Storm Cellar 8.3 Out Now!

It’s here and fab, so get it for your eyes and your life: Storm Cellar Vol. VIII No. 3, Summer 2020, nicknamed “Hemp”; click for the delicious print and ebook editions.

Contents

FICTION
Angie St. John – Them Trophies
A.J. Atwater – Bob
Yasumi Tsuhara translated by Toshiya Kamei – My Neighbor Makino
Corina Bardoff – How Nice
Colby Vargas – Refusing to Drop

FLASH
Michelle Spokes – Suburban Amsterdam

NONFICTION
Jay Hansford C. Vest – Song of the Rain Crows

POETRY
Stephanie Chang – Church of the Greenland Shark
Asad Emaan Ali – Supercomputer
Meghan Purvis – Mermaids
Michael Chang – that was not a threatening gesture
Emily Kerlin – House Fire
Darius Atefat-Peckham – Windchimes
Simon Perchik – * [It starts at the foundry]

IMAGES
Salka Ritva Karela Pomfret, Kevin Kong, Sarah Simon, Jason R. Montgomery, Helen Fukuhara, Sally Brown Deskins, C.R. Resetarits, Jennifer Roche, Laura Giardina, with covers by Kyle Taylor [>>] (front, leaf, leaf, back)

PLUS
Rejected Time Wasters

Benny Brown: Ad Space

Summer gig blues, out there, for those who have a gig, and those who have to have have a gig. Find a little excitement in the “Ad Space,” this electricity-charged story by Benny Brown.

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This story first appeared in SC 7.2, available in our shop in print and ebook formatsRead on!

Ann Marie Gamble: A Shot of B

It’s the last moment, we see, for a quick escape (this was prepared in advance even while we think on our feet) — we take all our advice with Ann Marie Gamble’s [>>] “A Shot of B“:

This story appears in Storm Cellar #7.1, nicknamed “Back Fire,” available in delicious print and ebook editions in our store. Read on!

Jeff Frawley: A Trip to the Coast

The beaches are open, Reader, for better or for worser. Do imagine going, won’t you? On Jeff Frawley’s “A Trip to the Coast“:

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This story appears in Storm Cellar #7.1, nicknamed “Back Fire,” available in delicious print and ebook editions in our store. Read on!

Katherine Ann Davis: The Hero and the Hot Dog Vendor

Today’s share is a humble street-food cart of wholesome goodness and community theater, Dear Reader. This one’s all about mutual care. Okay, it might have a rabbit punch to spare once in a while. But still, admire it, Reader, Katherine Ann Davis’s [>>] “The Hero and the Hot Dog Vendor”:

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This story appears in Storm Cellar #8.2, nicknamed “Sisal,” available in delicious print and ebook editions in our store. Read on!