Alanna McFall

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Alanna McFall is a writer who specializes in science fiction and fantasy. She has written across several mediums, from novels to short stories to scripts for plays, podcasts and comic strips.

She has traveled across the US for the past few years, working on a variety of projects in Minnesota, Massachusetts, and New York. She is now working out of the Bay Area in California, and getting a taste of what the west coast can offer an artist. As well as a novelist, she is a resident playwright with PlayGround San Francisco.

Her debut novel, The Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus, is available now with Atthis Arts.

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Alanna McFall I am currently working on a full-length play that was commissioned by PlayGround SF and Planet Earth Arts; it is an expansion of my ten-minute play "S…moreI am currently working on a full-length play that was commissioned by PlayGround SF and Planet Earth Arts; it is an expansion of my ten-minute play "Sh*t Farming for Fun and Profit".

The play will follow wives Jenna, an environmental scientist, and Moira, a farmer, as they navigate the tenuous place that they and their children hold their small town while still trying to create real change in the world around them. It has been a fascinating piece to work on over the last few months and I cannot wait to see it continue to grow and evolve as I sit with these characters for longer.(less)
Alanna McFall Is it strange to admit that the seed of The Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus came from a random prompt generator? I was clicking through random p…moreIs it strange to admit that the seed of The Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus came from a random prompt generator? I was clicking through random prompts as a writing exercise and stumbled across something about ghosts and road trips that sat in my brain for a while. I had already been mulling over a story with a mime and the two mixed together in my head to create the rough premise for Triple-C.(less)
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2021 Reading Resolution Year in Review

2021 is about to finish out and I am looking back at the books I’ve read this year and what they meant to me. While you can read my full thoughts in each book’s review, here are the standouts of my reading year!

Best Book:

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

I read a lot of books that I would put firmly in the middle of my rankings this year, but Tipping the Velvet wins out by being some of the mo Read more of this blog post »
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Science fiction can hold up so many metaphors and meanings, and has been used to do so since the very beginnings of the genre. But underneath the layers of larger meaning, th
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Mystery authors love a good poison. They put distance between the murderer and the victim, they present the question of what poison was used
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