Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 49

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By Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant

Publisher Description

A surprisingly quick turnaround from the previous issue, mere months, a blink in the (imagined) eye of a tree that one day may become a future issue of this zine. The chocolate has barely been bought but many stories have been read and these two (just two? one of them is quite long) rose to the top of our particular list. We have a suitcase full of stories to look in for the next issue which should be out next May.

This issue features Jessica Bromley Bartram’s nonchalant individual on, as are we all, their way somewhere. May the place we’re going be filled with excellent fiction, unexpected poetry and art, a helping hand from a fabulous cook, chocolate for those so inclined, and peace in our time.

Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet issue number 49, December 2024. Made by Gavin J. Grant & Kelly Link.

Memorization not expected but applauded. LCRW is (usually) published in June & November by Small Beer Press, 150 Pleasant St., #306, Easthampton, MA 01027 | info@smallbeerpress.com | smallbeerpress.com/lcrw. Printed by Paradise Copies. Subscriptions: $24/4 issues (see website or page 17 of the paper edition for options). Please make checks to Small Beer Press. Library & institutional subscriptions: EBSCO.

DRM-free ebooks available from the lovely weightlessbooks.com.

Please send fiction and poetry submissions (especially weird and interesting work from women writers and writers of color), guideline requests, &c. to the address above. Thanks authors, artists, readers.

Celebrating: Anya Johanna DeNiro’s OKPsyche received the Blurred Boundaries Award from the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards.

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About Kelly Link

Kelly Link is the author of Get in Trouble, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, Magic for Beginners, Stranger Things Happen, Pretty Monsters, White Cat, Black Dog, and a novel, The Book of Love. Her short stories have been published in The Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She is a MacArthur fellow and has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is the co-founder of Small Beer Press and co-edits this occasional zine Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet. She is the owner of Book Moon, an independent bookstore in Easthampton, MA.

Gavin J. Grant

Gavin J. Grant works from home as of 12/21 with long covid. He is the publisher of Small Beer Press. Since 1996 he has (with Kelly Link) edited and published Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, a twice-yearly zine. He lives with his family in Northampton, Massachusetts.