Erin Wilcox
Excerpt:
I never knew your father, but when you arrived in Westhaven, I could have sworn my brother had risen from the Afterworld. Your loping gait, the ornate quiver of potions at your back, even the way you bent to smell a canyon blossom. It was all so familiar, like the dawning of a day I already lived and mourned.How could you know, how could I tell you of the half I’d lost, of the note folded at my breast I never got to answer, that I answer every day with rites of longing. You were only a man, a young one at that, a traveler come to us from Amis. All magework and barter halted in the square when you crossed the perimeter. Lars looked to my sentry post. I gave the sign of safety.I had no evidence you were not an agent of the Gur, except how you turned with Lars and looked up. I caught a glimpse of your high cheekbones, the slight thrust of your chest beneath your robes. No Gur priest could stand so transparent under my gaze. And so I let you in. A small gesture which could never be undone. It was to be my downfall and my saving grace.
Bio:
Erin Wilcox’s fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction appear in magazines, public radio, and fine art spaces. The assistant nonfiction editor of Drunken Boat and former copyeditor for Alaska Quarterly Review, she maintains a vigorous freelance editorial practice in Tucson, Arizona (wilcoxediting.com). Erin writes about writing for various magazines including Copyediting and Text: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses. She holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Alaska, Anchorage.
Publications:
"Touched," Soundzine (soundzine.net, forthcoming July 1)"Humberto, I Just Saw the News," Stoneboat"Turnagain," Cold Flashes: Literary Snapshots of Alaska (University of Alaska Press)"Victim," Veil: Journal of Darker Musings (Subsynchronous Press)"Custer's Ideological Fantasy," Text: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses
Writing Description:
My creative writing explores literary aspects of the speculative and speculative aspects of the literary. My latest project is a high fantasy novel.
Writing Goals:
My goals for the Write-a-thon include writing 30,000 words of my fantasy novel, building the world for that novel, and launching my author website.
Fundraising Goals:
I would like to raise $2,000.
