About this ebook
Made by
Gavin J. Grant
& Kelly Link.
As in my LCRW 46 note, I am chronically ill and limited compared to the previous times. I’m still planning (hoping? how zine-esque of me) on two issues of this zine this year. But we have two books coming, Anya’s (OKPsyche) and Kij’s (The Privilege of the Happy Ending) — two writers from the Twin Cities, how unexpected — which is enough to keep me busy and then Kathleen Jennings’s January collection, Kindling. Then next February Random House is publishing Kelly’s huge immersive, amazing novel, The Book of Love. Can’t wait to see it out in the world. — Gavin
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Cover illustration “Leo Moon” © 2023 Holly Link. All rights reserved.
Celebrating: a UK edition of Zen Cho’s collection, Spirits Abroad. A World Fantasy nomination for the press. Redemption in Indigo being bought by Random House so that Karen Lord can have all her books under one roof. Starred reviews for new books from Anya DeNiro (OKPsyche) and Kij Johnson (The Privilege of the Happy Ending). Reprinting Angélica Gorodischer’s Kalpa Imperial and Sarah Rees Brennan’s In Other Lands.
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About the author
Callum Angus is the author of the story collection A Natural History of Transition (Metonymy Press). He lives in Portland, Oregon where he teaches trans writing workshops, edits the journal smoke and mold, and is at work on a novel with/about lichen.
Maya Beck is a broke blipster, lapsed Muslim, animanga oldhead, demipan demigirl, pastelcore bunnymom, socially-anxious social justice bard, and speculative fiction writer currently wrapping up a middle grade novel about marronage as part of the UCSD Literature MFA. Their work has been published by venues including Strange Horizons, PANK, Mizna, and NAT BRUT and they have participated in writing programs including the Clarion Workshop, Tin House, Kimbilio, and the VONA. Born on Kumeyaay land with a Motor City mom/Windy City dad Black lineage, Maya is a blended descendant of displaced Bantu, Hausa, and Fulani peoples. They can be found lurking under minimin@raru.re on Mastodon, a.Maybeing on Instagram, and their website mayabeck.com.
Serafina Bersonsage received a PhD in English from the University of Rochester, where she wrote several fantasy novels while avoiding her dissertation. Her first poetry collection (A Witch’s Education) is available from EMP Books.
Brandon Clippinger grew up in South Florida and now lives in Boston, Massachusetts, where he practices law. His fiction also appears in Shenandoah and the Carolina Quarterly.
Jennie Evenson has received support from Bread Loaf and Tin House and has work published in Ninth Letter, Brevity, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Flash Fiction Online, and elsewhere. She lives in California with her loved ones and a rescue Cairn terrier who looks like Toto. Her website can be found at jennieevenson.com.
Nicole Kimberling has cooked so much food in her lifetime that she’s developed a philosophy around nearly every aspect of it. When she’s not putting hot meals on the table she can be found either running Blind Eye Books or procrastinating until the last possible second to finish her most recent novel. You find her on IG @the_nicole_kimberling
Holly Link, based in Philadelphia, has been experimenting with collage art for several decades, drawing on texture and color to create dreamscapes from old photographs, and piles of National Geographic, mail order, and other magazines.
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Meg Toth is a professor of film studies and literature at Manhattan College. While she is an emerging fiction writer, her non-fiction essays on cinema and literature have appeared in such journals as Modern Fiction Studies, Adaptation, and the Journal of Narrative Theory. She is currently revising To Be Real, a speculative satire set in near-future Hollywood. Toth has lived in New York for over a decade, but she was born and raised in Cleveland, and Ohio—and the Midwest more generally—appears frequently in her short fiction.
Lena Valencia’s fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Ninth Letter, Epiphany, Electric Literature, the anthology Tiny Nightmares, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2019 Elizabeth George Foundation grant and holds an MFA in fiction from the New School. Originally from Los Angeles, she lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she is the managing editor and director of educational programming at One Story and the co-host of the reading series Ditmas Lit.
Randall Van Nostrand’s stories have appeared in the Rappahannock Review, 96th of October, and East of the Web. She lives on the side of a mountain north of San Francisco with a naughty dog named Baxter.
