Tag: essay

Ana Arredondo: Wild Silent Drums

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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“:

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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!

Pushcart Nominations 2016

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We’re pleased to announce our Pushcart Prize nominations for 2016:

Laura Bernstein-Machlay: Vessels

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Our many (many) decorative gourds’ll serve to hold tiny scratched and puff-paint’d bits of memory as long as they last, no? Yes and today, we’re sharing Laura Bernstein-Machlay’s essay “Vessels” from the latest issue:

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Purchase the issue in print and ebook form, or subscribe to be delivered the latest. We’re seeking contributors for the next issue who happen to be women or genderqueer. Read on!

Storm Cellar #5.2 OUT NOW

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We’re delighted to announce Storm Cellar Vol. V No. 2, Fall 2016, “The Wick Offers the Wax.” Check it in: print & ebook.

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Contents

FICTION
Ethan Forrest Ross – Scabs
Michelle Ross – Winkelsucher
J. E. Reich – Old Country 
Jeff Ewing – Riverside
Curtis VanDonkelaar – Larry and Charlene in Three Acts 

FLASH
Jefferson Navicky – El Beardo
Brenna Womer – Two Week Guarantee
Ann Stewart McBee – Not Even Max
Max Delsohn – The Aim 

NONFICTION
Ana Arredondo – Wild Silent Drums
Matt Muilenburg – The Leadoff Men
Laura Bernstein-Machlay – Vessels 

POETRY
Lori Lamothe – Mind Fishing
Rebecca O’Bern – Little Lamb
Ari Wolff – Any Object Can Become Memorabilia
Jaime Garcia – Rubidoux
Melissa Atkinson Mercer – Please say something different
Erica Wright – American Burial Rites; American New Year
Sara Ryan – Wooly Bones
Jesse De Angelis – Poem for Earth
John Sibley Williams – As Spectator to Unenduring Things
Sarah Ann Winn – Introducing the Midwest Amazon 

IMAGES
Amy Kotthaus – Window; Above
Adam J. Gellings – Museum Maps
Christine Stoddard – Bayou Gator 8; I Dream of Elephants
David Todd McCarty – Rodeo Chico
Olivia Inwood – Spatial Transformation #8
Nicole Edine – To Life
Kristi Kohut – Velvet Agate
Jes Trejo – Shoot the Freak
W. Jack Savage – Collecting
Harry Wilson – Ileene’s Dance to the Old Year #3
Cover by Brian Michael Barbeito – A view of the fairgrounds in muted color  

PLUS
Rejected Atlantic Crossings

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If you’d like to write for SC, get in over here. Read on!

Courtney Kersten: The Disappearing Midwestern Girlhood: an Ethnography

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Girl-children! What was it like to be one of these vanishing creatures? Courtney Kersten investigates with “The Disappearing Midwestern Girlhood: An Ethnography,” out now in our latest, Storm Cellar 4.3.

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Support the arts, support the artist: print edition and instant-download ebooks at nearly-incredible prices are available now, and of course we have a crush on our subscribers. Read on!