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# Julie C. Day

"Her capacity for engaging bizarre ideas in the exploration of deeply felt and deeply damaged characters can be stunning."--Locus Magazine

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- [Hate has nothing to do with it. Honest!](https://stillwingingit.com/2013/08/24/hate-has-nothing-to-do-with-it-honest/) - Okay, I love to write fiction, but, dear lord, I really loath writing about myself. It's much more fun to chat *together* over a glass of just about anything. Oh, and eat chocolate as I plan escape routes to my new obsession, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. But that, my friends, is an entirely different
- [Reflection on My Wild 2018](https://stillwingingit.com/2018/12/27/reflect-on-my-wild-2018/) - I often default to disappointment in what I've accomplished and so laying out the year's good news is, much like writing a resume, a way to see myself from a less critical perspective. I failed at so much. And failed to sustain the energy to complete work far more than in prior years. Below is
- ["Raven Hair" — Cream City Review (April 2017)](https://stillwingingit.com/2017/04/09/raven-hair-cream-city-review-april-2016/) - My story "Raven Hair" was published in the Spring 2017 issue of the Cream City Review. First Lines Spring You were the wolf, the witch, the unnamed monster in the woods. Instead of blood offerings, the townspeople left you woven baskets full of waxy red fruit. I left myself: red cape and fiery virgin blood. I was
- ["Re-stitched" — Split Lip Magazine (January 2018)](https://stillwingingit.com/2018/01/30/re-stitched-split-lip-magazine-january-2018/) - My story "Re-stitched" was published in the January 2018 issue of Split Lip Magazine. First Lines It wasn’t Alicia’s catechism teacher, her mother, or even her sister who taught Alicia the truth about God’s grace and the redemptive power of skin robes. It was her stepfather, Larry McBride. Alicia and her sister, Stephanie, sat side
- [2018 Fiction Awards Eligibility Post](https://stillwingingit.com/2018/11/28/2018-fiction-awards-eligibility-post/) - The 2018 awards season means I need to untangle my works for this year and let people know what's published and eligible. I honest-to-god don't know why this post takes so long to put together! When I started I swear it was 2013... Short Stories “Re-stitched.” Split Lip Magazine (January 1, 2018) "Re-stitched" is a 3300-word
- [Visibly Silent](https://stillwingingit.com/2012/03/09/visibly-silent/) - Where the hell have I been? GroupGrok.com, where I blog with some fabulous writing friends, and my own StillWingingIt.com are like sleeping crickets at the moment. It seems I can't even be bothered to rub my own legs together and generate a line or two of music. See, it's busy times elsewhere in my life.
- [The Next Big Thing! Part One](https://stillwingingit.com/2013/01/26/the-next-big-thing-part-one/) - My friend, Angela Still, is an insanely talented writer and generous friend, so when she asked to include me in her Next Big Thing post, I was thrilled. Not only would people get to hear about my writing, I'd also get to shout out the brilliance of some lovely writing folk. Five writers and some Julie stories.
- [Welcome to My Macabre Food WEB](https://stillwingingit.com/2019/10/03/welcome-to-my-macabre-food-web/) - Over on Speculative Chic, I talk about my newly released novella The Rampant, how research informed the creation of the story and the macabre food web I designed in order to make the underground flesh-and-caterpillar field make sense. # Your My Inspiration So where do all good stories start? In my case it’s often that
- [Interviewing Jennifer Stevenson and My First Publication](https://stillwingingit.com/2012/09/28/interviewing-jennifer-stevenson-and-my-first-publication/) - I don't want to calculate how long it took from recording the actual interview to broadcasting it in episode #13 of the Small Beer Press podcast, but I can't help myself. My brain is wired for math: four months and two weeks. In between, I graduated from the Stonecoast M.F.A. program, watch my youngest child walk
- ["The Thirteen Tuesdays of Saint Anthony" — Farrago's Wainscot (October 2015)](https://stillwingingit.com/2015/12/28/the-thirteen-tuesdays-of-saint-anthony-farragos-wainscot-october-2015/) - My story "The Thirteen Tuesdays of Saint Anthony" was published in the October 2015 issue of Farrago's Wainscot. First Lines COMMUNITY ARTS ACCESS GRANT PROPOSAL THE THIRTEEN TUESDAYS PROJECT I am writing to apply for a 2017 Farsdale Arts Council grant following the application guidelines provided on the Farsdale Arts Council website. Praise
- [My Narration of Paul Jessup's "Sun Sorrow"](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/07/26/my-narration-of-paul-jessups-sun-sorrow/) - My narration of Paul Jessup's "Sun Sorrow" came out today in Episode 116 of Far Fetched Fables. The story is dark and lush and surreal, in large part because Jessup's imagery is so visceral and unexpected. It compelled me to enter the world-view of Beyla, the main character, if for no other reason than to
- [Despite an Exploding Stress-brain, It's Been a Good Week!](https://stillwingingit.com/2013/01/20/despite-a-shitty-job-its-been-a-good-week/) - Work is driving me mad at the moment, non-writing, non-family work. In that I am like ninety-plus percent of the planet. So complaints end here. After all, the writing and the family and, yes, all those people I call friends, add up to one weighty package of awesome. And it really has been a surprisingly
- ["Holes in Heaven" Newly Released to the World](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/01/19/holes-in-heaven-newly-released-to-the-world/) - My story "Holes in Heaven" about sibling rivalry, stellar nurseries, and the power of sacred magic verses science came out today in the print journal Isthmus. You can read an excerpt of the story here or purchase the magazine directly. Isthmus is a biannual journal out of Seattle, Washington. First Lines: In addition to its other powers, the
- [A 5-star rating for Isthmus 4 and "Holes in Heaven"](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/03/25/a-5-star-rating-for-isthmus-4-and-holes-in-heaven/) - I'm thrilled! In January my story "Holes in Heaven" appeared in Isthmus, a lovely print magazine out of Seattle, Washington. As it turns out, The Review Review gave the issue a 5-star rating, including some real love for my story. The review says in part, "Isthmus 4 is a beautiful curation of pieces that speak
- ["Holes in Heaven" — Isthmus (January 2016)](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/09/09/holes-in-heaven-isthmus-january-2016/) - My story "Holes in Heaven" was published in the January 2016 issue of Isthmus. First Lines In addition to its other powers, the Arizona heat compels decay. My forty-year-old apartment building with its Class C construction and Title Eight clientele didn’t stand a chance. The stench had overtaken my bedroom months ago, the epicenter of my
- [Boskone Bound February 19-21!](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/02/15/boskone-bound-february-19-21/) - I will be attending Boskone 53 this coming weekend. There will be panels, and readings, and much discussion of books, books, books. If you want to catch any of my panels, they are listed below. If you want to hear me read, you can do that too! Writing The Great Escape Friday 17:00 - 17:50,
- [A New Story Placed & A Personal Goal Unlocked](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/05/26/a-new-story-placed-a-personal-goal-unlocked/) - I've just signed the contract, so I get to tell the world. My story "Re-stitched" has been accepted by Split Lip Magazine. It's always a thrill when a story finds a home. But for me this particular acceptance is extra special. From 2012 through 2014, I wrote a series of six stories for the annual
- [Novelette "Idle Hands" in the Latest New Haven Review!](https://stillwingingit.com/2017/03/01/novelette-idle-hands-in-the-latest-new-haven-review/) - "Idle Hands" is the reason I love damselflies, dragonflies, and the Azores, at least from afar. It all started with one isolated species of damselfly found on the Azores Archipelago. Ischnura hastata has been found to reproduce parthenogenetically, that is without males. This fact, along with some beautiful images of the islands themselves, somehow inspired
