Today’s poem comes to you (no-frills!) from the department of words you’ve gotta read. Here’s Mack Carlisle’s “Double Bluff“:
This poem originally appeared in SC 6.1 — get yours here, or the ebook, and subscribe, subscribe, subscribe, honeys! Read on.
P.S. The Force Majeure #Flash #Contest ends 4/30 – $500 in prizes!
Dear reader, what aspect of us do you love so well? We’re not egotistical at all, and that’s just one of our many, many wonderful qualities! Just for being so thoughtful and complimenting us like you do, here are five faces cast in bronze, abstracted from the body, and mounted on a wall beautifully by Susan Stamm Evans:
This sculpture appears in SC 6.1 — get yours — and you can receive more like it by subscribing. P.S. our flash contest is still open, so get cracking!
After a dry season a wet one, after a cool season a hot — we have some seasons, mix-and-match, take your pick, ’round ‘yere. Our thanks to Ana Arredondo for sending us this big-contrast essay, which we nominated for a Pushcart this year, “Wild Silent Drums“:
This CNF piece originally appeared in SC 5.2, ebook here; & subscribe if you’re peacocking, it’s a great way to read more fab stories & songs. Read on!
PS – We’re still open for submissions of writing & art for an issue to feature women & genderqueer (broadly construed) creators, on any subject, in any style. Surprise us!
It’s Wednesday, so we’re sharing more from our “Rejected” department — our issuely take on things to which noes, tx. From SC 5.1, our rejected workouts:
We’re still looking for contributors to the next issue who are women or genderqueer (broadly construed, gender ≠ sex). And wouldn’t a gift subscription be nice this time of year?
June, we say June, darling Reader, and it’s nice to pack the ice cream stand and the park with our most pro forma clothes and our sheens of exquisition. Or are we air conditioning types? (Do tell.) Today we’re delighted to share two poems by Alan Jernigan: “Sadness Morphs into Luck” and “Kind of Saved Again.”
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These poems originally appeared in SC 5.1. Print issue here, ebook edition here, and as alwayas, the subscribers are a special club. Want to share? Submit. And: read on!
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