With stunning, colorful artwork as well as audio and video clips, this visual feast brings the stories to life in a new and creative way.
It features:
- author readings by Alyssa Bolshtyansky, Lara Shah, and Séimí Mac Aindreasa, an Irish language radio presenter,
- an author interview with Paul Skennerton,
- video of the Tadpole Press Celebration of Words,
- and the top 42 entries from the November 2024 Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest.
The pieces cover a range of topics:
from love songs to subverted tropes,
from acceptance to "the magical mundane,"
from the ancient to the ties we call home,
and from the changing seasons—of the year and of our lives.
Dive in to explore "the divine tapestry of the universe" and more incredible writing by talented authors from around the world.
Alex Herz for “Happy Shape” and "There's a kind"
Alysa Wakin for "Crossroads"
Alyssa Bolshtyansky for "In a house"
Ashanti Files for "It doesn't have"
Ashley Badesch for "Extratemporal"
Autumn Cerise for "Sundowning"
Dara Hine for "A Hundred Million"
Eleanor Sharpe for "I was only"
Elizabeth Timmerman for "Descendants of Stars"
Emily Rinkema for "Bird Dog"
Frances Wise for "You're lost, finally"
Ian R. Villmore for "Reignition"
Jasmine for "Predestination"
Jesse Powell for "Fill-In Film"
JJ McCleary for "Sands of Time"
Joe Blair "I no longer"
Jonathan Frank for "While I may"
Jordan VanDerLinde for "All My Love"
Juliette Zhu for "the last supper"
Kiera for "My First Driving"
L. Alecks for "Her"
Lara Shah for "the beauty in"
Laura R Wagner for "HELP"
Madison Cilluffo for "When I'm gone"
Mandy Iverson for "With Her Here"
Mari G. Erlin for "Goodbye, Summer"
Mary Lynn Cloghesy for "When I walk"
Mitchell DeFauw for "Reflection"
Nicole Diem Anh Ngo for "Your name is"
Paul Skennerton for "Blue Train"
Phoenix Chapital for "You wrote a"
Sarahjoy Ndoria for "Crab Apple"
Seah Kim for "Tiny King's March"
Séimí Mac Aindreasa for "UNIVERSAL DEITY"
Shawn Reagan for "Dancing Bear"
Sunnye Collins for "angry again"
Tanishqa Kolekar for "Reunion"
Tiffany Harris for "Royal Swim" and "Steal the Moon"
Yasaman Jalali-Kushki for "Your name escaped"
Zachary Christopher Kanen for "Beyond the Sea"
Edited by Amber Byers
90 pages
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