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The Heights We'll Fly To
A ship that rides the wind, a girl who can’t stay on the ground, a battle to regain flight, and an unexpected visit from the gods of the sky.
This aerial collection spans genres, ranging from poems of the sun to stories that exhibit the pure joy of being weightless.
This is a companion anthology to The Depths We'll Go To. While the first explores the sea, this one takes flight to the fantasy worlds hiding among the clouds.
This aerial collection spans genres, ranging from poems of the sun to stories that exhibit the pure joy of being weightless.
This is a companion anthology to The Depths We'll Go To. While the first explores the sea, this one takes flight to the fantasy worlds hiding among the clouds.
- GenresFantasy
290 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 14, 2022
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June 6, 2022
I have read the pieces in this book, and I'm already looking forward to rereading the paperback. There are just so many talented authors in this one. A few of my favourites (though I love them all) would have to be Natalie J Nelson, Holly Simmons, Abigail Falanga, and Adella Quick.
I'm going to write out more thoughts when I've reread it...but add it to your TBR! It's worth the read.
I'm going to write out more thoughts when I've reread it...but add it to your TBR! It's worth the read.
June 5, 2022
Happy cover reveal day to The Heights We'll Fly To!
I have read this book, obviously, and I am SO excited to share it with the world. I'm almost more excited than I was with The Depths We'll Go To...mostly because that anthology was received very well, and I hope that this one does even better.
This collection is going to be perfect for people that are huge fans of beautiful fantasy stories, vivid poems, thoughtful prose, and interesting thoughts. It tackles a lot, and I definitely think it's going to be a worthy addition to people's shelves.
I have read this book, obviously, and I am SO excited to share it with the world. I'm almost more excited than I was with The Depths We'll Go To...mostly because that anthology was received very well, and I hope that this one does even better.
This collection is going to be perfect for people that are huge fans of beautiful fantasy stories, vivid poems, thoughtful prose, and interesting thoughts. It tackles a lot, and I definitely think it's going to be a worthy addition to people's shelves.
June 14, 2022
☀️ B O O K R E V I E W ☀️
THE HEIGHTS WE’LL FLY TO by Alex Silvius
Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
The Heights We’ll Fly To is the sequel to The Depths We’ll Go To and is a poetry/ short story aerial collection, witch spans genres ranging from poems of the sun, to stories that exhibit the pure joy of being weightless.
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Ahhhh! I loved this book! I reallllyyyy loved the poems in this one! (Swipe to see a few poems that made it on my favorites list!!)
Just like The Depths We’ll Go To, The Heights We’ll Fly To has very talented authors/ poets. I was really drawn to the stories, but especially the poems. Please read Heights, it’s amazing. (But obviously read Depths first hehehe🤪)
My favorite stories/poems areee!
Barefoot and Scared~ Alex Silvius
Spring Vacation~ Miram Wade
To Touch The Sky~ Kristen Brazen
Stolen Twilight~ Stephanie Dunham
The Different Kinds Of Falling~ Nathaniel Luscombe
Mission Complete~ Kaitlynn Luscombe
Among The Stars~ Rachael Lenore
Icarus~ Ben Ditmars
Starless Night~ Anna Ford
Solar Whispers~ Nathaniel Luscombe and Alex Silvius
Ps. Heights also has a verrryy pretty cover witch would make a great addition to your bookshelf.. (just saying😌)
THE HEIGHTS WE’LL FLY TO by Alex Silvius
Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
The Heights We’ll Fly To is the sequel to The Depths We’ll Go To and is a poetry/ short story aerial collection, witch spans genres ranging from poems of the sun, to stories that exhibit the pure joy of being weightless.
•••••••••••
Ahhhh! I loved this book! I reallllyyyy loved the poems in this one! (Swipe to see a few poems that made it on my favorites list!!)
Just like The Depths We’ll Go To, The Heights We’ll Fly To has very talented authors/ poets. I was really drawn to the stories, but especially the poems. Please read Heights, it’s amazing. (But obviously read Depths first hehehe🤪)
My favorite stories/poems areee!
Barefoot and Scared~ Alex Silvius
Spring Vacation~ Miram Wade
To Touch The Sky~ Kristen Brazen
Stolen Twilight~ Stephanie Dunham
The Different Kinds Of Falling~ Nathaniel Luscombe
Mission Complete~ Kaitlynn Luscombe
Among The Stars~ Rachael Lenore
Icarus~ Ben Ditmars
Starless Night~ Anna Ford
Solar Whispers~ Nathaniel Luscombe and Alex Silvius
Ps. Heights also has a verrryy pretty cover witch would make a great addition to your bookshelf.. (just saying😌)
July 1, 2022
If you're looking for a fun summer read, this is it! What a fun collection!
