Issue 66 / Spring 2018
66 / Dangerous Creations
Real-life Frankenstein stories
Creative Nonfiction #66: “Dangerous Creations” is devoted to real-life Frankenstein stories about the intersections of technological innovation and the human condition. Writers consider prenatal surgeries, lifesaving medical interventions, and the limitations of science and medicine, wondering what it means, in the modern era, to be a monster.
Plus, Heather Sellers on writing through dark places; how technology is changing the way we think; Jenny Boully on beginnings and endings; tiny truths; and more.
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What’s the Story #66
"Real life can be as scary as any monster story"What’s This Doing to My Brain?
Are we addicted to our devices and networks? And if we are ... does it matter?Unafraid of the Dark
Writing about traumatic events without traumatizing your readers: a profile of Heather SellersAssemblage
There's always a little carnage in creationMystic Trinities
Becoming pregnant with triplets on the first try is like winning the in vitro fertilization lottery ... but it's also tempting fateMonsters
Anatomical specimens from a different era haunt a young physician's imaginationPrometheus Unbound
The forces that keep us goingThumpity-Thump
No one knows by what magic the heart starts beatingPiecing It Together
A mad doctor's barbaric crime has a lasting impact on his lawyer's daughterThe Makeup of a Monster
The heavy price of the masks we wearDancing between Distance and Intimacy
Sometimes, readers need to be distracted so they can focusHello, Goodbye
From first word to last, writing is like a love affairrickslist
Organizing a father's messy lifeDangerous Creations
CNF interviews Margaret Wardlaw, winner of the Dangerous Creations essay contest