And you read all your letters from oceans away, then you took them to the bottom of the sea

[sovay]

Rabbit, rabbit.

My poem "In Conclusion" has been nominated for the 2015 Dwarf Stars Award.

Last night I dreamed of reading a very short story with pen-and-ink illustrations in sand-gold and sea-green; it was an excerpt from a larger graphic novel about mermaids the size of reefs and atolls. Spells were ordinary words spoken backward. I knew even in the dream that I'd seen that conceit first in the work of Patricia McKillip, especially The Book of Atrix Wolfe (1995), but I liked the line "All magic is written in a mirror."

Happy birthday, gaudior!

Comments

[yhlee]

Congrats!

[gwynnega]

Congratulations on the nomination!

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

congrats on the nomination for your poem.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Oooh, mermaids that size would have barnacles and anemones growing on them, and have trains of fish following them around.

congrats on the nomination!

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

That's excellent news!

I definitely agree that mermaids that size would have a fascinating existence, replete with the barnacles from the comment below.

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

Well done! I'd love to have read that story...

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Backwards-spoken spells date back at least to the comic that Superman first appeared in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zatara

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Eerie and succinct.

Nine

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the nomination. And it's so good to read your work again. I go to your words to inspire my own writing. Thank you.