SUN and SCUM Archives

The SUN Archives

SCUM Archives

The SUN: Selected features from the original Spouses' Underground Newsletter, the first literary journal for U.S. diplomatic spouses, founded in 1990 by Francesca Kelly and Fritz Galt.

Halloween Scrooge

The Vacation that Went Awry

The Engine that Purred

Hospitality in Tehran

How I Nearly Killed my Husband in Language Class

"Shanghai-ed" with the President

SCUM (Spouses Covert Underground Magazine): a short-lived, humorous, albeit tasteless, monthly email magazine by the editors of, and contributors to, the SUN newsletter. All SCUM-like material is now included in our Way off Base section.

WARNING! This is an area for people who've gone completely off the deep end and does not represent in any way, shape, or form, the common overseas agency or expat spouse's tastes or views. It may contain profanity and adult situations.

SCUM Issue Number One

SCUM Issue Number Two

SCUM Issue Number Three

SCUM Issue Number Four