- ["Idle Hands" — New Haven Review (February 2017)](https://stillwingingit.com/2017/03/09/idle-hands-new-haven-review-february-2017/) - My novelette "Idle Hands" was published in the February 2017 issue of the New Haven Review. First Lines Sylvia: 1971 God or no God, Sylvia Vieira’s special day was all wrong. No mother helped Sylvia fasten her dress for her First Communion. No little sister burst into her bedroom, upending her collection of pressed flowers and
- [Yes, that's my voice you hear](https://stillwingingit.com/2012/05/04/yes-thats-my-voice-you-hear/) - So under "other reasons I'm not blogging regularly": I still host the Small Beer podcast. I just put up an interview I did with John Kessel and I couldn't be more thrilled: firstly because we had a lot to talk about and secondly because, after many hours of labor, I finally finished the track. Yes, once
- [Greetings from the Other Side of the Screen](https://stillwingingit.com/2015/02/16/greetings-from-the-other-side-of-the-screen/) - Welcome to my sandbox. This is the blog of me, Julie C. Day. It is full of cobwebs and dust bunnies and the occasional glimmer of activity. Today it has this dazzling new book jacket. My story "Pretty Little Boxes" is part of Resurrection House's anthology XIII. I can't believe the amazing company my story is
- [The End of a Decade!](https://stillwingingit.com/2020/01/03/the-end-of-a-decade/) - I've been noticing these end-of-a-decade posts and I suddenly realized that 2020 ends my first decade as a published author. I started publishing stories 8 years ago. At this point, I feel like I might be a small press author, but I'm certainly no longer a new writer--something of a revelation. In honor of the
- [Embracing Failure: The Writing Process](https://stillwingingit.com/2019/10/18/embracing-failure-the-writing-process/) - Over on Horror Tree, I talk about my newly released novella The Rampant and why many many failures were necessary before I could complete this particular work. # Baby writers are never all the same. It is just the broad strokes–no sense of marketplaces or paths or realistic goals—that give new writers that patina of
- [Book GiveAway: The Rampant](https://stillwingingit.com/2019/09/17/book-giveaway-the-rampant/) - After months of fear & anticipation, The Rampant has finally arrived! I knew what I wanted to write from the beginning, but it took a few years of abandonment in a darkened electronic drawer, before I found it ready for completion. Writing for me is like that: fermenting, disassembling, pickling, buffing, and finally burial with
- [Book Birthday!!!!](https://stillwingingit.com/2019/09/15/book-birthday/) - Beware the Sumerian Rapture! The Rampant is officially out in the world! And I'm thrilled. Queer girls trying to save humanity by kicking off the end of the world? What's not to like?! Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1619761696Aqueduct Press: http://www.aqueductpress.com/ What the heck do others have to say, you ask? Well...Okay then..."This clever and surprisingly fun take on the rapture
- [Bonus Flash Fiction: A Violin Etude for Girls With Careful Braids](https://stillwingingit.com/2019/05/17/bonus-flash-fiction-violin-etude-for-girls-with-careful-braids/) - A Violin Etude for Girls with Careful Braids by Julie C. Day A toothed headband held down the wisps of Bethany Carrel’s tightly braided hair. Disorder, Bethany knew, wasn’t for violin girls, especially ones who accompanied their mother to Sherri’s Beauty Salon. “Lovely.” Bethany’s mother raised a hand to the nape of her neck and
- ["City Magic" — The Cincinnati Review (December 5th, 2018)](https://stillwingingit.com/2018/12/05/city-magic-is-available-online-with-the-cincinnati-review/) - I write far more short fiction than I publish. And what I publish often takes a few years of fermentation before it reaches final form. Writing, for me, starts not with a character or a plot but with something far more elemental--a feeling juxapositioned against an image or moment. Unfortunately, it takes awhile to discover
- [Uncommon Miracles Book Trailer!](https://stillwingingit.com/2018/06/23/uncommon-miracles-book-trailer/) - Well this is all sorts of fairy-lights-and-pixie-dust magic! My collection Uncommon Miracles now has a book trailer. All thanks to the amazing work of Tasmin Traves, the Social Media Manager over at PS Publishing. And I can't help but share it. It really is that exciting. Each time I look at it my head spins the
- [Tor.com list of short fiction writers!](https://stillwingingit.com/2018/06/20/tor-com-list-of-short-fiction-writers/) - I am beyond thrilled when I find my name on the Tor.com list "150 'New' Writers for Your Consideration." It really is both an unexpected and special moment. Stories, when published, feel like they have a second life, unknown to their author, at least that's been my experience. In large part I never know who
- [Holy Moly--I Have a Book Cover!!!!](https://stillwingingit.com/2018/06/08/holy-moly-i-have-a-book-cover/) - Amazing. Incredible. The perfect piece of art. Tiffany Bozic's "Fawn" is not only a fantastic painting, it's also the perfect complement to my first-and-I-can't-believe-it's-really-happening collection Uncommon Miracles. The ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) of the book is off to the printers and will soon be on its way to reviewers. The book itself (ebook and hardcover) should
- ["One Thousand Paper Cranes" — Kaleidotrope (January 2017)](https://stillwingingit.com/2017/01/07/one-thousand-paper-cranes-kaleidotrope-january-2017/) - My story "One Thousand Paper Cranes" was published in the Winter 2017 issue of Kaleidotrope. First Lines October, 2026: Remembering the Past Part 1 There is a story Elijah likes to tell himself. This story is set long before the fire, more than ten years ago, back in 2015. Elijah was the younger brother, only
- ["The Rocket Farmer" — Interzone 271 (July/August 2017)](https://stillwingingit.com/2017/07/06/the-rocket-farmer-interzone-271-julyaugust-2017/) - My story "The Rocket Farmer" was published in the July/August 2017 issue of Interzone. First Lines Sarnai I sit at my kitchen table and watch as my soon-to-be ex-husband, David, assembles cardboard boxes and labels each one in neat block letters. This is David’s third packing weekend and once again our daughter has made herself
- [My Wiscon 2018](https://stillwingingit.com/2018/05/31/wiscon-2018/) - This year I attended WisCon 42 in Madison Wisconsin and crossed paths with some dear writing friends both from my virtual critique group PAWS (the Post-Apocalyptic Writing Society) and from workshops and courses I've taken over the last ten years. There are so many amazing people in genre and WisCon seems to draw nearly all
- ["Schrödinger's" — Interzone 274 (March/April 2018)](https://stillwingingit.com/2018/05/30/schrodingers-interzone-274-march-2018/) - My story "Schrödinger's" was published in the March/April 2018 issue of Interzone. First Lines A strip club doesn’t have to be female-unsettling, at least no more than anything else women go through like a step-dad with too-friendly hands, a boyfriend who calls you passable rather than pretty, or a mom who finds a way to
- ["A Pinhole of Light" — Black Static (September 2016)](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/09/08/a-pinhole-of-light-black-static-september-2016/) - My story "A Pinhole of Light" was published in the September 2016 issue of Black Static. First Lines Waiting Like this life, the afterlife is unfair. A woman dies at twenty-nine and leaves her infant daughter behind. Eight years later she is still trapped on the other side. When I’m in my happiest frame of
- ["The Woman in the Woods" — Necessary Fiction (February 2016)](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/09/08/the-woman-in-the-woods-necessary-fiction-february-2016/) - My story "The Woman in the Woods" was published in the February 2016 issue of Necessary Fiction. First Lines Papa’s Death and the Orphan Train No matter how many times Horace told her different, Eliza knew her brother was wrong. The woman in the woods didn’t look the least bit dead. The woman in the
