jan Carson’s āMore of a Handstand Girlā from SC 3.2, and get the proper issue here (print / pdf).
![Jan Carson - More of a Handstand Girl [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/jan-carson-more-of-a-handstand-girl-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
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