Tag Archives: Fall 2015 (#7)

Beyond-the-Grave Buzz for FLAPPERHOUSE #7!

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FLAPPERHOUSE7CoverSome of literature’s all-time greats are buzzing like manic dragonflies about FLAPPERHOUSE #7!

“Darling, all night
I have been flickering, off, on, off, on.
The sheets grow heavy as a lecher’s kiss
as I read and re-read FLAPPERHOUSE #7!” – Sylvia Plath

“The world is just as concrete, ornery, vile, and sublimely wonderful as before I read FLAPPERHOUSE #7, only now I better understand the true meaning of flappiness.” – Ralph Ellison

“Someday, someday, this crazy world will have to end,
And our God will take things back that He to us did lend.
Except, of course, for FLAPPERHOUSE #7,
the one thing you can take with you to Heaven.” – Kurt Vonnegut

FLAPPERHOUSE Reading #4, In Pictures

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A million butternut squash-flavored thank yous to everyone who helped make Reading #4 such a blast: Bud, Shannon, David, Scott, Anna, T, & Michael for performing your flappy lits; Pacific Standard for your warm & welcoming hospitality; Alibi Jones for your superb singing & splendid photography; and to all you scintillating individuals who attended and gave us our biggest crowd yet. 

See y’all again this Winter…

Photos by Alibi Jones

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Bud Smith reviews his corner bodega in an excerpt from “Tables Without Chairs”
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Shannon Moore Shepherd reads her dark & ravenous poem “Creature Feature: Caligynachtmare: Dread the Beauty”

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FLAPPERHOUSE #7 Now in Print!

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FH7thumbnailOur Fall 2015 issue, FLAPPERHOUSE #7, has officially flown into the cosmos like a skull-faced pixie on a rocket-powered vacuum. It’s beautifully disturbing & exquisitely surreal, and it’s got that inimitable Autumn vibe that will perfectly complement your ciders & sweaters & graveyard seances & everything else you love about the coming season.

FLAPPERHOUSE #7 is now available in soft, pulpy paperback via CreateSpace or Amazon for just $6US. Or if you prefer to read your lit on good old-fashioned gadgets, digital (PDF) copies are available for $3US.

4 Famous Quotes to Prepare You for FLAPPERHOUSE #7

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Fantasy - Sergey Solomko
Fantasy – Sergey Solomko

“I see no God up here.” – Yuri Gagarin*

“This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.” – Gollum,
The Hobbit

“ān æfter eallum…” (“one after all”) — The Last Survivor, Beowulf

“PDFs of our Fall issue, FLAPPERHOUSE #7, are now available for pre-order for just $3 US.” – FLAPPERHOUSE

Your Financial Contributions Are Crucial to Our Survival

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READERS OF FLAPPERHOUSE: WE ARE CURRENTLY HOLDING THE NEXT ISSUE OF YOUR BELOVED ZINE, FLAPPERHOUSE #7, HOSTAGE. IF OUR DEMANDS ARE NOT MET, THIS SPECTACULAR COLLECTION OF POEMS & SHORT STORIES WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.

GO TO FLAPPERHOUSE.COM/DONATE, AND GIVE FLAPPERHOUSE SOME MONEY. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IS NOT IMPORTANT, AS LONG AS IT’S SOMETHING.

FLAPPERHOUSE IS A UNIQUE AND VITAL VOICE IN INDEPENDENT LITERATURE, AND YOUR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE CRUCIAL TO ITS SURVIVAL.

DO NOT MAKE US DO A KICKSTARTER.

WE REPEAT:

DO, NOT, MAKE, US, DO, A FUCKING KICK-STARTER.

YOU HAVE ONE WEEK.

“Creature Feature: Caligynachtmare: Dread the Beauty” – Poetry by Shannon Moore Shepherd

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The Angel of the home or the Triumph of Surrealism - Max Ernst, 1937
The Angel of the home or the Triumph of Surrealism – Max Ernst, 1937

Shannon Moore Shepherd‘s fiendishly fantastic poem “Creature Feature: Caligynachtmare: Dread the Beauty” is the opening spell of our Fall 2015 issue. If it adequately stokes your demonically ravenous hunger for more surreal, shadowy, sensual, & satirical lit, you could pre-order a digital copy of FLAPPERHOUSE #7 now so that it flies into your emailbox before the Autumnal Equinox. And if you’re in the NYC area, you also could come watch Shannon perform, along with some other uber-flappy writers we love, at FLAPPERHOUSE Reading #4 on September 23.

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I AM COMING FROM FAR AWAY,
and not to fold your laundry.
A bat lights on one shoulder,
a starling on the other. I am
fortified by what meets
in the middle of dark
and light. Little star, shining,
goodbye Earth and all its
years (How are we not all covered
in dust? How do you keep your
toe pointed, little star?)
But I am coming with no
history and all of it balled up and popped into
my mouth and sliding down my throat, so do not
ask how I keep myself warm.
Saturn’s belt of crushed rock around
its belly I can ride like
a thunder cat. I am a silver-skinned wonder
setting down your tea to watch you shiver.
I am Isis’ darkest vein, but as if through an
orchid, I am sick with beauty.
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Digital (PDF) copies of FLAPPERHOUSE #7 Now Available for Pre-order

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Click to Pre-Order
your digital PDF copy of
FLAPPERHOUSE #7
$3 US

btn_buynowCC_LGFashion goes to war– literally. A playground comes to life. A lady wants to fly. An artist plays a dangerous game. A mysterious woman appears after a powerful storm. Time comes to an end, yet the world goes on…

All that + 13 cosmically flappy poems, some swampy Southern Gothic, & an introduction to the world’s most profound coloring book– all for just $3US. Pre-order now & a PDF of our Fall 2015 issue will fly into your emailbox on or before the Autumnal Equinox (September 23rd).

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