Behind The Music, "This Tornado Loves You" in JMWW

Ryan Werner writes stuff.  He also is in charge of Our Band Could Be Your Lit, which I thought was pretty cool. On the site, there's a list of songs a writer can choose to write about. I picked the Neko Case song, "This Tornado Loves You".



 I played the video over and over, in the background, half listening to it, while I wrote the piece and submitted it to OBCBYL. The story ended up not being very much about the song. It was rejected.

So know, what was I to do with a themed piece? In reality, the flash fiction stood by itself and I thought it was good enough to find a home. JMWW was a great place to start. They had accepted, How To Give Dating Advice As a State Social Worker" over a year ago. I liked their slant and the writing there was always good. I am more than happy, "This Tornado Loves You", was accepted by Editor Meg Tuite and  Jen Michalski for their Summer 2012 issue. It has a home along with this list of fine folks. Happy reading!

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Editor's Note

Fiction

G-Men
by David Atkinson

Couvade Syndrome
by Jamey Davidsmeyer

The Island
by Jacques Debrot

This Tornado Loves You
by Timothy Gager

In the China Closet
by Paul Jaskunas

The Indigents
by Paul Jaskunas

Arboretum
by W.F. Lantry

The First Hour, the Last Hour
by Katherine D. Stutzman

Diplomas and Certificates
by Brandi Wells

Poetry

You Need to Have a Plan
by Rachel Barrett

Monotropa
by Liz Bowen

Backs
by Molly Brodak

Pink Trees
by Molly Brodak

You Have Died of Dysentery
by Daniel Heffner

Year of the Coyote
by Bill Neumire

Betsy Patterson Bonaparte to Her Brother-in-Law, Upon Landing at Dover Alone and Nine Months Pregnant, 1805
by Shelly Puhak

Exposition
by Karen Alayna Thimell

We Woke Up Neck Deep in Cherry Blossoms and the World
by Russ Woods

Nonfiction

Getting Even
by Tyler Leeds

MFA My Way

Song and Story: The Lyric-Narrative Poem
by Christine Stewart

Special Summer Book Review Section!

Rough Likeness by Lia Purpura
(Reviewed by Girija Sankar)

The Greatest Show by Michael Downs
(Reviewed by Barrett Warner)

Shopping for a Better Country: Essays by Josip Novakovich
(Reviewed by Melanie Page)

Messages by Piotr Gwiazda
(Reviewed by Elizabeth DeFries)

Tongue of War by Tony Barnstone
(Reviewed by Barrett Warner)

Cul de Sac: Stories by Scott Wrobel
(Reviewed by Melanie Page)

Watch the Doors as They Close by Karen Lillis
(Reviewed by Melanie Page)

Dominant Traits by Eric Freeze
(Reviewed by Bill Black)

Hot Sonnets: An Anthology by Moira Egan and Clarinda Harriss (editors)
(Reviewed by Gretchen Hodgin)

Surrounded by Water by Stephanie Freele
(Reviewed by Melanie Page)

Deviant by Austin Wall
(Reviewed by Dave Kiefaber)

Mythology of Touch by Mary Stone Dockery
(Reviewed by CL Bledsoe)

Love-In-Idleness by Christopher Hennessy
(Reviewed by Eric Loy)