Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks for Issue 30: The Art of Storytelling By Sarah Clark
Opening Remarks for Issue 30: The Art of Storytelling By Sarah Clark
Jo Walton has published fifteen novels, most recently Or What You Will. She has also published three poetry collections, two essay collections, and a short story collection. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2002, the World Fantasy Award for Tooth and Claw in 2004, the Hugo and Nebula awards for Among Others in 2012, and in 2014 both the Tiptree Award for My Real Children and the Locus Non Fiction award for What Makes This Book So Great.
Modernism has reduced the “real” to the material, even in fiction. It’s time we reclaim the full range of reality with our written words. By David Priest
Unfortunately, sometimes you really do understand things a little better when you’re older. By Whitney Rio-Ross
What does a famous existentialist have in common with people who get caught up in high-speed car chases with the police? By James Vescovi
Maybe having a shocking twist at the end isn’t actually the best indicator of a great story. By Drea Jenkins
A young woman wrestles with the tension between her love of the movies and a conviction that God wants her to do something “better” with her life. By Claire Nauman
A primer in reading and appreciating the verse novel. By J.C. Scharl
The true tragic form lies at the intersection of boundless hope and certain doom, where we encounter a reminder of what it means to be human. By Shawn Phillip Cooper
The process of leaning into stories as you write them has surprising resonances with a life of prayer—and both offer startling openings into grace. By Christopher Hazell