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Excerpt
From "Sassafras, Lemon Cake, and Wishes," a story I will probably
revise during the write-a-thon:
“Come on, honey,” Mother told Mary Evangeline. “There’s nothing to be scared of.”
It seemed to Mary Evangeline there was plenty to be scared of. The hospital loomed out from a cluster of sassafras and hickories, shaded doors like disapproving eyes.
Bio
Rachel Swirsky is a graduate of Clarion West 2005 and a recent graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, from which she received her MFA in fiction. Her fiction has appeared in a number of venues including Tor.com, Subterranean Magazine, Weird Tales, Fantasy Magazine, and Interzone, and has
been collected in year's best anthologies edited by Jonathan Strahan, Rich Horton, and the VanderMeers.
Rachel currently lives in Bakersfield, California, with her husband and newly acquired three-year-old shelter cat.
Publications
"Eros, Philia, Agape" -- Tor.com "A Monkey Will Never Be Rid of Its Black Hands" -- Subterranean
Magazine
"Dispersed by the Sun, Melting in the Wind" -- Subterranean Magazine
"Marrying the Sun" -- Fantasy Magazine
"How the World Became Quiet: a Post-Human Creation Myth" -- Escape Pod
"Heartstrung" -- Pseudopod
Writing Description
I tend to write work that I would either describe as social science fiction (usually near future) or magical realism, although occasionally I take a foray into far-future, high fantasy, or literary work.
Goals
I will work a minimum of 20 hours a week during the write-a-thon, on original work and revisions.
I'll happily make earrings for anyone donating $25 or more to Clarion West during the write-a-thon.
Website
I write casually on LiveJournal at http://rachel_swirsky.livejournal.com.
