Barbie Falls on Hard Times: a photo series by Kari Gunter-Seymour

What would happen if the top-heavy American doll were real? It might not go so well. Impossible to say, but in SC 4.1, Kari Gunter-Seymour [>>] lets usĀ see:

Kari Gunter-Seymour - Barbie Falls on Hard Times #1[sample]

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Jennifer Yu: Things Olivia Would Like to Avoid

Proposition: life is the rough contact between ego and world. Proposition: the automatic teller machine is a microscale synecdoche of computer-age alienation. Proposition: we effing love listicles. Forthcoming in SC 4.1:

Jennifer Yu - Things Olivia Would Like to Avoid (if Possible)[sample]

 

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Harmony Button: two poems

Oh my goodness, readers! In SC 4.1 we presentĀ two wild poems by Harmony Button [>>]. Whatever breaks down and slumps into the future, we have these mobile platforms for thought, for decision, for moments of joy. Sing legs, sing paws:

Harmony Button - two poems[sample]

 

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Alejandro EscudĆ©: A Moving Thing Without Legs

Coming out in Storm Cellar 4.1, Alex EscudĆ©’s “A Moving Thing Without Legs” will get you to the sea, one way or another, mermaider way:

Alejandro EscudƩ - A Moving Thing Without Legs[sample]

 

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Elizabeth Reed: Sitting for the Photo

Creative nonfiction, this essay from the forthcoming Storm Cellar 4.1 [pre-release ebook/preorder print] homes in on the sharp, vibrating edge of living through one’s child. It’s Elizabeth Reed’s “Sitting for the Photo”:

Elizabeth Reed - Sitting for the Photo [sample]

 

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