Matchbook Stories Issue 5
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The wait is over! Issue 5 has arrived.
Matchbook Stories Issue 5
We changed things up again! This issue of Matchbook Stories is our DIY, Some Assembly Required issue.
With a matchbox and matchbooks you can cut and assemble at home.
We had so much fun putting this together and we hope you will too.
MATCHBOOK STORIES: The tiniest literary magazine in the world is back with four great tiny stories by Aimee Bender, Jon McGregor, Joanna Walsh, and Ioanna Mavrou, on matchbooks you can cut and put together yourself.*
Join the literary fun!
*No staples or scissors included.
Contents
"The Matchbook" by Aimee Bender
"1957" by Jon McGregor
"The House Opposite (an alphabetical romance with unknown objects)" by Joanna Walsh
"At the End of the World" by Ioanna Mavrou
“I've never seen before super short stories treated with such great love and respect.” —Etgar Keret
“it’s rare to find a magazine that you want to give away not because you don’t like it, rather because it’s so special that you actively want to share it.”—Mag Culture
“Tiny but breathtaking stories... absolutely adorable... an art object that assures both style and substance.”
— Smokelong Quarterly
“One of the most unusual and beautiful literary magazines in the world.”
—J. Robert Lennon
Matchbook Stories
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How to Assemble Matchbook Stories Issue 5
- Unfold cover and page spreads. Gather tools.
- Gently mark the limpcovers where indicated to create crease lines.
- Cut the two matchbox pieces and the limpcovers off the cover page.
- Cut, fold matchbox drawer.
- Assemble matchbox drawer.
- Fold and assemble matchbox.
- Cut out text pages and collate each story.
- Match stories to covers and staple where indicated.
- Put matchbooks in matchbox. Read and share with a friend!
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