Sara Backer's Blog, page 11

Limitless out of the Dusk

My short story titled "Limitless out of the Dusk" (from Whitman's poem "When Lilacs Last Bloomed")is now online in Issue #13 of Waccamaw Journal.

Essay and 3 Poems in TIQ

The supportive editors at Turtle Island Quarterly have nominated my essay that incorporates three poems for a 2016 Pushcart Prize! You can read them in Issue #6 Chapter #2 of Turtle Island Quarterly

The Bar-Girl

I am thrilled to have my poem about Monet's famous painting A Bar at the Folies-Bergères appear in a wonderful art magazine with a terrific illustration. Check out the summer issue of COLLECT: http://www.collect-magazine.com/summe... and leave a message.

Writing Contest Tips

This June and July, I've been busy reading poems and stories as a volunteer screener for a writing contest. I learned a lot from the experience, and share my findings in this article: Leave comments at The Review Review (a great resource for writers.)

2nd Prize Poem

My poem "Strip" won second prize in the 2014 Gemini Magazine Poetry Open. Do you think my being a Gemini helped? Check it out at GEMINI MAGAZINE.

New short story online May 19

Please visit the wonderful Read Short Fiction site and comment on my story "Replacement" featured this May 2014. Consider yourself warned that this is a literary story and includes a sex scene and some mild drug references. But I want to hear about the lines that made you laugh.

This Is Just to Add

Okay, every poet has written a response to William Carlos Williams' famous poem "This Is Just to Say," and now I'm one of them. See what you think of my take on the current edition of Turtle Island Quarterly. Yes, I really do have weasels (fishers) in my back yard.

Old-fashion Science Fiction

The amazing Perihelion magazine published a short story I wrote for fun. I based this story on a mathematical property. Check it out at Perihelion Magazine.

Morning Storm

Here's a poem I submitted for a theme of "liminal spaces" now online at Wolf Willow Journal. Here in New England, everyone has had enough winter (still some ice in my yard--still1) but I love the photo of Central Park.

The Seven Deadly Holidays

Here is a short and feisty humorous essay before the holiday season begins . . . with Hallowrath. The author photo is me in my incredible yet convincing Halloween costume. The whole Issue #10 is themed on the seven deadly, so enjoy some sin served up from Portland, Oregon's own Penduline.