Stone Telling: Silence to Speech (Issue 1)

[mer_moon]

I don't think I've mentioned this yet, but Stone Telling: The Magazine of Boundary-crossing Poetry is really very good. Rose Lemberg is its editor, and she is really very good too, and not just as a poet herself. Stone Telling's first issue -- appropriately themed, Silence to Speech -- begins as I hope it means to continue: with a distinctive

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Akrites and Amazons

[helivoy]

If you want to read a tale set in Byzantine Anatolia that both honors and transcends its framework, I really recommend this:

On Marble Threshing Floors
http://www.cabinetdesfees.com/2011/on-marble-threshing-floors-by-christine-lucas/

Re: Akrites and Amazons

[mer_moon]

Oh, lovely recommendation.

Re: Akrites and Amazons

[helivoy]

Yes, it's beautifully done. Tears come to my eyes when I read it.

Erzebet was kind enough to link to my Akrites essay when discussing Christine's story in her editorial... and to make this a perfect triple, that issue also carries one of my stories!

Re: Akrites and Amazons

[silverwerecat]

Aw, thank you both! I just stumbled upon this post, and that's the second time Athena made my day today. :)