Roger Camp: Red and White Umbrella, Yerevan, Armenia

Street art is never just a picture on the wall, Reader, and we’re glad to be able to share Roger Camp’s [>>] incisive photographic print Red and White Umbrella, Yerevan, Armenia (2019) today for a moment of reflection on the social-imaginary and its context:

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

Matthew Sterner-Neely: An American and a Half in a Tower

This one’s full of the machinery of empire, dear Reader, its grease and stains. We’re grateful to share Matthew Sterner-Neely’s [>>] “An American and a Half in a Tower“:

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This story originally appeared in SC 7.2, available as an ebookRead on!

Maame Blue: Calling

Pick up that handset or tap the handset icon, Readers, it’s the time of the year in which we read Maame Blue’s [>>] full-voiced small essay, “Calling“:

This flash essay first appeared in SC 7.2, available in our shop as an ebookRead on!

ali lanzetta: wishbones

Today’s share is calcium and all its flying buttresses, Reader, the remains that fuel a spell: ali lanzetta’s [>>] “wishbones.”

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

Sierra Bellows: Second Person

Another and another, Dear Reader, this one quite special, quite close to us, it’s Sierra Bellows’ “Second Person“:

This flash originally appeared in SC 6.1, available as an ebook right here. Do subscribe for more looks in the mirror, and read on!

The 2019 Force Majeure Flash Contest, with $500 in prizes, is open now. Check it out!