- [An Interview with Christopher M. Cevasco, Contributor to the Distant Echoes Anthology](https://stillwingingit.com/2017/09/25/an-interview-with-christopher-m-cevasco-contributor-to-the-distant-echoes-anthology/) - Welcome to my virtual summer porch! There are even a few fireflies about. In other words, it’s a perfect night for a chat about all things writing. Christopher M. Cevasco was kind enough to drop by today to talk about his story “The Happy Island” now out in Corazon Books’ anthology, Distant Echoes. The anthology
- ["Florida Miracles" — Interzone (November 2015)](https://stillwingingit.com/2015/12/28/florida-miracles-interzone-november-2015/) - My story "Florida Miracles" was published in the November 2015 issue of Interzone. First Lines Esta, it’s extremely important that David and his razorblade join us, Mrs. Henry tells me. Don’t fret, child. He’ll barely notice the blood. Reviews "Another father-daughter relationship....I got a great feeling from this story’s complex and mature vision
- ["The Re'em Song" — Interzone (March 2015)](https://stillwingingit.com/2015/12/28/the-reem-song-interzone-march-2015/) - My story "The Re'em Song" was published in the May 2015 issue of Interzone. First Lines Of course, leaving was easy. “The same damned people, the same damn trees, even the same damn work, all our God-fearing lives. Do you really think we would have married if there’d been even a handful to choose
- [WisCon Bound!](https://stillwingingit.com/2017/05/18/wiscon-bound/) - In less than a week I will attend my first WisCon along with three other members of my critique group: Emily B. Cataneo, Sarah Read, and Kathrin Kohler! We will also be sharing quarters together. Ummmm, I may have to go light on the eyeliner for a few days despite my no doubt low levels
- [ARC Readers Wanted. Plus a Liz Hand Intro!](https://stillwingingit.com/2017/03/08/arc-readers-wanted-plus-a-liz-hand-intro/) - If you are interested in reading an advanced reader copy of my collection and writing a review on Amazon, Goodreads, or some other lovely venue, message me via Twitter or FB, or submit a comment using my online form. I'm putting together a list of ARC readers for later this year. I'd love to include
- [Book Contract Signed!](https://stillwingingit.com/2017/03/03/book-contract-signed/) - It's official. And now I can be officially thrilled, rather than that unofficially thrilled stance I've had to take for the last few months. I've just signed with PS Publishing for my first short story collection, Uncommon Miracles. (Pausing here for a quick "Oh my God! This is amazing! It feels like a crazy dream.
- ["Everyone Gets A Happy Ending" Now Available in Interzone #268](https://stillwingingit.com/2017/01/08/everyone-gets-a-happy-ending-now-available-in-interzone-268/) - My story "Everyone Gets A Happy Ending," which concerns itself female friendships, the nature of family, and the bunny apocalypse, is now out in the January-February 2017 issue of Interzone. I wrote this story over a number of months, which is pretty standard for me. I tend to put stories away and allow them to ferment
- ["One Thousand Paper Cranes" Now Out in Kaleidotrope](https://stillwingingit.com/2017/01/04/one-thousand-paper-cranes-now-out-in-kaleidotrope/) - "One Thousand Paper Cranes" took its time. Both the writing of it and its emergence in a magazine. I'm almost afraid to go back and read it. What was I thinking about a year ago? Who was I back then? Questions which tie to the story. "One Thousand Paper Cranes" is a very Julie story. It's
- [My Narration of Sharon Shinn's "The Double-Edged Sword"](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/12/11/my-narration-of-sharon-shinns-the-double-edged-sword/) - So I'm behind in my recordings. I owe a narration to one podcast and have another due in January. Finding a time in my home when I only have to contend with curious dogs and less curious cats is tricky, which is why recording Sharon Shinn's "The Double-Edged Sword" was such a victory. At 40
- [My Narration of Sandra M. Odell's "Telling Stories"](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/09/17/my-narration-of-sandra-m-odells-telling-stories/) - My narration of Sandra M. Odell's "Tell Stories" is out in Podcastle 433. This story was both a joy to read and a writerly lesson for me. Writing humor is hard, much harder to my mind that writing dark fiction, or angry fiction, or just about any other kind of fiction. But Odell's premise is
- ["Pretty Little Boxes" — Resurrection House's Anthology XIII (March 2015)](https://stillwingingit.com/2015/03/01/pretty-little-boxes-resurrection-houses-anthology-xiii-february-2015/) - My story "Pretty Little Boxes" was published in the Resurrection House anthology XIII in March 2015. First Lines: Boxes surround us. Every night Barry builds more walls, fastens more lids. Sometimes, when I can't sleep, I slip down the hall to his workroom and watch. His eyes remain focused on the contents of his bench: the wood, the
- ["The Church of Forgotten Gods" — A cappella Zoo (January 2015)](https://stillwingingit.com/2015/03/01/the-church-of-forgotten-gods-a-cappella-zoo-january-2015/) - My story "The Church of Forgotten Gods" was published in the January 2015 issue of A cappella Zoo. First Line: Lehia’s skin glowed like copper-tainted gold, the campfire re-forming her rounded face in a series of shadow masks, transforming her more completely than any Halloween mask or costume in the annual school play. Buy a copy
- [My Story "A Pinhole of Light" Emerges in Black Static #54](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/09/04/my-story-a-pinhole-of-light-emerges-in-black-static-54/) - My story "A Pinhole of Light," which concerns itself with ghost hordes, photography, and transformation, just came out in the September/ October issue of Black Static. I was going through a rough patch when I wrote this piece and something of that dark energy wove itself into this particular story world. As usual, all those story-world details such
- [My Narration of Sunil Patel's "The Attic of Memories"](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/06/01/my-narration-of-sunil-patels-the-attic-of-memories/) - My narration of Sunil Patel's "The Attic of Memories" came out today on StarShipSofa. I just love this story! Though only one thousand words, it explodes with a multitude of planets and science fiction concepts. In fact,new ones come flying toward you in almost every paragraph. But as with all great stories, this riff on
- [Pantheon  Magazine TOC Released!](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/04/18/pantheon-magazine-toc-released/) - The table of contents for forthcoming issue of Pantheon magazine has just been released. The Hestia issue of Pantheon magazine includes a reprint of my story "The Re'em Song," originally published in Interzone #258. Hestia also includes a story by David Tallerman, a writer I've shared the TOC with twice before, along with a host
- [My Podcast Narration of Mary Rickert's "Cold Fires" Now Available](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/01/20/my-narration-of-mary-rickerts-cold-fires-now-available/) - The latest Small Beer Press podcast is finally out! Episode #21 involved some fun and some not so fun. First the fun: in order to select a story for the podcast, I *had* to read Mary Rickert's new collection You Have Never Been Here. It was one of the best collections I've read in quite some time. And the stories just
- ["The Woman in the Woods" Now Available Online](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/02/03/the-woman-in-the-woods-now-available-online/) - My story "The Woman in the Woods"—about the Orphan Trains, lost siblings, and the Iowa woods—is featured today on the the online magazine Necessary Fiction. Necessary Fiction publishes a new book review each Monday, a featured short story each Wednesday, a contribution to their Research Notes series each Friday, along with occasional interviews, essays, and other surprises.
