Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet Series by Gavin J. Grant, Jessy Randall, Goldie Goldbloom, Kathleen Jennings, Owen King, Sarah Micklem, Nicole Kimberling, Lesley Wheeler, Michael J. DeLuca, Henry Wessells, Alyc Helms, Kodiak Julian, J.M. McDermott, Henry Lien, Joanna Ruocco, Dylan Horrocks, Jade Sylvan, A.B. Robinson, Gillian Daniels, Molly Gloss, Holly Day, David W. Pritchard, Neile Graham, Anne Sheldon, Amanda Marbais, Marco Kaye, John Richard Saylor, Barbara A. Barnett, Michelle Podsiedlik, Hazel Crowley, Stephen Burt

With the thirtieth issue, LCRW--the only zine named after Winston Churchill's mother--changes everything. We turn blue into tree. We make electricity solid. We publish stories that shake the world so hard it takes a left at Albuquerque and is never seen again. Fiction! Poetry! Dancing in the aisles. Chocolate is distributed in the streets. The world sighs, is remade.FictionSarah Kokernot – Odd Variations on the SpeciesErica L... moreWith the thirtieth issue, LCRW--the only zine named after Winston Churchill's mother--changes everything. We turn blue into tree. We make electricity solid. We publish stories that shake the world so hard it takes a left at Albuquerque and is never seen again. Fiction! Poetry! Dancing in the aisles. Chocolate is distributed in the streets. The world sighs, is remade.FictionSarah Kokernot – Odd Variations on the SpeciesErica L. Satifka – The Silent OnesAnne Lacy – I Know You Hate It HereRobert Stutts – With His Head in His HandSarah Micklem – The Purveyor of HomunculiDamien Ober – The Endless SinkNonfictionNicole Kimberling – Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof at the PotluckAbout the AuthorsPoetryDaniel Meyer – A Question for the DevilAnne Sheldon – Island FolkloreAmanda Robinson – Five Poems:Speculative FictionThe Vampire and the Mermaid ConverseThe Vampire Drives a Hard BargainThe Vampire Listens to Woody GuthrieUndead Temporality less

We’re almost sure this issue of LCRW is made up of more than a 100,000 letters and can guarantee that most are in the right place. Two huge stories anchor the issue, Nicole Kimberling explains that CSA means Crazy-Sexy Agriculture, and zombie hordes, vampires, cannibals, and many other ghouls tried to slip under the door. But it's not all monsters.

The famous handbound literary 'zine released bi-annually by Small Beer Press.FictionHenry Wessells, “The Beast Unknown to Heraldry”Alyc Helms, “The Blood Carousel”Kodiak Julian, “Marrying the Sea”Joe M. McDermott, “Everything is Haunted”Henry Lien, “The Shadow You Cast Is Me”Joanna Ruocco, “Auburn”Dylan Horrocks, “The Square of Mirrors”Jade Sylvan, “Sun Circles”NonfictionNicole Kimberling, “Sleek Fat Albinos in Spring”About the AuthorsPoetryA. B... moreThe famous handbound literary 'zine released bi-annually by Small Beer Press.FictionHenry Wessells, “The Beast Unknown to Heraldry”Alyc Helms, “The Blood Carousel”Kodiak Julian, “Marrying the Sea”Joe M. McDermott, “Everything is Haunted”Henry Lien, “The Shadow You Cast Is Me”Joanna Ruocco, “Auburn”Dylan Horrocks, “The Square of Mirrors”Jade Sylvan, “Sun Circles”NonfictionNicole Kimberling, “Sleek Fat Albinos in Spring”About the AuthorsPoetryA. B. Robinson, “Sonnet Crown for Third Officer Ripley”Gillian Daniels, “The Virgin Regiment”CoverDebbie Eylon less

The 30% Non-Dead-Tree Issue (0% Dead Tree Edition), guest-edited by Michael J. DeLuca.It’s no watershed moment, much as I’d love it to be; Conjunctions just did one they were even-keeled enough to call The Nature Issue... moreThe 30% Non-Dead-Tree Issue (0% Dead Tree Edition), guest-edited by Michael J. DeLuca.It’s no watershed moment, much as I’d love it to be; Conjunctions just did one they were even-keeled enough to call The Nature Issue. And there have been anthologies, and even the occasional novel-length text, every few years since the anthropocene started: ideas in narrative form I’d probably never have thought to lump together into anything until I spent a month reading submissions for an LCRW issue I claimed would be themed on “humanity’s relationship with the earth”.It was gratifying and calming to learn that people other than me and not just the talking heads do think about these things. In fact, the experience bordered on the sublime; it restored (some of) my faith in humanity. This is what art, speculative literature in particular, is for: unrestrained thought in a form that if we let it will touch every part of what makes us human and thereby foment more of the same.I asked for optimism, I expected cynicism, I got both. We’re not going to make it through this thing without a sense of humor. I tried to find complexity and overlook the easy answers.fictionCarmen Maria Machado, “I Bury Myself”Alena McNamara, “Starling Road”Giselle Leeb, “Ape Songs”Michelle Vider, “For Me, Seek the Sun”Deborah Walker, “Medea”D. K. McCutchen, “Jellyfish Dreaming”Sofia Samatar, “Request for an Extension on the Clarity”M. E. Garber, “Putting Down Roots”Eric Gregory, “The March Wind”nonfictionChristopher Brown, “Winter in the Feral City”Nicole Kimberling, “Cook Like a Hobo”poetryLeslie Wightman, “The Sanctity of Nature”Ingrid Steblea, “Another Afternoon in the Garden”Kelda Crich, “Child Without Summe”Peter Jay Shippy, “Singing Beach”artKevin HuizengaDmitry BorshchSteve Logan less

There are no ghostly bumps in the night, no loud noises, no cheap shot surprises to knock you out your seat. Instead: stories and poetry so much excellent poetry! that knock all the dust off your edges, the pencil off your table, the crown off the monarchy.ContentsFictionAmanda Marbais, “Colossal”Marco Kaye, “The New Ancient of Sophocles High”John Richard Saylor, “All Things Returned”Barbara A... moreThere are no ghostly bumps in the night, no loud noises, no cheap shot surprises to knock you out your seat. Instead: stories and poetry so much excellent poetry! that knock all the dust off your edges, the pencil off your table, the crown off the monarchy.ContentsFictionAmanda Marbais, “Colossal”Marco Kaye, “The New Ancient of Sophocles High”John Richard Saylor, “All Things Returned”Barbara A. Barnett, “The Shop of Dying Illusions”Michelle Podsiedlik, “Recursion”NonfictionNicole Kimberling, “Savory Cinderella”About the AuthorsPoetryHazel Crowley, “Six Poems ”Stephen Burt, “Two Poems”Molly Gloss, “Superman, Sleepless”Holly Day, “People in Boxes”David W. Pritchard, “Four Poems”Neile Graham, “Three Poems”Anne Sheldon, “Three Poems”A. B. Robinson, “Four Poems”CoverKathleen Jennings, “Sydney Living Museums” less