Day 5 | Hibiscus Day by R. S. A. Garcia
“Hibiscus Day” In many cultures, including my own West Indian society, the hibiscus is an auspicious flower.
Linked to everything from the cycle of life, renewal, transformation, the feminine divine, the spiritual plane and even fame and luck, the hibiscus is a temporary beauty. It flowers for only one day, with hybrids that last perhaps three days at most.
Think about the meaning and symbolism of the flower. Its gorgeous, easily bruised petals. Its a brief existence. Or think of the rotting flowers at the base of this hardy bush. The wait to see them bloom once again.
Whatever you do, let your feelings lead you rather than your head, as much as you can. Be as weird and outside the box as you wish. Let your imagination breathe. Have fun with it.
Good luck!
R. S. A. GarciaR.S.A. is a Nebula and Sturgeon Award winning writer of speculative fiction. She is also the winner of the Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics’ 2023 Media Award, and a Locus, Ignyte and Eugie Foster Award finalist.
Her Amazon Bestselling science fiction mystery, Lex Talionis, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and the Silver Medal for Best Scifi/Fantasy/Horror Ebook from the Independent Publishers Awards (2015).
She has published short fiction in venues such as Clarkesworld Magazine, Uncanny Magazine, Escape Pod, Strange Horizons, The Sunday Morning Transport, and Internazionale Magazine.
Her stories have been long-listed for the British Science Fiction Awards, translated into several languages, and included in a number of anthologies, including the critically acclaimed The Best of World SF, The Best Science Fiction of the Year, The Year’s Best Fantasy, and The Apex Book of World SF.
Her sci-fantasy duology, beginning with The Nightward, is out now from Harper Voyager US. https://www.amazon.com/Nightward-Book...
She lives in Trinidad and Tobago with an extended family and too many cats.
R.S.A. was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2021. She is currently in treatment and doing well. If you’d like to help, please donate to her GoFundMe organised by her friends.
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