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“She has always liked boxes—the neatness of their borders, how they can be closed then opened then closed again. Her body is not so neat.”
Michelle Ross’s short story “Dendrochronology” interrogates the boundaries of monstrosity from the limited perspective of an unnamed narrator who has shut herself in a house in the woods at the instruction of her father. You can read the rest on Scoundrel Time.
Ross’s new collection “Shapeshifting,” winner of the Stillhouse Press 2020 Short Fiction Prize, was published earlier this month. Congratulations, Michelle!
Congratulations to Scoundrel Time contributor Michelle Ross, whose collection “Shapeshifting” won the Stillhouse Press 2020 Short Fiction Prize! Ross’s short story “Dendrochronology” is available to read on Scoundrel Time.
“Through the peephole she studies the wolf’s fluffy face, notices the urge she feels to reach out and pet that thick, soft fur. Would she be able to comb her fingers all the way through to the skin, to the pores? Would the wolf’s skin feel sweaty, like her own?”
Read the rest here:
https://scoundreltime.com/dendrochronology/
And order your own copy of “Shapeshifting,” out today from Stillhouse Press, here:
https://www.stillhousepress.org/stillhouse-store/shapeshifting-stories-presale
This week, we have creative opportunities from: Missoula Writing Collaborative, Fonograf Editions, Barstow & Grand, Miami Book Fair International, Stillhouse Press, and Missouri Review to name a few.
Join Julie E. Bloemeke, Megan Merchant, Sonia Greenfield, and Abayomi Animashaun for poems, poetry, essays and more tomorrow!
Sat. April 4
2pm EST
Zoom meeting ID: 184 287 782
Presented by Stillhouse Press
Through 4/30: Stillhouse Press is currently seeking submissions of manuscript-length short story collections for its 2020 Short Story Collection Contest. The ideal length is between 50,000-100,000 words. All submissions will be considered for publication.
https://www.stillhousepress.org/submissions