Storystorm
What We Look for in Fiction Submissions
27 February 2020 on Blog, StorystormI’ll never forget the first time I heard the tale “The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle.” I was captivated by the question King Arthur must answer to save...
Fiction
“It’s Still Farther Than You Think” by Emily Varnell
21 February 2020 on Blog, FictionMarianne’s palms stuck when she pressed her hands to the red laminate table. Orange juice, she guessed, from some boy dumping over one of those curvy bottles, too excited as...
Storystorm
What We Look For in Nonfiction Submissions – Strong Beginnings
19 February 2020 on Blog, Storystorm“And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” ― Meister Eckhart We know this: essays that move readers and stay with them need...
Poetry
“The Redistricting of Anticipation & Dread” by Duncan Campbell
14 February 2020 on PoetryOur inclination is to assume witnessfor the grand & inevitable. Many, for example, believe the worldwill end in their lifetimes.Imagine—languor of booted feet suspendedout the passenger window, laces dithering in the...
Nonfiction
“Details” by Mary Higbee
13 December 2019 on Nonfiction“What do you mean illegal?” I ask. The only sound is the metallic ring of the spoon on the china cup as my dad stirs sugar into his coffee. It takes...
Fiction
“The Weight of Snowflakes” by Lois Melina
06 December 2019 on Fiction1. The snow fell easily, reflected in the headlights against the darkness of the highway. The large, flat flakes seemed almost make-believe to Debra, like Lux detergent floating down from...
The Writer's Hot Seat
The Writer’s Hot Seat: Katie Peterson
05 December 2019 on Blog, The Writer's Hot SeatThis past November, poet Katie Peterson gave a reading from her new book, A Piece of Good News, at the University of New Hampshire, followed by a Q&A session with...
Poetry
“Habit” by Gail Martin
29 November 2019 on PoetryThat was the day I began to paint the rabbitwith a flat straw hat, a smaller rabbit on top of that, another hat, a caption that says, “When My Feelings Have Feelings.”...
Storystorm
The Pile of Skulls
27 November 2019 on Blog, StorystormFor five years, I’d been collecting rejection emails in a special inbox folder titled “The Pile of Skulls”. When the total approached one-hundred and thirty, the accumulated despair made me...
Nonfiction
“Emboli” by Jennifer Phipps
15 November 2019 on NonfictionLast weekend you wore long, loose shorts. Your workout clothes— billowing, breathable black t-shirt and those silky, baggy shorts—obstructed my view. I’d wanted to see your legs. But when I...
Storystorm
Finding Poetry When You’re Stuck
13 November 2019 on Blog, StorystormSome weeks writing comes easy. Like a gift a context or idea appears and you run to the computer, journal, grocery receipt and draft out a poem quickly before it...
Poetry
“Clouds” by Amanda Span
08 November 2019 on PoetryMy father couldburn holes in the cloudswith the power of his mind: Watch, he says,looking at the stretchof sky above us, a sheet on the sandbeneath our backs. Right there. He...
