This Issue

July/August 2010

Stories. How we love them, and how they bring people together. How we clamor to hear them (or read them) again and again. In this issue of Cicada®, you'll see a Japanese folk tale play out in a contemporary setting in Suzanne Kamata's "The Snow Woman." Hans-Eric Hellberg's "Love Story" presents a whimsical romance between a boy and a girl with fifty-eight freckles, while ''Summer Street'' by Sophie Stid reveals the end of a tale that's been years in the making. In Mary Patterson Thornburg's ''Niam's Tale," a nomadic herder befriends a blind tale-singer who sees more clearly than most. And Jacqueline Minneman, the storytelling author of this issue's Expressions, shows just how gullible people can be …

When you've finished reading, check out this issue's Call for Creative Endeavors. Our challenge theme: the Power of Stories. They can rock your life!

Also go to General Submissions for updates to our current needs for Cicada. We are especially looking for Humor: satire, lighthearted romance, deadpan humor, black humor, screwball comedy, humor with heart, contemporary realism with absurdist overtones … whatever makes you smile, even if it's through your tears.

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