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About Rhonda Parrish
Like a magpie, Rhonda Parrish is constantly distracted by shiny things. She’s the editor of many anthologies and author of plenty of books, stories and poems. She lives with her husband and cats in Edmonton, Alberta, and she can often be found there playing Dungeons and Dragons, bingeing crime dramas or cheering on the Oilers.
Her website, updated regularly, is at http://www.rhondaparrish.com and her Patreon, updated even more regularly, is at https://www.patreon.com/RhondaParrish.
"Rhonda Parrish is a shapeshifter with talents to match her every incarnation- magpie tenacity for picking the shiniest submissions, nightingale notes for crafting tales, and bright, feline eyes for seeking out her photographic subjects. She balances on the knife-edge of darkness and light, a sorceress of both realms." - Sara Cleto
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Blog postI’m pleased to be able to share the cover and Table of Contents for my latest anthology — Pirating Pups: Salty Sea-Dogs and Barking Buccaneers.
X Marks More Than One Spot
Enter a world of Barking Buccaneers, where piratical dogs sail the seas, seeking one tail-chasi
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Blog postFor this weekend only, electronic copies of Water have been discounted to just under a dollar!
…because something, something Third Thursdays.
*sheepish look*
So here’s what happened. As you may know, at the beginning of the year I decided to discount one book on the third Thursday of any month I didn’t have a book release in. The idea was that it would let people get my backlist for cheap and would reduce the amount of marketing and promotion I’d need to do because I’d3 months ago Read more -
Blog postMy poem, “Poltergeist” was included in the most recent issue of Star*Line annnnnd even better it was chosen as one of the editor’s picks.
That’s the first time one of my poems has ever been Editor’s Choice at Star*Line, which is super cool. But what’s even cooler is that the Editor’s Choice poems are free to read on their website. So…
You can pick up the entire issue here –> https://www.sfpoetry.com/sl/issues/starline45.2.html Or just read my poem, “Poltergeist”, for free her3 months ago Read more -
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Blog postEvery time I sell a poem or a story it’s nice, but some of those publications are more special than others. The one I get to announce today is one of those ‘special’ ones because it’s something I have wanted for a long time.
I wanted to look and see how long, but I don’t have a paid Duotrope account so I couldn’t access those records. But it’s been long enough that the record of my first submission to them was stored on my Duotrope account. So… that’s something…
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Blog postA couple years ago I started a Patreon and invited my patrons to help me pick which projects I ought to work on and even earmarked a % of the money from the Patreon to the project they chose. The first thing they picked was a novel I wanted to write — that will be coming out in May. The second thing they chose was a magical horse anthology similar to one I did in 2017 called Equus.
The resulting anthology,
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Blog postMarketing and promotion is tough at the best of times, right? Not only trying to find a way to be heard but to let people know about what I’m doing, what books and stories and poems I have coming out without starting to sound more like a commercial than a person. And to further complicate things, I am quite prolific so it’s not like I can talk about one book exclusively for a lo
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Blog postEach January I like to take some time to set goals for myself for the coming year. It’s something that has, historically, really helped me stay focused on things and get stuff done. Plus, the process of sitting down to think through what goals I’d like to set always teaches me something about my priorities and how they have shifted (or not) since the last time I did this. And then, at the end of the year, it also provides a bit of a checklist for me to look back on and be like, “Huh, it was k5 months ago Read more
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Blog postAs we were moving closer to the release of Trenchcoats, Towers and Trolls I spoke to some of the contributors about their stories and what inspired them. I put together a blog post showcasing their answers to those questions here.
For this blog post I’m asking the same questions of an individual contributor, Nicola Kapron.
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Blog postTrenchcoats, Towers and Trolls, which came out just this week, includes Ana Sun’s story, “The Rabbit in the Moon”. To help celebrate that release, Ana is here at my blog to talk a wee bit about what inspired it. This post contains some of her inspirations, a bit about hope and also a secret.
Enjoy!
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Blog postToday is release day for my latest anthology, but it’s something more than that as well because Trenchcoats, Towers and Trolls is also the final book in the Punked Up Fairy Tales series.
Every release day is a tornado of different emotions — pride, anxiety, relief, joy — but when you add in the feelings that accompany the end of a series… it’s a whole big Jackson Pollock painting of emotion. Mostly positive
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Titles By Rhonda Parrish
Secrets have the power to protect or destroy. Forgotten lore, mysterious weapons, and magical libraries can be dangerous in the wrong hands. Covert missions, secret societies, and lost memories can provide salvation. Prepare for adventure and unlock the many secrets in MAGIC & MYSTERY!
Delve into these exciting worlds with USA Today and International best-selling authors Megg Jensen, Lilith Saintcrow, Krista D. Ball, Skyla Dawn Cameron, Jane Glatt, and Rhonda Parrish.
This collection of 6 novels includes:
• DAUGHTER OF DRAGON ASH (Artifacts of Indarra Book 1) – by Megg Jensen
• SOLOMON’S SEAL (Livi Talbot Book 1) – by Skyla Dawn Cameron
• A MAGICAL INHERITANCE (Ladies Occult Society Book 1) – by Krista D. Ball
• ONE IN THE HAND – by Rhonda Parrish
• PIRATES & PRIVATEERS (The Intelligencers Book 1) – by Jane Glatt
• DESIRES, KNOWN – by Lilith Saintcrow
Here’s the complete table of contents:
Seedpaper • Rhonda Parrish
a recipe • Lynette Mejía
Princess: A Life • Jane Yolen
Milkweed • Cedar Sanderson
The Silver Comb • Mari Ness
Never Told • Jane Yolen
The Giant’s Tree • Yukimi Ogawa
Unmasking • Sandi Leibowitz
Nisei • Beth Cato
Hospitals are supposed to be places of healing, places of birth, and places of hope. But with all of the varying highs and lows that are experienced in these buildings, is it any wonder when echoes linger indefinitely? How about asylums, which house some of society’s worst offenders and troubled inmates, or sanatoriums, places where the mentally and physically ill find themselves trapped, even after death?
