Ada Milenkovic Brown
Excerpt:
Bone-Finger was still trying to rise up from underground. Removing the bayonet from his rifle, he ripped at the roots which pinioned him. Grigor and a Bulgarian recruit, Yotov, grabbed him under the arms and dragged him away. Bone-Finger’s upper body went along, but the rest of him remained stuck in the ground. Bullets shot away Yotov’s arm and Bone-finger’s head, which shouted a cloud of Hungarian profanities once it stopped rolling.Grigor scooped up the head.“Keep running,” shouted Bone-Finger.Grigor complied. “What about your body?”“You mean Mueller? Who cares about him? They can stick me on someone else’s shoulders.”from "The Immortal Grenadiers and the Hawaiian Guitar"
Bio:
Ada Milenkovic Brown is a semiprofessional lyric-coloratura soprano who used to teach microbiology to medical students and remains torn between art and science. A 2005 Clarion West Writers Workshop graduate, her work has appeared in Intergalactic Medicine Show, PodCastle, and Crossed Genres. She has also been short-listed multiple times for the Speculative Literature Foundation Older Writers Grant. Visit her at accordingto_ada.livejournal.com.
Publications:
"Nadirah Sends Her Love," Crossed Genres"Abaddon, Dark Angel of the Abyss," Fear and Trembling"Kafka Respun," Transcriptase"Wisteria," InterGalactic Medicine Show and Podcastle"Flower Power," Written Word"Letter to Sophia," Talking Back: Epistolary Fantasies (Aqueduct Press)
Writing Description:
I tend to mix social, religious, and scientific themes, which, as I learned while visiting his museum in west Florida, was what Salvador Dali was up to. Although my clocks aren't melted, they're probably doing something equally weird.
Writing Goals:
To revise a story or chapter a week.
Website:
accordingto_ada.livejournal.com
