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Excerpt
The sea shone in the distance like mercury. They met on the balcony of a white marble building, a temple of some sort, Allie thought. Have you found him yet? wrote the lady. She sat on a bench and patted a place for Allie beside her.
I think so, Allie wrote.
Has he tried to kill you?
Frightened, Allie shook her head. That was why she was supposed to be on guard? Didn’t you say he was after you not me? she scrawled. She looked around. Against white clouds, blue birds with wingspans like a gull’s soared. This was a dream, right? She could wake up, like last time--
from "Something More," unpublished
Bio
Nisi Shawl’s short story collection, Filter House, won the 2008 James Tiptree, Jr. Award. She is the co-editor of Strange Matings: Octavia Butler, Science Fiction, and Feminism (forthcoming from Wesleyan University Press) and the co-author of Writing the Other, a guide to developing characters of varying racial, ethnic, and sexual backgrounds. Her reviews and essays appear in the Seattle Times and Ms. Magazine. Shawl is a founding member of the Carl Brandon Society and serves on the Board of Directors of the Clarion West Writers Workshop, which she attended in 1992. She likes to relax by pretending she lives in other people's houses.
Publications
Filter House, 2008, Aqueduct Press
Writing Description
Shawl's writing has been described as "synesthetic," "haunting," "filled with voices," and "remarkably satisfying." There is no one like her.
Goals
I am collaborating on a West African fantasy with Michael Ehart. We're planning to write 1000 words a week, which means I'll be responsible for roughly 500. I've attempted to collaborate in the past; if this attempt is successful, it will be the first time.
I will be asking my friends to pledge $10 a week. I will blog about it on LiveJournal.
