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Warren Rochelle

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Born

in Durham, NC, The United States

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http://kingdomofjoria.com

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Gay and Lesbian

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Ursula K. Le Guin, William Faulkner, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, [a:Tr ...more

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Warren Rochelle lives in Crozet, Virginia. He retired from teaching English at the University of Mary Washington in 2020. His short fiction and poetry have been published in such journals and anthologies as Icarus, North Carolina Literary Review, Forbidden Lines, Aboriginal Science Fiction, Collective Fallout, Queer Fish 2, Empty Oaks, Quantum Fairy Tales, Migration, Clarity, Innovation, The Silver Gryphon, Jaelle Her Book, Colonnades, and Graffiti, as well as the Asheville Poetry Review, GW Magazine, Crucible, The Charlotte Poetry Review, and Romance and Beyond. His short story, “The Golden Boy,” was a finalist for the 2004 Spectrum Award for Short Fiction.

Rochelle is the author of five novels. The Wild Boy (2001), Harvest of Changelings ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 211 ratings · 71 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Seagulls 3.59 avg rating — 56 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Werewolf and His Boy 3.19 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wild Boy 4.20 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvest of Changelings 3.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wicked Stepbrother and Other Stories 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Light's Shadow: A Fairy Tale 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Forest and Other Love Stories 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Bring Him Home and Other Tales 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Communities of the Heart: The Rhetoric of Myth in the Fiction of Ursula K Le Guin (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies, 25) (Volume 25) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Called 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A short review of Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters.

Queer as folklore: The hidden queer history of myths and monsters by Sacha Coward

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A fascinating book that "takes readers across centuries and continents to reveal the unsung heroes and villains of storytelling, magic and fantasy" to explore "the queer history of different mythic and folkloric characters ... Queer as Folklore is a celebration of queer history like [readers Read more of this blog post »

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Warren’s Quotes

“Mortals cannot perceive me with the physical eye whilst in my pure form unless it is of my choosing, for it would result in fatality, which begs the question of why you are an exception.”
― Al Stone, Talisman of El

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“When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it. ”
― Boris Pasternak

tags: opportunity

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“As for my next book, I won't write it till it has grown heavy in my mind like a ripe pear; pendant, gravid, asking to be cut or it will fall.”
― Virginia Woolf

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