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Rhonda Parrish

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Rhonda Parrish has the attention span of a magpie. Not only can she not focus on a single project at a time, but she also fails at sticking to one genre or even one type of writing (she does manage to stay true to one hockey team, though – Let’s go Oilers!). Perhaps best known for her work as an anthology editor – the Ottawa Review of Books called her “Canada’s best-known and most prolific speculative fiction anthologist” – Rhonda also works as a short story writer, novelist, game writer and a poet. She has been honoured to be included in a handful of ‘Best of’ anthologies, earn a coveted starred review from Publisher’s Weekly and be shortlisted for several awards including the Rhysling Award, the Aurora Award, the Dwarf Stars Award and Alb ...more

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Giftmas 2025

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Every year some of my friends and I organise a fundraiser to help support the Edmonton Food Bank and we use our blogs to try and signal boost it. This is that 🙂

This year we are trying to raise $1,500 for the Edmonton Food Bank.

Because of their community connections and bulk-buying abilities, the Edmonton Food Bank can turn every $1 cash donation into 3 meals.

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"Parrish is a rare voice in fantasy: sharp, empathetic, and deeply attuned to the humanity within her magic. She has a gift for creating distinct character voices and heartbreakingly relatable fantasy worlds. Perha
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“Compassion, During and After the Fall Cory Cone THE WOMAN SHUFFLES ACROSS THE COLD CEMENT FLOOR, testing every surface. She chews the exposed pipes, but they burn her lips. She gnaws the corner of the rotten wood table, and it seems it might do, but in the end she earns only splinters for her effort. Her hand probes the drawers of the table, secures a handful of rusty bolts and pours them like candy into her mouth. One bite and she learns that these will not satisfy, so she spits them, along with bits of her teeth, to the floor.”
Rhonda Parrish, Forbidden Island

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Rhonda I really need to get back to reading fewer books at a time...


Rhonda Please stop recommending your own book to me. I'm sure that you would like me to read it, but you need to understand that I suspect your suggestion might be a wee bit biased.


William O'Brien Hi Rhonda - Thank you for your friendship on Goodreads!
Please visit my website http://www.peteradarkenedfairytale.co.uk
to view book snippets. Expected release end of March.
Best wishes, William


Bradley Thank you for adding me as a friend. =)

Dreamsbane of Tamalor


Richard Gazala Hi, Rhonda. Thanks for your kind invitation, which it's my pleasure to accept. I hope you're well and happy.


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