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!

Sam Lane: Smoke in WA, September 2020

Oh reader, time may not be a flat circle, but it certainly has a certain history, for certain. Let’s get our birds un-flocked with this crucial one from Same Lane, “Smoke in WA, September 2020”:

This poem first appeared in SC 9.2, available in print and ebook formats over in our store. Read on!

Harry Edgar Palacio: It’s Funny What the Fuchsia Sky Can Do

A memory of summer today and this tender poem, Harry Edgar Palacio’s “It’s Funny What the Fuchsia Sky Can Do,” which appears also in his full-length collection Sutras of Tiny Jazz:

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

Travis Truax: Front Royal, Virginia, 1996

This one’s looking forward into the past, y’all, and we’re delighted to share it here, Travis Truax’s flash “Front Royal, Virginia, 1996“:

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

Kate Myles: Vacation Land

The best for last, Dear Reader, this story, it’s something maybe on your mind this month, Kate Myles’s “Vacation Land“:

This short story originally appeared in SC 6.1, available as an ebook right here. Do subscribe for more, and read on!

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