Review: Halfling’s Court
While much of modern fantasy makes use of similar tropes and settings, The Halfling’s Court by Danielle Ackley-McPhail takes fantasy to a new level: blending the familiar with the unexpected, timelessness with modernity and— believe it or not — faeries with a biker gang. Ackley-McPhail first introduced this world through two stories she wrote for collections she edited, Bad Ass Faeries 1 and 2. Even though those collections focused on revisiting the mythological world of faeries, her stories stood out for their fresh perspective. She has clearly done her research into the biker...
Read MoreWild Transitions (Vol. IX Issue 1, Spring 2010)
As the first issue of the new design, Wild Transitions (Vol. IX Issue 1, Spring 2010) includes works that demonstrate a transition: whether between relationships or places, between worlds or between viewpoints.
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Wild Violet is entering a new era with a redesign that incorporates more user interactivity. As the first issue of the new design, Wild Transitions (Vol. IX Issue 1, Spring 2010) includes works that demonstrate a transition: whether between relationships or places, between worlds or between viewpoints. Explore the transition between seasons with “Cut Grass in Snow,” “In Spring’s Bed” and “January Thaw.” Or traverse the worlds between the living and the dead in stories by Margaret Karmazin, Helen Tzagoloff, and Tony Dvorak, and with a poem by Frank De...
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Poetry Black Cherry – Carol Hamilton To Moon or Elsewhere – Ishita Bhaduri Israeli Morning – Daniel Wilcox Tonight’s The Night We Begin! – Bill Gillard A Neighbor’s Death – Frank De Canio Possibilities – Jeannine Pitas night flowers – Janet Butler The Sanity (1967-1997) – Robert Lietz On The Third Ring – R.S. Carlson Cut Grass in Snow – Michael Lee Johnson My Best Friend’s Mental Illness – Terri Brown-Davidson How to Write a Sonnet – Terri Brown-Davidson Between your two weakest fingers...
Read MoreMonthly Contests Coming
Starting in May, Wild Violet will be offering monthly short-form writing contests (500 words for fiction, 20 lines for poetry). Once a month, I’ll post a topic, and people can post a link to their content, which can appear on either a personal site or any blog. We will ask that contest entries not be posted directly into the comments. Each month, a panel will narrow the entries down to 10 top entries, and I’ll create a poll, allowing people to vote. The monthly winner will receive some Wild Violet merchandise (such as a bumper sticker, button or post cards). At the end...
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