- [My Narration of Fiona Moore's "Metaphor" is Now Up on StarShipSofa](https://stillwingingit.com/2016/02/04/my-narration-of-fiona-moores-metaphor-is-now-up-on-starshipsofa/) - The first of what I'm hoping are many narrations for StarShipSofa is now live. I'm really glad they gave me this particular story. It is tense and unexpected and written with an meticulous attention to story-world details and story structure. Which is to say I spent the whole story both worried for the main character
- ["Finding Your Way to the Coast" — A cappella Zoo (March 2013)](https://stillwingingit.com/2014/03/01/finding-your-way-to-the-coast-a-cappella-zoo-september-2012/) - My story "Finding Your Way to the Coast" was reprinted in A cappella Zoo's fifth anniversary best-of anthology, Bestiary (March 2013). First Lines: Peter’s hand moves slowly, hovering above Delia’s bare forearm, as little as an eighth of an inch between her flesh and his fingers. The ghosts feel safest that way. Buy a copy of
- ["The Faces Between Us" — Interzone (September 2014)](https://stillwingingit.com/2014/09/01/the-faces-between-us-interzone-september-2014/) - My story "The Faces Between Us" was published in the September 2014 issue of Interzone. First Lines: Drive long enough and you can find anything. Copper-eyed goddesses. Gilded August afternoons. That arid stretch of Oregonian high desert in the southeastern corner of the state. Buy a copy of Interzone, the British fantasy and science fiction magazine where "The
- [New Fiction and Some Hoping](https://stillwingingit.com/2014/07/22/new-fiction-and-some-hoping/) - Okay, I don't blog very successfully, by which I mean I don't do it often enough. But why not change that right now? That's what I'm asking myself this morning. Quick posts, that's all it takes, right? So here goes .... My flash piece "Drinking Grandma's Tea" is one of the two stories up on
- [Publications, The Next Big Thing, and Podcasts](https://stillwingingit.com/2013/01/14/publications-the-next-big-thing-and-podcasts/) - I don't blog nearly as much as I text, FB and tweet. Speaking in person is also one of my frequent activities. I try though. I really do. I want to communicate. Why else would I choose to be a fiction writer? But when my day job compresses one hemisphere of my brain and my
- [My Visit to the Sonoran Desert](https://stillwingingit.com/2012/05/24/my-visit-to-the-sonoran-desert/) - Have you read Anne Tyler's The Accidental Tourist? I read it years ago and despite the vicious book purges I'm prone to, it's managed to maintain a spot on one of the wood bookshelves that cower in our basement. In my house, it's the safest place for old books. I go down there so infrequently, all
- [Podcasting, Baby!](https://stillwingingit.com/2012/03/22/podcasting-baby/) - My internship with Small Beer Press continues. I have actually reached podcast number eight. This is the first podcast introduction where I actually talk about myself (just a little tiny bit). I listened to Starship Sofa for the first time a few weeks ago and suddenly realized it's okay. I can acknowledge that I actually
- [Listeners Welcome: In Which I Read "Death's Shed" by J.M. McDermott](https://stillwingingit.com/2011/10/28/listeners-welcome-in-which-i-read-deaths-shed-by-j-m-mcdermott/) - I can't believe how many times I recorded this story. So many, in fact, that my four year old started repeating the phrase "Death's Shed" whenever he found me in front of my laptop. The two just things just naturally went together. This was actually the first piece I attempted to podcast. Now, finally, I
- [Listeners Welcome: An Interview with Delia Sherman](https://stillwingingit.com/2011/10/23/listeners-welcome-an-interview-with-delia-sherman/) - Delia Sherman and I chat about her novel, The Freedom Maze, her family history and why it took over eighteen years to get this particular book published. Actually we chatted about a month ago, but all that technical stuff takes a little time. Finally, the interview is up. It's the very first episode in my
- [Learning Hurts My Brain](https://stillwingingit.com/2011/08/31/learning-hurts-my-brain/) - I'm spent more time than I want to admit (at least to my writing self) working through the basics of creating a reasonable vocal track. God, I'm even using terms like "vocal track" and "gain." Don't be fooled. I am stilling scraping forward to even a rudimentary understanding of what the heck I'm actually doing.
