Crumble: An Exploration of the Theme

A cry, a threat, a warning, a collapse of the senses, hindsight in its rawest form: when something or someone crumbles, what images come to mind? A dream? A hard truth? An empire?  

Too many of us have experienced a point in our life when reality slips into something unidentifiable. More have watched from the outside as the recognizable becomes unrecognizable. We may even be a witness to a crumbling in motion, and are not sure what will be left at the end of whatever we may face. History documents and displays such notorious events in detail that are almost unbearable. 

Perhaps that is why, as The Missing Slate Magazine, we felt compelled to choose this theme: sometimes we must face the unbearable. Sometimes we are forced to watch as life crumbles around and within us. Sometimes we experience it through another person, an event, a catastrophe, or as a path to freedom.  

However this theme resonates with you, we are waiting on the sidelines to catch the pieces. Art, Poetry, Fiction, Flash Fiction/Prose, Essay, Non-fiction, we welcome it all. What fell before you even knew it could fall? What was left afterwards? Whether from the past, present, or future, we are excited to read and experience it with you. 




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