Nichole Rued: A Smart Girl’s Guide to Boys

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 storeRead on!

R.L. Aseret: Brother, Eye, Hospital

We’re here together, whether or not we’re going anywhere, and you can stay with us when you have to, so enjoy today’s share, R.L. Aseret’s “Brother, Eye, Hospital“:

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

Jennifer Hu: Ornament of the Ambulance

Today’s share we nominated for a Pushcart in 2018, carefully burnishing Jennifer Hu’s “Ornament of the Ambulance“:

 

This poem originally appeared in SC 6.3, available in print and download formats at our store; to receive more like this via handy (e)mail, subscribe … and read on.

Sophia Terazawa: Memory Resurrection

Oh Reader, oh, here is this moving moveable mover Sophia Terazawa’s CNF chaplet from Storm Cellar 7.1, “Memory Resurrection” (now available in reading-video format):

 

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This triptych appeared in SC 7.1 — available in print and as an ebook right here. Do subscribe for more, and read on!

Haley Fedor: The Castle

Dear Reader, delight! Today we’re sharing a story from the latest issue, appropriate to a fright-full season — Haley Fedor’s “The Castle“:

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This short story appears in in SC 7.1, available in print and as an ebook right here. Do subscribe for more, and read on!