She couldn’t be the Red Witch. Rizla was one of the most important players in the Dark One’s world. She had more power than a queen.
Author: joanspilman
Former teacher, writer of Appalachian Literature, short stories, and fantasy. Current publication, "This Will Never Stop" see Kirkus Reviews, Vol. LXXXXVII, NO. 22 Nov. 15, 2019. Also featured on booktrib, and Booklife. Has published a YA entitled "Sansablatt Head", and books for children under the general title of "The Waddling Dead". Received MFA from Wichita State University where she received the fellowship. Published in Southern Humanities Review, Short Story International, Carriage House Review,Willow Springs, Laurel Review and other literary magazines. Winner of George Garrett Prize for Best Prose, W.WashingtonU. Winner of Microkosmos Fiction Award, WSU. Winner of John Maier Award at Marshall University.
Paintings by Allan
“Old Betsy” by Allan Harbour
Flight, Chapter Sixty Seven
The shadows woke, gathering around her like snakes.
Paintings by Allan
Rise to our American Pride, painting by Allan Harbour
Paintings by Allan
Paintings by Allan
Flight, Chapter Sixty Six
Dementia often occurred in the final stages of Lud Sellum poisoning and Elymas wondered if this was happening to him.
Flight, Sixty Five
He’d drank too much and too quickly. Had he really seen a woman sporting a boar’s head enter the door?
Flight, Chapter Sixty Four
Elymas had sent the poison in a silver chalice on a silver tray.
Flight, Chapter Sixty Three
Lud Sellum was not a tonic, but a plant. Rare and precious.
Flight, Chapter Sixty Two
The donkey hadn’t responded to the whip, so it had been a slow journey.
