Storm Cellar #10.1 Out Now!

It’s here and here it is — and merry darn turning of the calendar to you!

Storm Cellar Vol. X No. 1, winter 2021, nicknamed “Ruling Passion” → click for the delicious print and ebook editions. Pub date today 12/30/21.

Contents:

2021 FORCE MAJEURE FLASH CONTEST
1st Prize: Serrina Zou – Bái Chī
2nd Prize: Justine Teu – The Water Cycle
2nd Prize: Sherrel McLafferty – Can Elizabeth Bishop Relate?
Honorable Mention: Jax Connelly – An Incomplete Inventory of What Once Belonged to My Mother
Honorable Mention: Erica Frederick – Praisesong for Fornication
Honorable Mention: S. Erin Batiste – Congratulations, You’re Approved! We Are Pleased to Welcome You to Your New Habitation!

FICTION
Kevin Serrano Echevarría – א (Infinite Sets)
Sophie Hoss – Coney Island Sphinx
Vincent James Perrone – Moon, PA

FLASH
Kate Garklavs – Letter
S. S. Mandani – A Tentacle of Night
Edward Columbia – Full-Service Station
Luke Rolfes – Human Resources
Capella Parrish – Point Reyes Station
S.D.S. – Des Moines

POETRY
Rebecca Pelky – Kikátohkáq
Moira Walsh – Written in a thunderstorm
Caroline Taylor – Winepress
Kristi Maxwell – Totoaba
Natasha Sharma – Broken Fronds
Micah Daniel McCrotty – Finishing Mud
Terry Belew – Detours
Meg Johnson – Mostly, I’m a Menace
Mira Martin-Parker – Ancestor.com

IMAGES
CJ Nye – Cueva de la Pileta
Martins Deep – Focus
Lisa Monique Hauck – Wolf Dreams
Arinze Ndieli – Ihe 
Elder Gideon – A River Flows Through Eden
Sarah Kimmel – Detroit Ultraviolence
Zhongwen Hu – Man with pigeons
Rebecca Ledbetter – The World Is Too Quiet (cover)
Scott Brennan – Waterfall, Brooklyn, New York, 2021 (back cover)

PLUS Rejected: True Crime Documentaries  

Daniel Uncapher: Logic Puzzles

Exam szn, kiddos, so let’s get in! And by that we mean help us get out of this maze. here are Daniel Uncapher’s excellent flash “Logic Puzzles“:

These flash originally appeared in SC #8.1, available in print and ebook formats at our storeRead on!

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!

Kathleen Hull: The Methods

Get away this weekend, while you have the chance, Reader, if that’s what you need, before some sparkling thing distracts you — follow, for example, Kathleen Hull’s trail in “The Methods“:

This flash originally appeared in SC #8.1, available in print and ebook formats at our storeRead on!

Annie Woods: Amazon Review of Bioré Deep Cleansing Pore Strips (14 Count)

Reader keep your nose clean, why don’t you, or learn about it from Annie Woods’ “Amazon Review of Bioré Deep Cleansing Pore Strips (14 Count)“:

This flash originally appeared in SC #8.1, available in print and ebook formats at our storeRead on!