Storm Cellar #11.1 published!

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.

CONTENTS:

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

 

Noah Farberman – Grown Ass Person

Today’s share was — is, is — an honorable mention in our 2020 flash contest, and we’re still feeling all adult about it. Here’s Noah Farberman’s “Grown Ass Person”:

This flash originally appeared in SC #9.1, available in print and ebook formats in our store.

Michelle Spokes – Suburban Amsterdam

Today we’re experimenting with a fabulous flash by Michelle Spokes, “Suburban Amsterdam.”

This flash originally appeared in SC #8.3, available in print and ebook formats in our store.

Vinitia Swonger: #1, I limit myself

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 storeRead on!

Storm Cellar #9.2 out now!

Arrives today, Storm Cellar vol. IX no. 2, summer 2021, nicknamed “Fusion,” full of amazing writing and art for your gustation! Available in print and ebook formats. Click links for PDF samples, [>>] to author site.

Contents:

FICTION
Lisa Slage Robinson • Devil’s Hole Road 
Deva Eveland • To Display Our Infirmities on the Steps of the Temple
Jennifer Love • Lighthead
Sarah Arantza Amador • The Unfortunate Murder of the Infante
Jihoon Park • The Grandfather Museum 

FLASH
Jackie Yang • Media Vita
Austin Treat • The Health Inspectors
Karol Lagodzki • Martial Law Fact Sheet: Poland 1981–1983
Grace Q. Song • Self-Care for Kittiwakes 

NONFICTION
Valerie Witte • Ordinary Movements: Erasing the Boundary Between Performance and Reality

POETRY
Brianna Cunliffe • studio, bulb flickering, June
Beth Brown Preston • Blind Love
Mel Sherrer • Corn Silk
Anthony Aguero • Today I Offer Something Tender
Kelsey Day • duke energy: a pipeline protest poem
Berico Henry • My Many Lovely Katies
María Teresa Andruetto translated by Laura Chalar • Muchacha de Ucrania/2003 [Ukrainian Girl/ 2003] 
Sam Lane • Smoke in WA, September 2020 
Gwen Hart • Your Anxiety’s Middle Name Is “The Hard Way”
Sophia Liu • O Cousin, I Meet You 

IMAGES
Darren M. Edwards • Rebirth
K.R. Segriff • Moth, Eaten
Lauren Paredes • Acts of Nonviolence No. 1
Natascha Graham • A Walk in December
Sydney Yount [>>] • Meal Tray Series #3 & #14 

PLUS
Cover by Dawei Wang [>>]
Rejected: First Novel Titles