After more than a month of hiatus while the Editor shifted from Shanghai to Los Angeles, The Foghorn is back this week with three all new stories.

We are also happy to announce our first reader submission contest. The topic is "Home from the Hill," stories of returning home after a time abroad, literally or otherwise. We'll be running the best Fact and Fiction submissions the first week of September. Send submissions to editor@thefoghornmagazine.com as attached documents by August 15, and please do not include your name with your submission.

Last of all, The Foghorn needs your help! Over the last month of shameful neglect, The Foghorn has gone from many thousands of happy hits per month to just two or three sullen readers hitting "reload" again and again from under the sallow light of a single flickering bulb. Let's bring it back - this week, we're asking everyone to choose their favorite Foghorn piece, old or new, and send the link to one friend. Just one friend! That's not too much to ask.