Julia Butschkow – Hansen

Dear Reader, the cottonwoods are seeding and we’re thinking of running away to become artists and summer’s ready to get its melt on and we’re all hankering for ice cream. Today’s share from SC 5.1 is Jula Butschkow’s story “Hansen,” delightfully translated by Peter Sean Woltemade. Check it:

Julia Butschkow - Hansen trans. Peter Woltemade[sample_facing]
Printed on facing pages.
Julia Butschkow - Hansen trans. Peter Woltemade[sample]

 

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Leah Christianson: Call Your Daughter

This week our share is Leah Christianson’s touching story “Call Your Daughter.” Forward this to your dad. Or your mom. Or your daughter. Or whoever needs it.

Leah Christianson - Call Your Daughter[sample]

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This story originally appeared in SC 4.1. Get your very own copy from our store. Read on!

Steve Coughlin: Ernest Medley’s Situation

Today we’re delighted to pull up from the archive this fiction, which may or may not remind us of one of our New Year’s resolutions, by Steve Coughlin: “Ernest Medley’s Situation.”

Steve Coughlin - Ernest Medley's Situation [sample]

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Pushcart Nominees 2015

Dear Readers, about this time each year the Pushcart nomination season offers an opportunity to honor a few of our authors. These choices are tough, as we love all the work we publish, and everyone on the team helped out. For the Pushcart Prizes XLI we nominate:

Check out issues 4.3 and 4.2, and get your copies here. We’d be falling down on the job if we didn’t mention you can subscribe (& order gift subscriptions) thisaway. Also and too, share your work. Read on!

Emily Cornell du Houx: Sinkhole Tourism

This week’s story is a doozy! All unmaking the ground from beneath us, readers. Read Emily Cornell du Houx’s “Sinkhole Tourism”:

Emily Duhoux - Sinkhole Tourism [sample]

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This story appears in the current issueStorm Cellar 4.3, available here and downloadable too. We’ve heard that if you subscribe, you will hover (this is insubstantial, as far as we know). Read on.