SHORT STORY BY KACEY VANDERKARR TO DEBUT IN MAGAZINE: A REPORT FROM A FUGITIVE.

Using Twitter feels like broadcasting on radio. Blogger is my own miniature newspaper empire. In both cases, throwing the message out there has a sense of the post-apocalyptic to it.
   I'm keeping the word alive, in a world of zombies. Scavenging for food takes up my time. But scavenging for the written word is as precious a pursuit as collecting water, say...
   And so, with further ado, I present the cover to a literary magazine which features a story by Michigan's very own Kacey Vanderkarr.
   Except...it's been a wee while since I had any coffee. Which is why I typed this...
   And so, with further ado, I present the cover to a literary magazine which features a story by Kacey Vanderkarr's very own Michigan.
   It's true. Kacey has adopted the Wolverine State and is now feeding it in exchange for fiction. I'm thinking of adopting a territory. Mostly for tax-purposes.
   Let's have some blurb for Sucker Literary magazine. The third volume is available from the 15th of April. Click the cover photo for a link to the publisher.
 

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Bullied and alone, Ainsley seeks refuge in the arms of a strange boy.

   Time is slipping away for overachieving Sadie Lin, but reigniting an old flame might help.
   Scarred by a pressuring ex, Alexandra finally faces the rain.
   “Pasty and chubby” Charlotte makes a public play for the “Tan and Smooth” king.
   The beautiful girl in the black, lacy push-up bra says that it’s time for Brenn to stop lying . . . at least to herself.
   A halfway house is no home for Dawn—or is it?
   How will Dana survive knowing everyone at school thinks she’s a monster, when they just may be right?
   JJ and her crush finally get a moment alone—at his girlfriend’s hottest party of the year.
   Sixteen-year old Sarah prepares for her first day of school by chaining up her Mamí in her bedroom.
   Alyssa’s life is a well-rehearsed ballet until a tragedy sends her hurtling towards a fall.
   Loving a boy is as simple as chemistry . . . unless that boy is an unstable element.

 
Featuring...
   The H8TE by Lilliam Rivera.
   Valentine’s Day by Claudia Classon.
   Halfway From by Shelli Cornelison.

   Her Tree Boy Blaze by Lina Branter.

   How To Fall by Kacey Vanderkarr.

   If it Rains by Kristina Wojtaszek.

   Black Lacy by Kimberly Kreines.

   Superpower by Mary Malhotra.

   The Chemistry of You and Me by Evelyn Ehrlich.

   Just a Matter of Time by Charity Tahmaseb.

   A Different Kind of Cute by Hannah R. Goodman.