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January Fifteenth, My Forthcoming Novella, Front Cover
I’m still really excited about my upcoming novella, January Fifteenth. It’s coming out from Tor.com in just a few months. I really like the cover: I really like the cover! It reminds me of one of my favorite paintings,”Paris Street; … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, January Fifteenth, My publications, Novella, Tor.com
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Check Out “White Rose, Red Rose” in Uncanny!
Woohoo! My short story, “White Rose, Red Rose” is now available online as part of Uncanny Magazine’s issue 43! The resistance has left a white rose on her windowsill. It can only mean one thing. Her brother is dead. How … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Rachel Swirsky 2019 Award Eligibility Post
Check out my three new short stories from this year! “Oh! Abigail! Oh. It’s good—it’s so good to see you. Mom. Hi. I feel like I could reach out and touch your face. Your face! It’s so good to … Continue reading → Continue reading
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New Book! And new reward tiers on my Patreon.
New book! I’m so excited about this! I’ve been working like crazy since New Year’s, putting together a book collecting all my 2018 political cartoons. Here are the details: You Only Drew This To Get Laid Over 90 pages, in … Continue reading
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What Lies at the Edge of a Petal Is Love
“What Lies at the Edge of a Petal Is Love” began with a dream. For a while, I was writing dream stories, such as this one and “How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth.” It hasn’t happened lately. … Continue reading → Continue reading
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“I will be wild. I will be brutal. I will encircle you.”
A few people have made graphics featuring a quote from one of my short stories. I’m including two of them below, which take the quote and make a narrative out of it (using movie images), which is neat. It’s awesome … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, My publications, Stuff I like
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On Writing and Mortality
This essay originally appeared on the blog Big Other and was later reprinted on the SFWA website. I’ve rewritten it to make its points more sharply and eliminate repetition. The original version is still available on the other sites. It was originally … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Poem: A Season with the Geese
This poem originally appeared in Abyss & Apex Magazine. A Season with the Geese by Rachel Swirsky Once when we were young, we flew to Europe with the geese. Twined neck to neck we sailed the Seine chasing ripples and water bugs, lost … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Flashback to 2008: “Marrying the Sun”
For a while, I was linking weekly (from my twitter and facebook) to stories of mine from the past decade. I let it lapse, but I thought I’d pick it up again on some Mondays. So: “Marrying the Sun,” published … Continue reading → Continue reading
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