creative nonfiction

Storm Cellar #11.1 published!

Posted on 21 November, 202321 November, 2023 by Storm Cellar Editors

It’s pub day, today, and we’re so excited to share with you our latest, a bit late but arriving in its own time! Big love to all who contributed, and — Reader — you’re gonna love this one! Get it in glorious print or fabulous ebook editions.

Force Majeure Flash Contest winners:
1st prize – Tessa Swackhammer,
2nd prize – Mike Yunxuan Li,
2nd prize – Julian Mithra,
honorable mention – Erica Sharlette,
honorable mention – Mike Itaya,
honorable mention – Jill Bronfman,
honorable mention – Sara Fetherolf,
FICTION
Liza Wieland,
Katherine Sinback,
FLASH
Cameron Walker,
Gabriella Navas,
Kate Garklavs,
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Julia Kooi Talen,
POETRY
Jan Ball,
Zachary Lundgren,
Nnadi Samuel,
Jasmine Sawers,
Derek Otsuji,
Kristin Emanuel,
Chrissy Martin,
Grace Day,
Jane Vogel,
Kayleigh Norgord,
Carolina Esses translated by Allison A. DeFreese,
IMAGES
Debismita Dutta,
Yuko Kyutoku,
fatima abby tall,
Paul Rabinowitz,
Joseph Stern,
Favour Adetona,
Ami Watanabe

Arlandis Jones: Big Shoe Dance

Posted on 10 October, 202311 October, 2023 by Storm Cellar Editors

We’re champing to be get back on the shoe on the other foot, or something like that. Here’s “Big Shoe Dance,” a gem of a personal essay from Arlandis Jones:

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This CNF piece originally appeared in Storm Cellar 8.2, available as an ebook over in our shop (print sold out).

Issue #10.2 is OUT NOW!

Posted on 15 December, 202215 December, 2022 by Storm Cellar Editors

Storm Cellar Vol. X No. 2, autumn ’22, nicknamed “Hobby Horse” → click for the delicious print and ebook editions. Contents links to PDF samples, [>>] for author site.

FICTION
David Busboom [>>] – The Prairie Is My Garden
Mandy-Suzanne Wong [>>] – Café Crypsis

FLASH
MAP – Knot
Carolyn Oliver [>>] – Nyctinasty
Ali Abid – The Mosque in Those Days
DM O’Connor [>>] – Round, Racy, Nut & Plum
JWGoll – Exodus

CREATIVE NONFICTION
Philip James Shaw [>>] – for when the ninths of a voice been a sacrifice
Theresa Lin [>>] – The Cult of Togetherness

POETRY
Tyra Douyon [>>] – The Gathering
Cecilia Díaz Gómez translated by Kiran Bhat [>>] – Ch’Ayem Ta Sjol Ko’ontik [I’m on My Way Walking]
Natalie Louise Tombasco [>>] – Fever Dream of Allen Ginsberg
Martha Zweig – Serpent
Rigel Portales [>>] – The Usual Barbershop Is Closed and I Need to Be Cut
Danielle McMahon – Madonna of the Rocks
Stephen C. Middleton – Frail Intuition (Under Assault)
Leigh Lucas [>>] – I’ll start Dear Vickie (use pen, be breezy)
Ranney Campbell – End with Past Tense
Naomi Kanakia [>>] – Before Sleep

IMAGES
Lesley Finn [>>] – The Gardeners
Marija Mičić – Moonlight
Melody Serra [>>] – Stained Glass
Sijia Ma [>>] – Desire
Jean Wolff [>>] – Blue Rod Painting 3
Mario Loprete [>>] – FUCKOVID
Erick Buendia [>>] – The Champ
Dylan Willoughby [>>] – Rose

PLUS
Rejected Deadlines, cover by Maria Svartvadet Jakobsen [>>] – Growth

Vinitia Swonger: #1, I limit myself

Posted on 3 December, 202130 November, 2021 by Storm Cellar Editors

These four micro-memoirs form some of the tastiest CNF flash you’ll imbibe today, Reader, so worry not about the salt balance and drink up! Here’s Vinitia Swonger’s “#1, I limit myself“:

This creative nonfiction flash originally appeared in SC #8.1, available in print and ebook formats at our store. Read on!

Nichole Rued: A Smart Girl’s Guide to Boys

Posted on 22 October, 202113 October, 2021 by Storm Cellar Editors

Things are always gearing up for that date, aren’t they, hetero friends? Those greasy, bloody, screaming gears. The gears you’ve always been in. Prepare, if you dare, with Nichole Rued’s blinding CNF hermit crab “A Smart Girl’s Guide to Boys (A Found Essay)”: