vol. 11, num. 23 :: 2012.12.21 — 2013.01.03
Jumping off the "Print" issue of catapult, this collection of fiction invites contributors to a unique, creative challenge: find a classified ad in your local newspaper and create a short story or a work of visual art based on that ad. What do we see when we read between the lines?
Head to head crypt, comes with a deed & your own lettering.
For sale by owner. Call for appointment.
GUNS WANTED – need money for Christmas?
A message from the late Robert Withrow.
Thank you for your miraculous help.
I am in need of some serious dental work.
What to do when sugary musak just doesn?t cut it.
A time of year when families traditionally gathers prompts thoughts about a mother’s identity.
A creative and quite hilarious missed connection ad.
The radio program This American Life dives into the mysterious domain of the American classified ad.
On hearing a call toward equality for all people, tinged with a twang.
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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