Storyscape Journal

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the stories			A story is a story is a Most of the submissions we received for this first issue were “short stories,” i.e. fiction. Of course, our mission statement and submission guidelines outline many alternative storytelling options: grocery store receipts, overheard conversations, songs in the shower. A friend of mine told me, “I’m glad you asked me to submit, because otherwise I would have thought you only wanted fiction.” This, because I suggested she submit a poem. I started feeling worried. Then, a lightning flash of excitement: This journal is not just a hip idea; it serves a purpose. When I say “stories” people think fiction, not due to a lack of thorough explanation, but because we’re trained to think this way. It’s like a Rorshach test of the landscape of literature. When I say “personal,” you say, “essay,” when I say “short,” you say, “story,” when I say “go,” you say “tigers!” Go! Tigers! Go! Tigers! This journal is an opportunity to play with our literary assumptions, broaden the horizon of what we think makes a story a story, and, in a way, change nothing about literature at all except to accept stories for what they already are: a brief and captivating description of an event that one person tells another. In this issue, we’ve got: a poem, a found note, a meatball recipe, an audio documentary, a short movie, and a hotdog taste test. And of course, we’ve got a few short stories. When I say Storyscape, you say… fishyfish Kevin Hays
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