Sarah Brandel
Excerpt
Bek skittered up the cryocoffin tower, reveling in the free movement of her limbs. After three months entombed in her craft, she pined for the primordial forests of Kol. The clustered gas exchange hoses and feeding tubes spilling from the ends of the coffins reminded her of the vines that wove the trees together.
Higher, higher, her joints expanding, her arms stretching farther. When she made it to the top, she would see exactly what was in the thousands of coffins that filled the Drivers’ chariot.
Bio
Sarah Brandel has bounced between "author" and "editor" for the past 10 years. Her published works include stories in Aberrant Dreams and the anthologies Thou Shalt Not... from Dark Cloud Press and Cinema Spec: Tales of Hollywood and Fantasy from Raven Electrick Ink. She attended Clarion West Writers Workshop in 1999 and Viable Paradise XII in 2008. As an editor, she has worked for Pearson Education publishing textbooks for middle school and high school students and for Apex Publications publishing dark science fiction online and in print. She lives in Minnesota and can be found online at the newly revamped (but seldom updated) SarahBrandel.com.
Publications
"Dear and Dearly Beloved" - Net Author's E2K, October 2003
"Hungry Ghosts" - Thou Shalt Not... from Dark Cloud Press, Fall 2006
"Imarja's Children" - Aberrant Dreams, Summer 2006 (Issue 8)
"A Life in Pictures" - Cinema Spec: Tales of Hollywood and Fantasy from Raven Electrick Ink
Writing Description
I write about what appeals to me at a particular moment, which ranges from science fiction to alternate history to ghost stories. I'm constantly puzzled when people label my writing as "horror," but my stories do tend to be somewhat dark.
Goals
I'm hoping to write solid drafts of three stories during the six weeks.
I have two friends who are attending Clarion West Writers Workshop this year, and I'm hoping to write along with them. But if someone would like to donate to give me a kick in the pants to keep up, that would be good, too.Website
