Tag: prose poetry

Storm Cellar #11.1 published!

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It’s pub day, today, and we’re so excited to share with you our latest, a bit late but arriving in its own time! Big love to all who contributed, and — Reader — you’re gonna love this one! Get it in glorious print or fabulous ebook editions.

CONTENTS:

Force Majeure Flash Contest winners:
1st prize – Tessa Swackhammer,
2nd prize – Mike Yunxuan Li,
2nd prize – Julian Mithra,
honorable mention – Erica Sharlette,
honorable mention – Mike Itaya,
honorable mention – Jill Bronfman,
honorable mention – Sara Fetherolf,
FICTION
Liza Wieland,
Katherine Sinback,
FLASH
Cameron Walker,
Gabriella Navas,
Kate Garklavs,
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Julia Kooi Talen,
POETRY
Jan Ball,
Zachary Lundgren,
Nnadi Samuel,
Jasmine Sawers,
Derek Otsuji,
Kristin Emanuel,
Chrissy Martin,
Grace Day,
Jane Vogel,
Kayleigh Norgord,
Carolina Esses translated by Allison A. DeFreese,
IMAGES
Debismita Dutta,
Yuko Kyutoku,
fatima abby tall,
Paul Rabinowitz,
Joseph Stern,
Favour Adetona,
Ami Watanabe

 

Issue #10.2 is OUT NOW!

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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.

Contents

FICTION
David Busboom [>>] – The Prairie Is My Garden
Mandy-Suzanne Wong [>>] – Café Crypsis

FLASH
MAP – 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 Díaz Gómez 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 Mičić – 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

Storm Cellar #10.1 Out Now!

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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  

Elaine Terranova: Peace

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A flash today, a family-oriented flash, if you’d like to read it that way, a flash about our stories, it’s Elaine Terranova’s “Peace“:

This flash first appeared in SC 7.2, available in our shop as an ebook. Read on!

Issue 8.1 Out Now!

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Oh wow oh wow, Dear Reader, the new issue of Storm Cellar is here at last! Check it:

Morgan Stephenson - "I didn't cry at your funeral" and Pretty Façade

Contents

FICTION
Carly Gomez – Everything That Fits in a Tote
Genevieve Mills – A Guide to Guarding the Princess

NONFICTION
Vinitia Swonger – #1, I Limit Myself
Nichole Rued – A Smart Girl’s Guide to Boys (A Found Essay)

FLASH
Kathleen Hull – The Methods
Daniel Uncapher – Logic Puzzles
Annie Woods – Amazon Review of Bioré Deep Cleansing Pore Strips (14 Count)
Sionnain Buckley – Our Eggs
Brooke Larson – Written Concern, Word Lantern

POETRY
Dionne Custer Edwards – Elegant Spot
Amy M. Alvarez – Sometimes
S.A. Leger – Blemishes on a Mouse Carcass
Faiz Ahmad – The Apartment
Nadia López García translated by Anthony Seidman – Ntuchinuu  [Eyes]
Jacob Rivers – They told him that he was either going to jail or going to die of an overdose
Betsy Johnson – up to wonders
Esteban Rodríguez – Cupio dissolvi
Sara Karim – Revival
Lucas Shepherd – Outside the Student Center on Campus I Noticed a Veteran

IMAGES
Guilherme Bergamini – Old Havana
Alexander Chubar – Unity
Bex Saunders – That Sinking Feeling
Roger Camp – Red and White Umbrella, Yerevan, Armenia
Kristen Kurlich – What Can Be Done
KJ Hannah Greenberg – Been There Done That
Covers by Morgan Stephenson – “I didn’t cry at your funeral.”, Coffee and Cigarettes, “Always dress in your Sunday best.”, Pretty Façade

PLUS
Rejected Pollens