Karen Weyant: Phoebe Cates’s Bikini

…And so summer became officially a thing. Turning points are reached, even if their significance is not fully realized just then. We’re delighted today to steer you to this selection from the archive: Karen Weyant’s “Phoebe Cates’s Bikini.”

Karen Weyant - Phoebe Cates's Bikini [sample]

This nonfiction flash first appeared in SC 4.1. Download or purchase over here and definitely, most definitely, subscribe. Read on!

Olivia Wolfgang-Smith: Punch-Clock Fireworks

We work and work, don’t we? We fret our hour? And how we do so . . . Olivia Wolfgang-Smith’s short essay on the daredevil every day is “Punch-Clock Fireworks“:

Olivia Wolfgang-Smith - Punch-Clock Fireworks [sample]

This flash nonfiction appears in the latest issue of Storm Cellar: 4.2. Your print copy is here, or you can download in popular ebook formats. Read on!

Jeff Burt: I Am Homeless

Welcome, 2015 and winter here in the Northern Hemisphere. There are those among us who have less, whose desire has been honed down, oh, so far. Let us look, really look. Consider this short essay on being displaced, from our latest issue, Jeff Burt’s “I Am Homeless—Twelve Steps“:

Jeff Burt - I Am Homeless—Twelve Steps[sample]

This essay originally appeared in Storm Cellar 4.1. Support the artist, support the arts: subscribe, and purchase single issues or ebooks (or both!) from our store. Read on!

Shelby Stephenson: from Country

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-verse from Country:

Shelby Stephenson - from Country [sample]

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Patricia O’Donnell: Electricity

It’s drive-ins and Caddys and going back after disasters: in SC 4.1, Patricia O’Donnell’s black-earth walking tour is “Electricity.”

Patricia O'Donnell - Electricity[sample]

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