A bold revival of the short story format, punctuated with classic and modern poetry forms, Spark: A Creative Anthology features the freshest work from a range of talented writers, from established professionals to newly-emerging authors and poets. Volume II continues the ambitious approach to contemporary English writing and solidifies Spark: A Creative Anthology as a noteworthy collection of great work.
Contributors: Cover Art by Charles King Illustrations by Paul Pederson Robert J. Sawyer, "Wiping Out" Andrew Blackman, "Inferno" Brandon Tietz, "Ultimate Grand Supreme Super Sexy Baby" Daniel Pearlman, "Caught in Vagrante" Michelle Soudier, "Perspective" Kate Raynes, "Oh, How We Lived and Died There" Scott Skrabal, "the horse race for existence" James Burgin, "Alzheimer's" George Wells, "Patron Saint of the Lowlands" Sarah Kravitz, "El Camino Cielo" Melissa Ziegler, "Spring Awakening" Lisa Reeves, "Google Earth: Madison County" Hunter Liguore, "Me" Simon Bradley, "Semi-Detached" Ashley Capes, "Somnus and the March Hare" Cynthia Guenther Richardson, "Getting on the Liver Transplant List" and "Amulets" Alexis A. Hunter, "The Shadow Attached to His Name" Sandy Hiortdahl, "Monday, Erasure of" Christine Edwards, "The Barfly from Apartment Twenty-One" Ellen Denton, "The Confession" Beatriz Fernandez, "The Point of No Return" Jennifer Racek, "The Library at the Center of the World" Richard King Perkins II, "Translucent Paramours"
The second entry in the Spark anthology is a good one. Lots of good stories and none that stuck out as bad. The big surprise, from my perspective, was the number and quality of the poetry entries in this volume.
Kate Raynes As a contributing author, I may be biased, but at the same time I am honored to be included in an anthology of such quality work. What a varied and delightfully surprising collection!