I loved this fantasy-packed anthology, with stories and poems that left me smiling.
My favourite poems were To Touch the Sky and Where Sea Meets Sky by Kristen Bazen (I didn't realize I had marked two of hers until my now!), In the Hidden Places by Renae Stahl and Starless Night by Anna Ford.
My favourite stories were Flight of Mist and Midnight by Zimri AZ Zoran which was a short and sweet Thumbelina retelling that made me smile, and The Edge by Julia Skinner which is a story of winged beings who can choose to be healed of their scars or disabilities (with a price to pay for it). I liked the themes of comparison and self acceptance.
There were lots of other fun stories, some with quirky humour, some with emotional depth, and all with an adventurous feel that put me in a great mood.
I am also excited to have two of my own poems included in this collection.
Blue Horizon is about the blurred lines between stages of life as a parent. Often we don't realize a stage of our child's life is ending until we are looking back on it, both with joy and grief. Children really do grow up far too quickly.
Tenebrous is a cloud-themed poem about my experience with depression, something I hadn't been aware of or really dealt with until the last couple of years.
I truly hope this review convinces at least one person to pick this book up and give it a chance, it was such a delight to read!
I loved this fantasy-packed anthology, with stories and poems that left me smiling.
My favourite poems were To Touch the Sky and Where Sea Meets Sky by Kristen Bazen (I didn't realize I had marked two of hers until my now!), In the Hidden Places by Renae Stahl and Starless Night by Anna Ford.
My favourite stories were Flight of Mist and Midnight by Zimri AZ Zoran which was a short and sweet Thumbelina retelling that made me smile, and The Edge by Julia Skinner which is a story of winged beings who can choose to be healed of their scars or disabilities (with a price to pay for it). I liked the themes of comparison and self acceptance.
There were lots of other fun stories, some with quirky humour, some with emotional depth, and all with an adventurous feel that put me in a great mood.
I am also excited to have two of my own poems included in this collection.
Blue Horizon is about the blurred lines between stages of life as a parent. Often we don't realize a stage of our child's life is ending until we are looking back on it, both with joy and grief. Children really do grow up far too quickly.
Tenebrous is a cloud-themed poem about my experience with depression, something I hadn't been aware of or really dealt with until the last couple of years.
I truly hope this review convinces at least one person to pick this book up and give it a chance, it was such a delight to read!
May 8, 2022
I'm so honored to be apart of this anthology with so many other talented authors!! Thank you, Alex and all Height's future readers, for making this possible!
March 13, 2023
I really liked some of the stories in here. It was a nice thing to have on my phone when I had short periods of time to read. :) There was a huge variety of stories and poems in it. There were some stories with disability representation that was cool to see.
Content: All were pretty much clean, except one story (Shifters), which used cursing multiple times. Otherwise, I don't think there was anything inappropriate, there wasn't even an instance of a kiss that I recall.
I received a free copy of this book, I was not required to leave a good review.
Content: All were pretty much clean, except one story (Shifters), which used cursing multiple times. Otherwise, I don't think there was anything inappropriate, there wasn't even an instance of a kiss that I recall.
I received a free copy of this book, I was not required to leave a good review.
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July 26, 2022I have a few poems in this one.
November 24, 2024
The Heights We’ll Fly To is a collection of short stories of varied length and poems, like it’s companion collection The Depths We’ll Go To. Topics include all things above, ranging from painting planets and walking among stars to navigating airships and flying on airplanes.
Though I enjoyed the first book with the oceanic focus, I couldn’t put down Heights once I started. One element I loved most about the anthology is the unintended theme of hope seamlessly appearing again and again and tying the pages together.
From the opening page, David Lasley’s poem “Oh, the Heights We’ll Fly To” sets the bar high which the whole of the work continues to reach. Both poems and prose throughout offer thought provoking narratives and imagery, and many scenes that tug on the heart strings.
My absolute favorite piece in Heights is “Hanna’s Birthday” by Holly Simmons. It’s a story that will stay with me—and stories that leave a mark on my soul are always my favorites.
Other stories that I especially enjoyed were “Painting the Planets Red” by Beka Gremikova, “Home by 5:36” by Hannah Carter, and “The Different Kinds of Falling” by Nathaniel Luscombe.
