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Zine 02 - risk

Sunflower Station Issue 02 explores the ways in which risk makes us vulnerable and the need for solace in its wake.

A soft landing place for artists.

A soft landing place for artists.

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“The Garden” by @elyse_runkle is an excerpt fr

“The Garden” by @elyse_runkle is an excerpt from a larger work titled “Cheers to the Death of a Girl,” which explores the loss of innocence unique to the female experience. Immense responsibility, premature sexualization, common traumas, body image, and the admiration yet simultaneous rejection of femininity are explored in an ironically celebratory eulogy to the passing of female youth. Read more poems by Elyse on our website—link in bio.
Elyse Runkle is a writer based in Los Angeles, California. She grew up in Austin, Texas before moving to California at eighteen where she received her bachelor’s of fine arts in Television Writing and Production with a minor in English from Chapman University. Her work largely explores the female experience, identity, and mental health.

Los Angeles! Join us for another evening of readin

Los Angeles! Join us for another evening of readings, music, food, and wine @tabularasabar on Tuesday, Jan 10th!
Readings from:
@wheels_duncan
@bloatedatcostco
@kiratotherescue
@leah_clancy
@goodmischief_
Hosted by the exceptional @styrofoamboots26
Grab some tasty grub from @eat.nattawadee
Free and fun! See you all then 🫶

We are thrilled to announce the first edition of S

We are thrilled to announce the first edition of Sunflower Station Press’s monthly book club! For this first go-around, we will be meeting @TabulaRasaBar on January 24th to discuss Anthony Veasna So’s posthumously released short story collection Afterparties. This book club will be led by Sunflower Station’s own @pjzettle and Sunflower Station published writer @styrofoamboots26.
A riveting collection of short stories set in the Central Valley of California, So’s fiction weaves together thoughts on tradition, immigration, displacement, memory, queer life, and imaginative power. We believe that So’s melancholic, yet often times comical work is an important perspective on what it means to be living in the margins in California today.
Afterparties is widely available at local indie booksellers, including @storiesbooksandcafe. We highly encourage that you buy it there, but it certainly will be available at Bookshop.org and your local library. E-book and audio book versions are available as well.
To sign up, follow the link in our bio. We will meet on the 24th, and we will discuss the entire book, but don’t worry if you don’t read every story. Just come prepared to talk about your favorite one!
This is the first of what we hope to be a monthly series of book club meet ups. So come, drink some wine, tip your bartender, and celebrate a seminal work
by an amazing writer!

Did you know we print free ads in our magazines fo

Did you know we print free ads in our magazines for small businesses, bands, tattoo shops, and other independent organizations? We’re looking for ads for our upcoming publication, magazine issue 03: Rituals & Ceremonies. Submit your ad, along with a little about the business or organization to submissions@sunflowerstationpress.com

We have another reading for you LA! Come party w

We have another reading for you LA!
Come party with us @tabularasabar on Tuesday the 13th! @Mission_de_control will be spinning, and we have @styrofoamboots26, @whinemommy, @matthewgoldin, @wheels_duncan, @reishakaines, and @masongranger performing! The event starts at 7:00 and is free to all. Arrive early and stay late to dance, drink great wine, and support your local literary community!

Sunflower Station is calling for submissions for o

Sunflower Station is calling for submissions for our 3rd magazine!
This time we are interested in your expressions and reflections on ceremonies and rituals. What are some habits of your life? What kind of traditions do you find yourself within? What is it that compels us to behave the way we do? How do we find or not find community in these practices?
We are accepting poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and visual submissions. Submission deadline is January 13th. Send your submissions to submissions@sunflowerstationpress.com. Link in bio for more info💀