Asa Montgomery: The Apples of Maine

Trees are flowering & fruit will come, and this one’s about the apples, yeah, and a lot more than the apples, all the prickly knobs and poisonous seeds between us and the apples. Here’s Asa Montgomery’s “The Apples of Maine: A Compilation of the Historical, Physical and Cultural Characteristics of Apples Known to Have Been Grown in the State of Maine” —

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

Charlie Watts: Mrs. Pomeroy’s Table

We got your knickknacks and your gollybodramps at our estate sale, Dear Reader, but most specially we’ve got Charlie Watts’s heirloom-quality “Mrs. Pomeroy’s Table“:

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This story originally appeared in Storm Cellar 6.3, available in our storeRead on!

Brian Phillip Whalen: The Mother Cup

The school year is already bursting beyond its seams, it seems, its scenes seemingly itsy-bitsy screams itching to be seen. And lo: Brian Phillip Whalen’s [>>] teaching yearn, “The Mother Cup.”

This short story originally appeared in SC 6.2, available in print and ebook formats. Read on!