This book would be most enjoyed by adults but is appropriate for an older young adult audience as well. There is one short story, Shifters, that contains some profanity (characters are cowboys on a ranch) but there are no content warnings needed otherwise, for that story or the rest of the collection.
In full transparency, I do have a short story included in this collection. Reading an older story of mine made me cringe a tad especially seeing my over use of dashes, but the story, Stairway to the Stars, will always hold a special place in my heart. As will this entire collection.
Overall, I recommend this book for fans of poetry, contemporary and fantasy fiction, stories of hope, and words and lessons that stay with you!
Though I enjoyed the first book with the oceanic focus, I couldn’t put down Heights once I started. One element I loved most about the anthology is the unintended theme of hope seamlessly appearing again and again and tying the pages together.
From the opening page, David Lasley’s poem “Oh, the Heights We’ll Fly To” sets the bar high which the whole of the work continues to reach. Both poems and prose throughout offer thought provoking narratives and imagery, and many scenes that tug on the heart strings.
My absolute favorite piece in Heights is “Hanna’s Birthday” by Holly Simmons. It’s a story that will stay with me—and stories that leave a mark on my soul are always my favorites.
Other stories that I especially enjoyed were “Painting the Planets Red” by Beka Gremikova, “Home by 5:36” by Hannah Carter, and “The Different Kinds of Falling” by Nathaniel Luscombe.
This book would be most enjoyed by adults but is appropriate for an older young adult audience as well. There is one short story, Shifters, that contains some profanity (characters are cowboys on a ranch) but there are no content warnings needed otherwise, for that story or the rest of the collection.
In full transparency, I do have a short story included in this collection. Reading an older story of mine made me cringe a tad especially seeing my over use of dashes, but the story, Stairway to the Stars, will always hold a special place in my heart. As will this entire collection.
Overall, I recommend this book for fans of poetry, contemporary and fantasy fiction, stories of hope, and words and lessons that stay with you!
June 29, 2022
I was really impressed with the lofty level of imagination in the short stories. So many felt like nothing I had read before. The poems and stories contain clouds, dreams, the impossible made possible, skyships, galaxies, stars, and so much more that makes you want to stretch our under blue skies or the stars and imagine what's up there.
Some stories made me laugh, others made me dream, others revealed hard truth, and one hit me so hard that I cried for 20 minutes. I enjoyed most of the stories and poems, and these are my favorites:
My favorite short stories were:
"Hanna's Birthday" by Holly Simmons
"Home by 5:36" by Hannah Carter
"Heroes, Watchers, and Apple Muffins" by Natile J. Nelson
"Beneath A Shattering Sky" by Kayla Jones
My favorite poem was: "Among the Stars" by Rachel Lenore
I also have a short story in this anthology called "Dream Catchers".
Some stories made me laugh, others made me dream, others revealed hard truth, and one hit me so hard that I cried for 20 minutes. I enjoyed most of the stories and poems, and these are my favorites:
My favorite short stories were:
"Hanna's Birthday" by Holly Simmons
"Home by 5:36" by Hannah Carter
"Heroes, Watchers, and Apple Muffins" by Natile J. Nelson
"Beneath A Shattering Sky" by Kayla Jones
My favorite poem was: "Among the Stars" by Rachel Lenore
I also have a short story in this anthology called "Dream Catchers".
June 5, 2022
Alex Silvius consistently pulls together amazing collections. This companion to The Depths We'll Go To is so beautiful. It's full of breathtaking poetry and stories that take place in the sky...arguably one of the most beautiful things we see every day. I thoroughly enjoyed this and I look forward to more from Alex Silvius.
August 18, 2022
The Heights We'll Fly To is a big, beautiful book (at 400+ pages!). It is well worth the time as every story and poem are masterfully crafted from a broad range of authors. There are also many different ways to read: you can just read poetry, you can just read fiction, you can read all of the fiction AND THEN all of the poetry. It is an endlessly fun experience with a powerful prompt based on the sky. My favorite poets were those I previously read such as Erelah Emerson (shout out to "Nephology"), but I also discovered more writing by Miriam Wade, Brittany Eden and Adella Quick (shout out to "Blue Horizon") and fell in love with that too.
December 9, 2023
This anthology is special to me because it contains my first words in print! (Two poems: To Touch the Sky and Where Sea Meets Sky.) Some of the stories were gold. "Home by 5:36" by Hannah Carter was my absolute favorite. Other stories & poems I didn't care for...but I am a picky reader :) I'm grateful for Alex Silvius' work in putting this collection together!
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