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Rachel Swirsky

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April 14, 1982 in San Jose, The United States

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Rachel Swirsky holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop and is a graduate of Clarion West. Her work has been short-listed for the Nebula, the Hugo, and the Sturgeon Award, and placed second in 2010's Million Writers Award. In addition to numerous publications in magazines and anthologies, Swirsky is the author of three short stories published as e-books, "Eros, Philia, Agape," "The Memory of Wind," and "The Monster's Million Faces." Her fiction and poetry has been collected in THROUGH THE DROWSY DARK (Aqueduct Press, 2010). A second collection, HOW THE WORLD BECAME QUIET: MYTHS OF THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, is forthcoming from Subterranean Press.


I'm excited to link to Tor.com, which has reprinted my Nebula-nominated novelette "Fields of Gold!"

http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/03/fields-of-gold

Woo!

The beginning of the story as possible teaser:

When Dennis died, he found himself in another place. Dead people came at him with party hats and presents. Noise makers bleated. Confetti fell. It felt like the most natural thing in the world.

His f...
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A Memory of Wind
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Eros, Philia, Agape
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The Monster's Million Faces
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Fields of Gold
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Through the Drowsy Dark: Sh...
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Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 53
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Diving After The Moon
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Great, Golden Wings
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“He glared at Lucian in the manner of birds, first peering through one eye and then turning his head to peer through the other, apparently finding both views equally loathsome.”
Rachel Swirsky, Eros, Philia, Agape




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