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Hillfire Anthology Volume 2
Contributing HAYLEY BERNIER, DAVID BLAKESLEE, NICOLE CHRISTINE CARATAS, THOMAS CARROLL, ANTHI CHEIMARIOU, EMERSON ROSE CRAIG, JULIANN GUERRA, JULIA GUILLERMINA, KATIE HAY-MOLOPO, MICHAEL HOWRIE, MIRIAM HUXLEY, ZALA JAMBROVIC HATIC, ANNA JONES, L. K. KRAUS, WENDELIN LAW, M.H. MONICA, ALEX PENLAND, MALINA SHAMSUDIN, TESS SIMPSON, LAUREN N. THURMAN, WREN TRUE, HANNA-MARIA VESTER, SKYE WILSON, TODD WORKMAN, ALEXANDRA YE
Hillfire Press publishes an annual anthology of short writings, and you are holding the second volume! Open it and see what (less than) 2000 words can do. Hillfire Anthology is a celebration of the craft of writing, and of bringing writing out into the world. It is a showcase of individual talent, as well as of how it is transcended in collaboration. This collection of new writing is rich in its variety, and we are confident you will find something to connect with. The second volume brings us to front rows, kitchens, dark forests, and ravines. Each piece an illumination on its own, on these pages they shine brightly together, and we could not be more excited to present them to you.
Hillfire Press publishes an annual anthology of short writings, and you are holding the second volume! Open it and see what (less than) 2000 words can do. Hillfire Anthology is a celebration of the craft of writing, and of bringing writing out into the world. It is a showcase of individual talent, as well as of how it is transcended in collaboration. This collection of new writing is rich in its variety, and we are confident you will find something to connect with. The second volume brings us to front rows, kitchens, dark forests, and ravines. Each piece an illumination on its own, on these pages they shine brightly together, and we could not be more excited to present them to you.
146 pages, Paperback
Published May 26, 2023
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March 4, 2024
They've done it again! Hillfire Press is back with Volume 2 of Hillfire Anthology, with my favourite cover yet. Full disclosure, I worked as a proofreader on this volume (as you might see on my copy in the photo). Much like Volume 1, Volume 2 has a rich variety of poetry and prose to offer its readers. To use one of my favourite Veggie Tales quotes, "I laughed. I cried. It moved me, Bob."
Some of my favourite pieces this time around were "Plunder, Hearts, Plundered", a series of ten tankas by Wendelin Law, set in Edinburgh in September 2022 during the bin strike and the national mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II; "The Lot Lizard and the Wrecking Ball", a short story by David Blakeslee about a liminal encounter at a truck stop and the spark of hope it ignites; "Potsherds: A Poem, in Two Parts" by Katie Hay-Molopo, which ponders love and fear and faith; and "Spirals" by L.K. Kraus, a sensory-rich short story about family rituals - bittersweet like a hug goodbye, nostalgic in the comfort of tradition and the inevitability of loss and change.
Some of my favourite pieces this time around were "Plunder, Hearts, Plundered", a series of ten tankas by Wendelin Law, set in Edinburgh in September 2022 during the bin strike and the national mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II; "The Lot Lizard and the Wrecking Ball", a short story by David Blakeslee about a liminal encounter at a truck stop and the spark of hope it ignites; "Potsherds: A Poem, in Two Parts" by Katie Hay-Molopo, which ponders love and fear and faith; and "Spirals" by L.K. Kraus, a sensory-rich short story about family rituals - bittersweet like a hug goodbye, nostalgic in the comfort of tradition and the inevitability of loss and change.
July 23, 2023
A beautiful collection of thought-provoking, fantastical, reflective, and vivid pieces. <3
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