An Owomoyela
Excerpt:
The sun had yet to rise. In the dim light a furred body hunched against the ground, jaws working in my husband’s back. Blood had scattered around them, arrayed in a half-halo. Yellow eyes glinted, and I froze in the manner of deer.While I slept this beast had come and ripped out my husband’s throat. So ended my first night in the City of Wolves.
Bio:
An Owomoyela, a linguistics enthusiast and denizen of the American Midwest, writes a little bit of everything, so long as it's speculative. After graduating from the Clarion West Writers Workshop in 2008, An returned to Iowa to begin case-modding consensus reality one work of fiction at a time. Fiction bearing the mark of this elusive author can be spotted in a variety of "heres" and "theres," including Fantasy Magazine, Asimov's Science Fiction, Apex Magazine, and Rich Horton's The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2011.
Publications:
"Abandonware," Fantasy Magazine, June 2010"All That Touches The Air," Lightspeed, April 2011"Frozen Voice," Clarkesworld, forthcoming"God in the Sky," Asimov's, March 2011"Jessamine," Reflection's Edge, June 2010"Of Men And Wolves," Fantasy Magazine, Feb. 2011"Portage," Apex Magazine, Sept. 2010"Year of the Rabbit," ChiZine, 2010
Writing Description:
I put words together to form sentences, sentence fragments, and disconnected bits of imagery. These are pressed into service in the construction of speculative fiction, and then released to range freely over the various sub-genres, lengths, and forms.
Writing Goals:
I'm going to work on a different project every week, and post excerpts and reflections to my blog! It'll be like a grab bag of fun and/or dramatic times.
Fundraising Goals:
I will match the first $100 donated in my name.
Website:
an.owomoyela.net
