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Napoleon, on his way to invade Russia, stops at a seer's home to have his fortune told. "Chana stands quietly to one side, wondering if one serves tea to an emperor." Read "The Emperor's Cloak" by Jo-Anne Rosen. 1st published in The Copperfield Review.

"If her father’s fingers were not so sore, and he was not so blind, they could’ve stayed in Puteoli. They would not be stuck here in Pompeii with its rich villas and mean masters." Read "The Gods Decide", a new #histfic #shortstory by Joyce Bingham.

"Mark thought of cherry bombs & his army men. He wondered what would happen to Alan Shepard if that rocket did what rockets usually did. His army men always returned to him in pieces." Read "Shepard's Prayer", a new #histfic #shortstory by Jessie Atkin

"Two men sat on the wagon’s bench: Man-catchers. The wagon rattled by. The chains jangled. Two men sat on the wagon’s bed, heavy iron chains linked their arms and legs. Eyes dark and distant." Read "A Concord Scrivener" by Geoff Cohen, a new #flash

"I touch his arm, sense latent ripples. The tension is not draining as easily as the blood." Read "Someone Else's Wound", the new #histfic #flash about scuttling gangs by @collinson26

"In southern San Joaquin Valley, the extinct, freshwater Tulare Lake, a huge and docile sheet of water spread over 800 square miles. A blue sea of huge bounty." Read "Boats in Tulare Lake", a new #poem by Stephen Barile.

"All anybody could talk about the last month of 9th grade was that mysterious VHS tape. The following September, all anybody could talk about was Howie’s suicide. In between the two, the summer of 1986." Read "In Between, the Summer" by Lin Morris.

Our 6th and final nomination for the @PushcartPrize is "The Man on the Front Porch has a Question" by Janna Miller, a #flash Congratulations to all our nominees!

Our 5th nomination for the @PushcartPrize is the #flash "How To Survive Working for the Mob According to Virginia Hill" by Candace Hartsuyker.

Our 4th @PushcartPrize nomination is "Sweet Breath of Gin" by @PSchoenewaldt , in which a man finds himself making an expected drunken connection with someone he doesn't know very well.

Our 3rd @PushcartPrize nomination is "The Giveaway" by Pauline Sewards. An excerpt from the novel Fabric, it was published as a standalone #story in Sundial.

Sundial is proud to announce our 2024 @PushcartPrize nominations. Our 1st nomination is "The King's Question" by Clare Hawkins, in which a curious king undertakes a strange linguistic experiment.

Our 2nd @PushcartPrize nomination is "Kidnapped in the Year 1792" by Ken Leland, which explores different cultural understandings of #kidnapping and is based on the historical record.

“Barry did it to me and now I’m in the family way. Am I going to stay here until the baby comes?” “Tomorrow we’re going to the clinic in Harley Street and the doctor is going to scrape it out of you." Read "Terminus", #shortstory and #art by @hilary553

“But what if a babe heard none at all, no sound of any language of man? Would an innocent babe, unadulterated by the utterances of others, speak first that God-given first language?” Read "The King's Question" by Clare Hawkins at Sundial Magazine.

@hilary553 Actually, it's good! I think I will get the story and illustration up tomorrow.

@hilary553 You are brilliant. Let me see if Twitter conserved enough pixels. I'll send an email if I need a copy emailed (it has to do with compression to reduce file size).

RT @madeehahwrites: Read Safiya's wonderfully written short story in this issue of @MagazineSundial and now I have a whole host of other st…

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