- [The Snowball Is in the Mail](https://stillwingingit.com/2011/08/15/the-snowball-mic-is-in-the-mail/) - As part of a grad-school assignment, I've become embroiled with the world of podcasting. I spent Saturday morning shut in our mudroom, surrounded by Tom's piles of junk (old clothes, grass-smeared sneakers and more shopping bags than any one family needs). I sat on a step I'd covered with a torn t-shirt while my laptop rested
- [Writing and Tattoos](https://stillwingingit.com/2011/08/14/writing-and-tattoos/) - So after two hours and far too much discomfort, I'm halfway through with the inking of my new tattoo. Of course, it's taking longer than I expected and of course this first session involved a lot more pain than I envisioned before I lay down on that damn massage table. The status right now? The
- [Covering Up](https://stillwingingit.com/2011/08/09/covering-up/) - Friday I've booked a three-hour session with a set of tattoo needles. Sort of surprising considering my aversion to pain. My last and, until now, only tattoo, was a flash-art selection made at midnight on a Saturday after too many beers. Providence, Rhode Island and the intern at my then-job both also played a prominent
- [1890s Berlin--The Black Piglet](https://stillwingingit.com/2011/08/06/1890s-berlin-the-black-piglet/) - I’ve been staring at this particular picture for the last few weeks. It's the favorite table of Strindberg, Munch and a variety of other characters from 1890s Berlin. It also happens to be the only table… Notice the pools of spilled red wine and folded cloth napkins, plus a Strindberg original on the wall. It

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- [Latest News](https://stillwingingit.com/) - 2/27/2026My latest novella Meissen Eyes is with a beta reader! At 39k, it's another long one and I love how it's turned out. It started 12 years ago as a short story that didn't work, which absolutely makes sense when I realize how many words it took to write this story. I truly can't get over
- [About](https://stillwingingit.com/still-more-about-julie/) - My weird, dark fantasy novella THE RAMPANT (Aqueduct Press) is a Lambda Literary Award finalist. My genre-bending debut collection UNCOMMON MIRACLES (PS Publishing) was praised by John Crowley, Kelly Link, Nathan Ballingrud, and Jeffrey Ford. I have also published in a wide variety of magazines, journals, and anthologies such as Black Static, The Dark, Cream
- [Interviews & Readings](https://stillwingingit.com/podcasts/) - Podcasts of My Own Fiction The Cincinnati Review's miCRo Series – Julie C. Day's “City Magic” read by Julie C. Day Podcastle #507 – Julie C. Day's “The Rocket Farmer” read by Lisa Hicks Podcastle #386 – Julie C. Day's “The Faces Between Us” read by Dave Thompson Readings of My Own Fiction Reading with A.C. Wise, Anya
- [Books](https://stillwingingit.com/fictionbooks/) - Stories of Driesch (WIP) Stories of Driesch is a series of inteconnected stories set in the city of Driesch. In this cyberpunk-ish city, consciousness is a commodity. And the self is an augmented, fractured creation. Death detectives work with memories in storied Limm-Glass. Children are outfitted with secondary Glassed-personalities. Black market operators acquire and trade
- [Collection: Uncommon Miracles](https://stillwingingit.com/collection-uncommon-miracles/) - A grieving man travels through time via car crash. A family of matriarchs collects recipes for the dead. A woman gains an unexpected child in the midst of a bunny apocalypse. An outcast finds work in a magical slaughterhouse. Julie C. Day’s debut collection is rife with dark and twisted tales made beautiful by her gorgeous
- [Novella: The Rampant](https://stillwingingit.com/novella-the-rampant/) - The Rampant (Aqueduct Press) is a 2020 Lambda Literary Award finalist. Paperback: Amazon | PublishereBook: Amazon | Publisher Goodreads list. What Others Are Saying "Equal parts playful and heartbreaking, this apocalyptic novella offers one-of-a-kind answers about the end of the world....This clever and surprisingly fun take on the rapture is the perfect theological horror story." — Publishers Weekly,
- [Newsletter Subscription Complete!](https://stillwingingit.com/newsletter-subscription-complete/) - You made it! Here is your copy of "Flyover Country," originally published in Interzone #285. You can checkout my latest story "Whole Bodies Are Never Left Behind" in the final issue of Black Static. Currently, I'm working a novelette set in 1915. So you just never know, or I guess, I never know what topic I'll
- [Short Fiction Bibliography](https://stillwingingit.com/complete-bibliography/) - The Ever-so-helpful "Other" Category "The Hierophant" was part of Arcana 2020, an internationally oriented exhibition that brought together 22 authors and 22 artists."City Magic" and "Hopes and Dreams" (later reworked into "No Songs for Lil") were part of the 2019 Art & Words Show at Art on the Boulevard.Drinking Grandma's Tea" and "Ghost Bubbles" were
- [Appearances](https://stillwingingit.com/upcoming-appearances/) - Necronomicon 2024August 15-18, 2024Providence, RI Verdant and Creeping: The Land Plant (Embryophyte) in Weird Film and FictionJulie C. Day, Nicholas Kaufmann, Tony LaMalfa, Fred Lubnow, Eric Schaller, Jordan Smith (M).Biltmore Ballroom, Graduate Hotel, 17th floor. Saturday, Aug 17, 2024, 8:00 – 9:15 AM. Signing and sale of the anthologies Dreams for a Broken World and
- [Short Fiction](https://stillwingingit.com/bibliography/) - Recent & Upcoming Publications "Forty Seconds to Looking Glass Road" The Sunday Morning Transport, April 14, 2024. More Info. "Whole Bodies Are Never Left Behind" Black Static 82/83. July, 2023. More Info. Other Featured Short Fiction I've published over forty short stories. Below are a few of my personal favorites you can find online.Feel free
- [Forthcoming Short Fiction](https://stillwingingit.com/forthcomoing-short-fiction/) - “Whole Bodies Are Never Left Behind.” Black Static.
- [Contact](https://stillwingingit.com/contact/) - I'd love to hear from you. It's easy to connect with my virtual selves: Instagram Facebook BlueSky Mastodon If you just want to send me a message, drop me a line using the form below. Isn't the internet wonderful? It's like magic without all those pointy hats, condensed milk, and goats.

## Books

- [The Rampant](https://stillwingingit.com/books/the-rampant/) - The fabulous Aqueduct Press will be publishing my 135 page novella, The Rampant, as a stand alone paperback and ebook later this year! What is the book about? The Rampant is a queer-girls-in-love, coming-of-age short novel that involves a Sumerian Rapture in Southern Indiana. It’s also an intense narrative ride that is, by turns, harrowing, heartbreaking, and
- [Uncommon Miracles](https://stillwingingit.com/books/uncommon-miracles/) - Available in hardcover, signed limited edition, and ebook. The Collection A grieving man travels through time via car crashes. A family of matriarchs collects recipes for the dead. A woman gains an unexpected child in the midst of a bunny apocalypse. This collection highlights themes that run through much of my work: personal catastrophe, culture chaos,

## Stories

- [Everyone Gets a Happy Ending](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/everyone-gets-a-happy-ending-2/) - First Lines “Baby bunnies,” Steph says, “herald the apocalypse. Kendra, you know that, right?” “Painful truth,” I reply, even as I luxuriate in the soft fur pressing against my arms. The heat is oppressive. Sweat soaks the back of my shirt, drips from the fine hairs at the nape of my neck. It’s dusk in
- [Holes in Heaven](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/holes-in-heaven-3/) - First Lines In addition to its other powers, the Arizona heat compels decay. My forty-year-old apartment building with its Class C construction and Title Eight clientele didn’t stand a chance. The stench had overtaken my bedroom months ago, the epicenter of my carefully assembled physics experiment. Even with a bandana tied around my face, the
- [The Faces Between Us](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/the-faces-between-us-3/) - First Lines Drive long enough and you can find anything. Copper-eyed goddesses. Gilded August afternoons. That arid stretch of Oregonian high desert in the southeastern corner of the state. Keep driving and you might catch something even more precious—a path through. Perhaps even a fairy-tale ending. That’s what Amber promised me during that long ago
