We’re champing to be get back on the shoe on the other foot, or something like that. Here’s “Big Shoe Dance,” a gem of a personal essay from Arlandis Jones:
This CNF piece originally appeared in Storm Cellar 8.2, available as an ebook over in our shop (print sold out).
Storm Cellar Vol. X No. 2, autumn ’22, nicknamed “Hobby Horse” → click for the delicious print and ebook editions. Contents links to PDF samples, [>>] for author site.
FICTION
David Busboom [>>] – The Prairie Is My Garden
Mandy-Suzanne Wong [>>] – CafĂ© Crypsis
FLASH
MAP –Â Knot
Carolyn Oliver [>>] – Nyctinasty
Ali Abid – The Mosque in Those Days
DM O’Connor [>>] – Round, Racy, Nut & Plum
JWGoll – Exodus
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Philip James Shaw [>>] – for when the ninths of a voice been a sacrifice
Theresa Lin [>>] – The Cult of Togetherness
POETRY
Tyra Douyon [>>] – The Gathering
Cecilia DĂaz GĂłmez translated by Kiran Bhat [>>] – Ch’Ayem Ta Sjol Ko’ontik [I’m on My Way Walking]
Natalie Louise Tombasco [>>] – Fever Dream of Allen Ginsberg
Martha Zweig – Serpent
Rigel Portales [>>] – The Usual Barbershop Is Closed and I Need to Be Cut
Danielle McMahon – Madonna of the Rocks
Stephen C. Middleton – Frail Intuition (Under Assault)
Leigh Lucas [>>] – I’ll start Dear Vickie (use pen, be breezy)
Ranney Campbell – End with Past Tense
Naomi Kanakia [>>] – Before Sleep
IMAGES
Lesley Finn [>>] – The Gardeners
Marija MiÄŤić – Moonlight
Melody Serra [>>] – Stained Glass
Sijia Ma [>>] – Desire
Jean Wolff [>>] – Blue Rod Painting 3
Mario Loprete [>>] – FUCKOVID
Erick Buendia [>>] – The Champ
Dylan Willoughby [>>] – Rose
PLUS
Rejected Deadlines, cover by Maria Svartvadet Jakobsen [>>] – Growth
Things are always gearing up for that date, aren’t they, hetero friends? Those greasy, bloody, screaming gears. The gears you’ve always been in. Prepare, if you dare, with Nichole Rued’s blinding CNF hermit crab “A Smart Girl’s Guide to Boys (A Found Essay)”:
This essay originally appeared in SC #8.1, available in print and ebook formats at our store. Read on!
We’re beaming this morning like a squirrel with a pawpaw, ready to share this short essay by Amy Stonestrom [>>], “High Lattitude“:
This CNF piece originally appeared in SC 7.2, available as an ebook. Read on!
We’re sharing a big closer today, an activator and a reminder, y’all, a solidarity story for worser and for better, Chelsey Clammer’s [>>] “Home Is Where the Hoard Is“:
This essay originally appeared in SC 9.1, available in print and ebook editions in our store. Read on!
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