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See the Elephant, Issue 3: Slipping Through the Cracks
See the Elephant, Issue 3: Slipping Through the Cracks explores what it means to slip through a crack, intentionally or not, into oblivion or freedom; how it feels to be threatened by some terrible, broken thing, or to break ourselves. These stories range from the darkest impulses of human (and inhuman) nature, to humor, love, and the possibility of change that can come when we dare to look at broken things in a new way, and painstakingly fuse the pieces back together with some finer stuff. See the Elephant Magazine is dedicated to fiction that questions consensus reality and pushes the boundaries of genre, including slipstream, weird, visionary, magical realism, soft science fiction and contemporary fantasy. We highlight works by women, people of color, indigenous, LGBTQ, and writers from non-mainstream cultures and traditions.
115 pages, Paperback
Published June 29, 2017
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July 21, 2017
I started reading See The Elephant online, and was so impressed by the stories that I finally did the deed and bought issue three as soon as it came out. The quality of the writing is top-notch with well-crafted and beautiful prose; and the stories - while all very different - all have a twisted, off-kilter, evocative, eerie vibe that really appeals to me.
Three standouts stories in this excellent issue are
"Arkteia" by Genevieve Williams - a science fiction tale set in the (maybe) not too distant future that weaves together the geology of the Pacific north-west, a love story, and Greek mythology.
"The Wardrobe" by Matthew Sanborn Smith - a trippy, strange and rather mindblowing take on what happens when a couple gets lost in a magic wardrobe.
"Litany for the Departed" by S. Kay Nash - a fantastic story about grief, loss, the inability to let go of the dead (and for them to let go of us!) and how the past can haunt every step we take.
A terrific magazine for lovers of speculative, weird fiction.
Three standouts stories in this excellent issue are
"Arkteia" by Genevieve Williams - a science fiction tale set in the (maybe) not too distant future that weaves together the geology of the Pacific north-west, a love story, and Greek mythology.
"The Wardrobe" by Matthew Sanborn Smith - a trippy, strange and rather mindblowing take on what happens when a couple gets lost in a magic wardrobe.
"Litany for the Departed" by S. Kay Nash - a fantastic story about grief, loss, the inability to let go of the dead (and for them to let go of us!) and how the past can haunt every step we take.
A terrific magazine for lovers of speculative, weird fiction.
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