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Rachel Swirsky
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A Memory of Wind
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2009
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Eros, Philia, Agape
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2010
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January Fifteenth
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2022
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How the World Became Quiet
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2013
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People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy
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2007
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Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia
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2012
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Also, the Cat
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2024
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The Monster's Million Faces
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2010
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Robots: The Recent A.I.
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Fields of Gold
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2011
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Pete in a Pot
Cat drawing! We did not make Pete stew.
This is one of the images I used in Scragamuffin, the chapbook I released as October’s exclusive Patreon reward. I thought it might be fun to release the pictures with the photos that inspired them.
This was a very difficult photo to draw from because of the low resolution. It took me a while to get the image to look like *Pete* and I think it still has an
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“I will be wild. I will be brutal. I will encircle you and conquer you. I will be more powerful than your boats and your swords and your blood lust. I will be inevitable.”
― A Memory of Wind
― A Memory of Wind
“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.”
― Eros, Philia, Agape
― Eros, Philia, Agape
“As a child, Adriana had owned a book that told the fable of an emperor who owned a bird which he fed rich foods from his table, and entertained with luxuries from his court. But a pet bird needed different things than an emperor. He wanted seed and millet, not grand feasts. He enjoyed mirrors and little brass bells, not lacquer boxes and poetry scrolls. Gorged on human banquets and revelries, the little bird sickened and died.
Adriana vowed not to make the same mistake with Lucian, but she had no idea how hard it would be to salve the needs of something so unlike herself.”
― Eros, Philia, Agape
Adriana vowed not to make the same mistake with Lucian, but she had no idea how hard it would be to salve the needs of something so unlike herself.”
― Eros, Philia, Agape
Polls
3rd Quarter 2024 - Science Fiction #3
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (352 pp)
Ocean's Godori by Elaine U. Cho (352 pp)
January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky (240 pp)
The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey (432 pp)
Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor (336 pp)
Together in a Broken World by Paul Michael Winters (381 pp)
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| One Million Pages...: Anne (Booklady) 1,000,000 Pages Challenge | 14 | 31 | May 31, 2012 08:22PM | |
| The Sword and Laser: Nominees for 2012 Nebula Awards | 15 | 144 | Feb 21, 2013 11:54AM | |
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Chaos Reading:
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14 | 55 | Mar 30, 2013 04:30AM | |
| r/books: Pick your book for December! | 1 | 29 | Nov 02, 2013 10:09PM | |
| Sci-fi and Heroic...: January 2014 Short Story / Novella / Anthology Nominations | 16 | 35 | Dec 23, 2013 04:34AM | |
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The Sword and Laser:
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6 | 51 | Jan 16, 2014 04:10PM | |
| Sci-fi and Heroic...: The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window by Rachel Swirsky | 15 | 72 | May 19, 2014 07:22PM | |
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The Sword and Laser:
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157 | 279 | Nov 30, 2014 03:21PM | |
| Who Wants To Be A...: Reading Elsewhere | 68 | 14 | Jan 29, 2015 04:54PM |