- [Florida Miracles](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/florida-miracles-2/) - First Lines Esta, it’s extremely important that David and his razorblade join us, Mrs. Henry tells me. Don’t fret, child. He’ll barely notice the blood. “Three days,” I say. I grab a slice of pizza from the box on the coffee table, then glance at David and his blood-spattered paper towel. It’s gotten to the
- [Stone Memories](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/stone-memories/) - First Lines The field with its unmarked graveyard hides in the woods behind the old state hospital. In the summer it’s covered in tall grasses. In winter when the snow is high, the footprints of deer and smaller creatures press down below the surface. Children ride their sleds from one end to the other while
- [No Songs for Lil](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/no-songs-for-lil/) - First Lines Latin Jazz. Dixieland. Harlem stride. Lil followed the music as she wandered through a haze of bittersweet and almost-gone. About the Journal Linea is a literary journal of micro fiction published annually by Simian Press. We celebrate the literary snapshot, the atmospheric vignette, the emotion jotted in the margin, the lives, characters, moods and
- [Speculative Execution](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/speculative-execution/) - First Lines Fallstaff Node >>Local Session Initiated >>Serial connection established Consciousness 1x63:“Please—That’s not my name.” Consciousness 1x63:“God. Is it supposed to hurt…?” Jayant: “Felix, Branch prediction now 59%.” Consciousness 1x63:“Ah. You’re just hoping this path will actually trigger.” Consciousness 1x63: “My body must still be attached.” Jayant: “Quiet.” The Anthology The
- [After the Apocalypse There Will Be Memory Poems](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/after-the-apocalypse-there-will-be-memory-poems/) - First Lines Goodbye, Kansas Some memories are like scars— A knife-sharp Mobius strip in the brain Peter and his Raiders of the Lost Sharks t-shirt That mixture of citrus and musky end-of-day sweat “It’s a dishwasher lemon-meringue pie, not a disaster” Peter had laughed As the foam flowed across the kitchen floor And of course
- [Bluebeard's Surrender](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/bluebeards-surrender-2/) - First Lines There are over 2900 species of snakes in this world. The rough-scaled bush viper is one of the twenty-five percent-ers, poisonous from the moment it’s born. And though it’s true that ability doesn’t infer intent any more than predilection equates with action, the muttered you-can do-it of such creatures always seethes below the
- [The Hierophant](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/the-hierophant/) - The Hierophant In tandem with the rain, the spring melt had softened the ground, weeks of slick mud coating the basilica’s geometrically tiled floor. The basilica’s vaulted ceiling and marble throne were only the beginning of the Mother Church’s blessings. Here, within the Hierophant’s holy seat, heavenly inspiration (had, should, once) flowed down into his
- [Cornish Stone](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/cornish-stone/) - The Process Each contributing writer and visual artist was randomly assigned one card from the Major Arcana as inspiration and was asked to write a flash piece. The virtual event was available online for 1 month. The Event ARCANA is the result of caffeine injected conversations between writer, Steve Toase, and me. Conversations about the occult, ceremonial
- [Forty Seconds to Looking Glass Road](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/forty-seconds-to-looking-glass-road/) - First Lines Now Standing in Jorge’s hidden garden, with its water-impoverished stand of willow trees, Carl wasn’t so much surprised as resigned. The Quinone family curse had struck again. This time it was in the form of a sealed glass booth, seven feet tall and three feet wide, set on an empty stretch of the
- [Shattered](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/shattered/) - Debts must be paid, "Shattered" is one in a series of stories set in the city of Driesch. In this cyberpunk-ish city, consciousness is a commodity. And the self is an augmented, fractured creation. Death detectives work with memories in storied Limm-Glass. Children are outfitted with secondary Glassed-personalities. Black market operators acquire and trade virtual
- [The Night Fishers](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/the-night-fishers/) - No protection. No money. Trading a copy of her own neural network for Limm-Glass implants seems the easiest way out. "The Night Fishers" is one in a series of stories set in the city of Driesch. In this cyberpunk-ish city, consciousness is a commodity. And the self is an augmented, fractured creation. Death detectives work
- [Do Not Fragment](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/do-not-fragment/) - In the backrooms of the South Shields Glass Factory Workers Club, a dangerous game is about to begin. Night Fishers and thrill-seekers and desperate newcomers gather to release a consciousness from its Glass. The Plan: hunt the AI as it runs loose in the network. The loser? That's supposed to be the Glassed consciousness, as
- [We Girls](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/we-girls/) - First Lines The people of the city of Driesch are no different from other human beings. From their genesis, the personal memories of Driesch’s residents are tangled with sensory events: that first acrid scent of smoke as it rises from the factory’s soot-stained chimney is inexorably tied to the feel of your sweaty palm pressed
- [Whole Bodies Are Never Left Behind](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/whole-bodies-are-never-left-behind/) - First Lines Reaching the Ocean The house slumped across its lot, a worn-out carcass, stretches of graying, wooden bone exposed. After seven highways and six states, the three of them, Minnow, Momma, and Annabelle, had finally reached Cape Cod, Massachusetts—just as Momma had promised they would. This place was what Great Uncle Tobias called his
- [Raising Babies](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/raising-babies-2/) - First Lines Even though it was spring, God’s time for new life and rebirth, beneath three feet of hard-packed dirt, the baby wouldn’t stop crying. Unlike back in Asheville, real flowers were hard to come by at Grandma Charko’s house. But they were necessary. Two weeks ago Sylvia had grabbed a handful of zinnias from
- [Flyover Country](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/flyover-country-2/) - First Lines The Future Arrives Lovers are like flash floods, car collisions, aneurysms: always a possibility but never exactly expected. A small-plane pilot for AeroFix Corp, Sam arrived in my bed via a tray of purple pansies and a convoy of trucks intent on invading the Verona Municipal Airport. Praise for Story “It meanders
- [Flyover Country](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/flyover-country/) - First Lines The Future Arrives Lovers are like flash floods, car collisions, aneurysms: always a possibility but never exactly expected. A small-plane pilot for AeroFix Corp, Sam arrived in my bed via a tray of purple pansies and a convoy of trucks intent on invading the Verona Municipal Airport. Praise "It meanders and explores,
- [Re-stitched](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/re-stitched/) - First Lines It wasn’t Alicia’s catechism teacher, her mother, or even her sister who taught Alicia the truth about God’s grace and the redemptive power of skin robes. It was her stepfather, Larry McBride. Alicia and her sister, Stephanie, sat side by side on the edge of Alicia’s bed in their matching flannel nightgowns. The
- [Flight Aids Minus  the Wings and Fuselage](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/flight-aids-minus-the-wings-and-fuselage/) - First Lines A Partial List of Flight Aids Advisory Circular US Department of Internal Disarmament Office of Noncommercial Measures AC22-24 August 05, 2019 BACKGROUND: Piloted flight is just another form of avoidance Let’s be honest, references to the body of an airplane are nothing but linguistic propaganda. Metal wings and manufactured fuselages are the antithesis
