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Excerpt
I identify with water.
It takes the shape of whatever it is in. Deceptive, it is much shallower or deeper than it appears: creamy and clean, yielding and completely dangerous. When it is very still, it will show you your reflection; disturb it slightly, and your face is proven to be nothing but light, bending across its moving surfaces.
Bio
Caren Gussoff, the author of a couple of books published by Serpent's Tail, has an MFA in writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and graduated from Clarion West in '08 as a Carl Brandon/Octavia E. Butler scholar. She co-edits Brain Harvest: An Almanac of Bad Ass Speculative Fiction.
Publications
I have work forthcoming in Abyss & Apex, Cabinet des Fées, M-BRANE SF, and Birkensnake.
Writing Description
I write science fantasy, using technology and biology that doesn't exist, but could. My specific interest is in turning tropes sideways, in the small, everyday, mundane victories and failures of the individual; just as we, today, are baristas, bus drivers, and elementary school teachers, our offspring won’t all become starship officers, highly trained cyborg assassins, or the sexy CEOs of shadowy, world-dominating corporations.
Goals
My goal is to complete drafts of six new short stories: one for every week the current workshop completes one, then an additional story in honor of the everlasting sixth week.
I'm making a minimum fundraising goal of $100, with pleas on my blog, on Brain Harvest, and to folks in the street. I hope it goes waaaaaaaay up from there.
Website
Brain Harvest: an Almanac of Bad Ass Speculative Fiction
My homepage: www.spitkitten.com
