S.A. Leger: Blemishes on a mouse carcass

The rain passed, or come again, or worried the horizon today, didn’t it? Here’s a poem by S.A. Leger [>>] for the remains we observe and don’t observe, “Blemishes on a mouse carcass“:

This poem 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 

Dana Kroos: two images

The leaves of our latest issue are graced by gloriously colorful and layered works by artist Dana Kroos [>>]: The Shore and The Fish:

 

These images appear in SC 7.1, available in print and as an ebook right here. Do subscribe for more, and read on!

Lilian Crooks: Oneirology #2

We’re delighted to share this little mystery today, a closer-up view of Lilian Crooks’ [>>] gorgeous illustration featured on SC #6.1, Oneirology #2 (2015):

This issue is available in our store as a print journal and ebook download; subscribe for more issues of Storm Cellar delivered to you; and as always: Read On!

 

Susan Yount: Mind Over Heart

This delightful collage from SC 6.1 comes to us from Susan Yount [>>], it’s “Mind Over Heart”:

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