- [Seven Falls Away](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/seven-falls-away/) - First Line We always ride the ferry when we are seven years old. About the Journal Linea is a literary journal of micro fiction published annually by Simian Press. We celebrate the literary snapshot, the atmospheric vignette, the emotion jotted in the margin, the lives, characters, moods and settings that come alive within narrow
- [China Island](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/china-island/) - First Lines I'd already saved Laurence Saunders a number of times over the years, small insignificant salvations. On December nineteenth, I managed to save him twice. That last day, Laurence slipped unnoticed from his home sometime between noon and three p.m., the three hour space between the meals-on-wheels delivery by Mrs. Heflin and the arrival
- [Bluebeard's Surrender](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/bluebeards-surrender/) - First Lines There are over 2900 species of snakes in this world. The rough-scaled bush viper is one of the twenty-five percent-ers, poisonous from the moment it’s born. And though it’s true that ability doesn’t infer intent any more than predilection equates with action, the muttered you-can do-it of such creatures always seethes below the
- [City Magic](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/city-magic/) - First Lines Two years in the city, and Pamela’s day still started with memories of the woods. Memories were crabbed and twisted ghosts. They ruptured the night when you longed for silence. They finger-painted your bedroom walls, smeary pictures you wish you didn’t understand.... miCRo Series The Cincinnati Review's miCRo series is a weekly
- [A Pinhole of Light](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/a-pinhole-of-light-2/) - Translated from the original English version. Praise “It’s a gorgeously written story, one which melds aspects of magical realism and a southern gothic flavour to beautiful and immersive effect. Ultimately, it’s a story about obsession, love, loss, and sorrow, and would work just as well as an even longer piece; indeed, the level of detail
- [A Pinhole of Light](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/a-pinhole-of-light-4/) - Praise “It’s a gorgeously written story, one which melds aspects of magical realism and a southern gothic flavour to beautiful and immersive effect. Ultimately, it’s a story about obsession, love, loss, and sorrow, and would work just as well as an even longer piece; indeed, the level of detail and wealth of invented mythology virtually
- [Signal & Stone](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/signal-stone/) - First Lines Mainland Girl As soon as Hazel stepped off the ferry and onto Vinalhaven Island, she felt it. The carved stone eagle, the curb, the granite planter set in front of the fire station: the ghosts of Carver’s Harbor were embedded in the building materials of the little town. The other passengers who’d disembarked—even
- [Level Up](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/level-up/) - First Lines Level 1: Margery’s Rodentizing Shrink Ray Margery kept her lover in a hamster cage atop her cluttered and dusty desk. Every day she poured pellets into the ceramic food dish and refilled the plastic water bottle. Hamsters have long curving teeth—sharp. Some days Margery forgot and reached in too close, and then that
- [Mourning Food: Recipes Included](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/mourning-food-recipes-included/) - First Lines Death is delicious, but it demands guidance to get those dishes right. Even before the Ratajkowski sisters left their father’s house, they were excellent cooks. They understood the true pleasure of food: its slivers and flecks. Its droplets. They accepted that feelings were a necessity. Most importantly, they recognized that recipes are a
- [I Want to Be Here](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/i-want-to-be-here/) - First Lines Among its many peculiarities, the city hall of Wallington, Massachusetts contains an actual tax office. Even in the summer, faded green-and-red, crepe-paper decorations hang down from the ceiling on mismatched lengths of string. Wallington’s paper mills and most of its people are long gone. Only the asbestos-riddled infrastructure remains. Forget the internet, web
- [Raising Babies](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/raising-babies-3/) - First Lines Even though it was spring, God’s time for new life and rebirth, beneath three feet of hard-packed dirt, the baby wouldn’t stop crying. Unlike back in Asheville, real flowers were hard to come by at Grandma Charko’s house. But they were necessary. Two weeks ago Sylvia had grabbed a handful of zinnias from
- [Raven Hair](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/raven-hair-2/) - First Lines Spring You were the wolf, the witch, the unnamed monster in the woods. Instead of blood offerings, the townspeople left you woven baskets full of waxy red fruit. I left myself: red cape and fiery virgin blood. I was the one who lifted my hand and knocked. I had black hair, dark as
- [A Pinhole of Light](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/a-pinhole-of-light-3/) - Praise “It’s a gorgeously written story, one which melds aspects of magical realism and a southern gothic flavour to beautiful and immersive effect. Ultimately, it’s a story about obsession, love, loss, and sorrow, and would work just as well as an even longer piece; indeed, the level of detail and wealth of invented mythology virtually
- [Finding Your Way to the Coast](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/finding-your-way-to-the-coast-2/) - First Lines Travelers Peter’s hand moves slowly, hovering above Delia’s bare forearm, as little as an eighth of an inch between her flesh and his trembling fingers. The ghosts feel safest that way. That’s what Peter had told her as he swallowed the last of his beer and set the glass aside, his eyes intent,
- [The Re’em Song](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/the-reem-song-4/) - First Lines Of course, leaving was easy. “The same damned people, the same damn trees, even the same damn work, all our God-fearing lives. Do you really think we would have married if there’d been even a handful to choose from?” Jaw bones and sections of vertebrae hung from the rafters of their house. Ribs
- [Pretty Little Boxes](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/pretty-little-boxes-2/) - First Lines Boxes surround us. Every night Barry builds more walls, fastens more lids. Sometimes, when I can't sleep, I slip down the hall to his workroom and watch. His eyes remain focused on the contents of his bench: the wood, the pulped flowers and all those dying insects—the grasshoppers, the damsel flies, the hissing
- [The Thirteen Tuesdays of Saint Anthony](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/the-thirteen-tuesdays-of-saint-anthony-2/) - First Lines Dear Ms. Olsson, COMMUNITY ARTS ACCESS GRANT PROPOSAL THE THIRTEEN TUESDAYS PROJECT I am writing to apply for a 2017 Farsdale Arts Council grant following the application guidelines provided on the Farsdale Arts Council website. Abstract: There isn’t a city in the world that generates more prayers per capita than the city of
- [The Woman in the Woods](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/the-woman-in-the-woods-2/) - First Lines Papa’s Death and the Orphan Train No matter how many times Horace told her different, Eliza knew her brother was wrong. The woman in the woods didn’t look the least bit dead. The woman in the woods looked beautiful. With her long flowing hair and a leaf-gold cape, she made Eliza think of
- [Idle Hands](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/idle-hands-2/) - First Lines Sylvia: 1971 God or no God, Sylvia Vieira’s special day was all wrong. No mother helped Sylvia fasten her dress for her First Communion. No little sister burst into her bedroom, upending her collection of pressed flowers and carefully preserved damselfly wings, then looking falsely outraged when Sylvia complained. Collection Reviews “If
- [One Thousand Paper Cranes](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/one-thousand-paper-cranes-2/) - First Lines October, 2026: Remembering the Past Part 1 There is a story Elijah likes to tell himself. This story is set long before the fire, more than ten years ago, back in 2015. Elijah was the younger brother, only eight years old, and Callie was the older sister who sent handwritten notes to the
