{"id":18060,"date":"2014-01-12T03:41:43","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T11:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=18060"},"modified":"2014-01-12T03:41:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-12T11:41:43","slug":"rachel-swirskys-short-story-publications-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=18060","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Swirsky’s Short Story Publications, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I sat down to write this, I thought I'd only published four short stories this year, but then I remembered that there are two originals in my collection, and also that an older story of mine was published in the first issue of THE DARK.<\/a> <\/p>\n

In total, I published seven original stories this year. It's not so bad for a year in which I've been primarily noveling, although I wish I had finished a few more that are in the late stages of revision.<\/p>\n

Many of the stories are available online, but if you'd like to access one of the ones that isn't for awards consideration, contact me and I'll send you a copy. <\/p>\n

The story of mine that seems to be getting the best reaction this year is:<\/b><\/p>\n

"If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love<\/a>," at Apex Magazine. It's a short-short with a poetic rhythm. <\/p>\n

The one that's probably my favorite is:<\/b><\/p>\n

"All That Fairy Tale Crap<\/a>" which first appeared in GLITTER & MAYHEM<\/a>, but was reprinted in Apex Magazine this December. (It's still original to this year.) It's a meta-fictional take on Cinderella with some rated R content. <\/p>\n

I also published three other original stories in magazines and anthologies:<\/b><\/p>\n

"Beyond the Naked Eye" appeared in John Joseph Adams and Doug Cohen's OZ REIMAGINED<\/a>. It's not available for free online, but it is available as a Kindle single<\/a> for 1.99. The prompt for this anthology was to reimagine Oz as a different genre; I wrote about Oz as a reality show, but the character of the narrator–a jeweler–took over the story as I was writing.<\/p>\n

"Abomination Rises on Filthy Wings<\/a>" appeared in Apex Magazine. It's got a trigger warning on it for sexual (and other) violence. I wrote it on a dare because there's a particular kind of story that appears a lot in horror slush, where writers seem to be working out autobiographical fantasies of killing their wives or ex-wives. I wanted to see if I could follow all of the "rules" of the genre while creating a narrative that carried an opposite message.<\/p>\n

"What Lies at the Edge of a Petal Is Love<\/a>" is a heavily imagistic story that appeared in the first issue of The Dark.<\/p>\n

Two original stories appeared in my collection, HOW THE WORLD BECAME QUIET<\/a>, which came out this year from Subterranean Press.<\/b><\/p>\n

"Speech Strata" is another heavily imagistic story about a far-far future that's largely indistinguishable from fantasy. <\/p>\n

"With Singleness of Heart" is the other story on this list that has a trigger warning for sexual (and other) violence. It's very short, and deals with the topics of rape as a weapon of war, and the abuse of soldiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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