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Joan Spilman

Joan Spilman

Literary Women's and Appalachian Fiction and Fantasy Author

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    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.

    Northern Waters by John Holland

    I knew a sea once

    March 8, 2022 by joanspilman

    The Sky is Coming Down by John Holland

    Wear me for a brooch.

    March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 by joanspilman

    Black Bulls by John Holland

    You dare come here unarmed and mindless?

    March 6, 2022 by joanspilman

    Water Signs by John Holland  

    Everything comes to the river at some stage.

    March 5, 2022 by joanspilman

    Going Down? by John Holland

    Floating . . . on the tip of a madman’s tongue.

    March 3, 2022 by joanspilman

    If I Only Could by John Holland

    Time . . . every now and then take out a pinch and breathe it in real slow.

    March 2, 2022March 1, 2022 by joanspilman

    Luna Blue, painting by Allan Harbour

    Done in oils. “Luna Blue” by Allan Harbour.

    March 1, 2022February 28, 2022 by joanspilman

    A long way home by John Holland

    . . . she dances in the lonely desert of a man’s dry heart.

    February 28, 2022March 4, 2022 by joanspilman

    Abuse by John Holland

    She trembles inside the silence of flesh vaults.

    February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 by joanspilman

    Any Town by John Holland

    … tanned legs so beautiful they make your heart ache.

    February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 by joanspilman

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