- [Finding Your Way to the Coast](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/find-your-way-to-the-coast/) - First Lines Travelers Peter’s hand moves slowly, hovering above Delia’s bare forearm, as little as an eighth of an inch between her flesh and his trembling fingers. The ghosts feel safest that way. That’s what Peter had told her as he swallowed the last of his beer and set the glass aside, his eyes
- [Holes in Heaven](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/holes-in-heaven/) - Praise “[a] compelling story… “Holes in Heaven,” is about two brothers covertly plotting a reunion with their parents by means of a bazaar science experiment. Threaded throughout this story is a constellation of complicating factors, such as the twin brothers’ rivalries and insecurities, their loneliness and what it drives them to. The ending is startling and
- [The Thirteen Tuesdays of Saint Anthony](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/the-thirteen-tuesday-of-saint-anthony/) - Praise –Tangent Online‘s 2015 Recommended List “…an intriguing tale….Written in the form of a grant application, the story details the sufferings of the mythical city of Farsdale Massachusetts….Her conclusion is both tragic and macabre.” –Robert Turner, Tangent Online “This story, told as a grant application/project proposal, is some seriously dark business. Like, seriously dark. It
- [The Thirteen Tuesdays of Saint Anthony](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/the-thirteen-tuesdays-of-saint-anthony/) - Praise –Tangent Online‘s 2015 Recommended List “…an intriguing tale….Written in the form of a grant application, the story details the sufferings of the mythical city of Farsdale Massachusetts….Her conclusion is both tragic and macabre.” –Robert Turner, Tangent Online “This story, told as a grant application/project proposal, is some seriously dark business. Like, seriously dark. It
- [The Re’em Song](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/the-reem-song-2/) - Praise “…a love that reminds me constructively…of the love threading through ‘The Buried Giant’ ambiance of Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel…and vice versa from Day to Ishiguro.” –Des Lewis, Dreamcatcher Real-Time Reviews First Lines Of course, leaving was easy. “The same damned people, the same damn trees, even the same damn work, all our God-fearing
- [Schrödinger’s](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/schrodingers/) - Praise “Kandi and Jenn open a unique strip club with the help of a Dr. Bitta Ringenbach…a war from the south is approaching San Diego. Can they use what they have to do something about it? Bizarre fun.” –SFRevu “A solving of the world’s problems, its future-encroaching smoke and physical ricochet of war including the
- [The Rocket Farmer](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/the-rocket-farmer-2/) - Praise "a trippy little ride fusing rocket science with good ol’ southern-fried folksiness. The result is a character-rich story about family that delivers quite the emotional punch.” –Wayne Simmons, Medium.com “This glows alone, without need of rocket science….Multi-viewpointed, complete with mourning doves, Mongolian ancestry, oxygen candles, gunpowder cylinders, rocket blooms.” –Des Lewis, Dreamcatcher Real-Time Reviews
- [The Woman in the Woods](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/the-woman-in-the-woods/) - First Lines Papa’s Death and the Orphan Train No matter how many times Horace told her different, Eliza knew her brother was wrong. The woman in the woods didn’t look the least bit dead. The woman in the woods looked beautiful. With her long flowing hair and a leaf-gold cape, she made Eliza think of
- [Everyone Gets a Happy Ending](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/everyone-gets-a-happy-ending/) - First Lines “Baby bunnies,” Steph says, “herald the apocalypse. Kendra, you know that, right?” “Painful truth,” I reply, even as I luxuriate in the soft fur pressing against my arms. The heat is oppressive. Sweat soaks the back of my shirt, drips from the fine hairs at the nape of my neck. It’s dusk in
- [Finding Your Way to the Coast](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/finding-your-way-to-the-coast/) - Praise "[Bestiary] will charm you in every sense of the word. The variety of forms (prose poems, flash fiction, short story, longer story, formal poems, free verse) and subject matter (the afterlife, the end of life, the beginning of life, the time between lives, rewrites of old folk tales, brand-new myths, sex, sex changes, child
- [Holes in Heaven](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/holes-in-heaven-2/) - Praise “[a] compelling story… “Holes in Heaven,” is about two brothers covertly plotting a reunion with their parents by means of a bazaar science experiment. Threaded throughout this story is a constellation of complicating factors, such as the twin brothers’ rivalries and insecurities, their loneliness and what it drives them to. The ending is startling and
- [Drinking Grandma's Tea](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/drinking-grandmas-tea/) - First Lines First the kettle must come to a rolling boil. One or two bubbles won't do. Add a small amount, no more than a three-second pour, to Grandma's tarnished silver pot. Swirl the water so that it rises halfway. Inhale the steam. Discard. Be quick about it. Don't think about her face as you
- [Ghost Bubbles](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/ghost-bubbles/) - First Lines Dusk. The shadows from the houses on either side of the building lot had draped themselves across the two girls and the scattered patches of daisies. Broad clumps of flowers grew among the lot's half-dried grasses and the Texas-parched earth, white petals everywhere. But nightfall meant change. Soon the petals would fold inward
- [Faerie Medicine](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/faerie-medicine-4/) - First Lines The tree’s question started with a clear plastic bottle. One of those liter containers of “mountain spring water” people buy from a gas station cooler for $1.99. The brown-haired girl poured two bottles of Aquafina into the hole she’d dug at the base of its trunk. “But, Molly, Poppa Chris isn’t leaving. He’s
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- [Unmaking](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/unmaking/) - First Lines The unmaking started with our car, a soft-top VW bug painted bright teal. It disappeared one afternoon while I was out, picking up some food and a carton of juice. The juice was for me. Raymond had stopped drinking it weeks ago, another item on his list. Too acidic, he said, as though
- [Faerie Medicine](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/faerie-medicine-3/) - First Lines The tree’s question started with a clear plastic bottle. One of those liter containers of “mountain spring water” people buy from a gas station cooler for $1.99. The brown-haired girl poured two bottles of Aquafina into the hole she’d dug at the base of its trunk. “But, Molly, Poppa Chris isn’t leaving. He’s
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- [Faerie Medicine](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/faerie-medicine/) - First Lines The tree's question started with a clear plastic bottle. One of those liter containers of “mountain spring water” people buy from a gas station cooler for $1.99. The brown-haired girl poured two bottles of Aquafina into the hole she’d dug at the base of its trunk. “But, Molly, Poppa Chris isn’t leaving. He’s
- [Faerie Medicine](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/faerie-medicine-2/) - First Lines The tree's question started with a clear plastic bottle. One of those liter containers of “mountain spring water” people buy from a gas station cooler for $1.99. The brown-haired girl poured two bottles of Aquafina into the hole she’d dug at the base of its trunk. “But, Molly, Poppa Chris isn’t leaving. He’s
- [The Faces Between Us](https://stillwingingit.com/stories/the-faces-between-us-2/) - Praise “A highly strung story that highballs through this review’s main pitch, full of pithy meanings….this shortish [story] jabs out a staccato sense that I “snort” straight through Neil Williamson’s golden nose into my brain…” –Des Lewis, Dreamcatcher Real-Time Reviews First Lines Drive long enough and you can find anything. Copper-eyed goddesses. Gilded August
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