Journey inside the history of these macabre settings and learn about the horrors from the past that live on in these frighteningly eerie tales from Canada, the United States, and around the world.
Retellings of Hansel and Gretel, The Princess and the Pea, Pinocchio, The Twelve Dancing Princesses and more are all showcased alongside some original fairy tale-like stories. Featuring stories by Melissa Bobe, Adam Brekenridge, Beth Cato, MLD Curelas, Joseph Halden, Reese Hogan, Diana Hurlburt, Christina Johnson, Alethea Kontis, Lex T. Lindsay, Wendy Nikel, Brian Trent, Laura VanArendonk Baugh and Sarah Van Goethem.
In Corvidae birds are born of blood and pain, trickster ravens live up to their names, magpies take human form, blue jays battle evil forces, and choughs become prisoners of war. These stories will take you to the Great War, research facilities, frozen mountaintops, steam-powered worlds, remote forest homes, and deep into fairy tales. One thing is for certain, after reading this anthology, you’ll never look the same way at the corvid outside your window.
Featuring works by Jane Yolen, Mike Allen, C.S.E. Cooney, M.L.D. Curelas, Tim Deal, Megan Engelhardt, Megan Fennell, Adria Laycraft, Kat Otis, Michael S. Pack, Sara Puls, Michael M. Rader, Mark Rapacz, Angela Slatter, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, and Leslie Van Zwol.
Featuring Kelley Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, Courtney Bates-Hardy, Greg Bechtel, Jocko Benoit, Jeremy Butler, Siobhan Carroll, Peter Chiykowski, Eric Choi, Suzanne Church, David Clink, A.M. Dellamonica, Cory Doctorow, Puneet Dutt, Amal El-Mohtar, Gemma Files, Zsuzsi Gartner, Neile Graham, Lisa L. Hannett, Shivaun Hoad, Ada Hoffman, Nalo Hopkinson, Louisa Howerow, Matthew Hughes, Matthew Johnson, Catherine MacLeod, Helen Marshall, Matt Moore, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, David Nickle, Rhonda Parrish, Tony Pi, Ranylt Richildis, Holly Schofield, Trevor Shikaze, Kate Story, Jean-Louis Trudel, Peter Watts, A.C. Wise, and Rio Youers.
Plunge into worlds of piratical cats: some selfish, some mischievous, all fond of hitting the catnip stash. From ships on the deep blue sea, to ships flying through the depths of space, and even visiting from beyond the veil, these cats are determined and on a mission.
Featuring thirteen "tails" of adventure-loving cats, puns, and fun by: Megan Fennell; S.G. Wong; Rebecca Brae; Grace Bridges; Lizz Donnelly; Blake Liddell; Frances Pauli; JB Riley; Joseph Halden; Leslie Van Zwol; Krista D. Ball; Chadwick Ginther; Rose Strickman; and Beth Cato.
It’s Mrs. Claus’ turn to shine and she is stepping out of Santa’s shadow and into the spotlight in these fourteen spectacular stories that make her the star! Featuring original short stories by Laura VanArendonk Baugh, C.B. Calsing, DJ Tyrer, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Kristen Lee, Randi Perrin, Michael Leonberger, Andrew Wilson, Ross Van Dusen, MLD Curelas, Maren Matthias, Anne Luebke, Jeff Kuykendall, and Hayley Stone.
In stories as varied as the trials humanity can endure, this anthology brings together an alphabet of possible world endings. One story for each letter, and twenty-six stories later we have encountered the apocalypse in a myriad of imaginative ways that horrify, alarm, inspire, and spark a wild desire to embrace life. Here there is war, evacuation, insane symphony, drowning, dissolution. Here there is rage, despair, inspiration, and even hope.
Including all-new stories from Pete Aldin, Beth Cato, Marge Simon, Suzanne van Rooyen, Sara Cleto, Gary B. Phillips, BD Wilson, Ennis Drake, C.S. MacCath, Alexis A. Hunter, Damien Angelica Walters, Brittany Warman and more, A is for Apocalypse will fire your imagination as surely as it sparks a keen desire to embrace life.
Discover the transforming power of Water and the creatures that thrive on it in these twenty-four stories and poems, including: a selkie seeking divorce in Reno; a kitchen witch trying to save her small town; and a professional acquisitionist hired to steal a mermaid from a sideshow exhibit.
Featuring: Catherine MacLeod; Kevin Cockle; Greta Starling; Elise Forier Edie; Kate Shannon; Sara Rauch; Katie Marie; Rebecca Brae; Colleen Anderson; L. T. Waterson; Chadwick Ginther; Julia Heller; Marshall J. Moore; Joel McKay; Elizabeth R. McClellan; Eric M. Borsage; Laura VanArendonk Baugh; Josh Reynolds; Liam Hogan; Mari Ness; Davide Mana; Sarah Van Goethem; Valerie Hunter; and Kelly Sandoval.
Two young women defy the devil with the power of friendship. The pilot of a talking plane discovers a woman who transforms into a swan every night and is pulled into a much more personal conflict than the war he’s already fighting. A pair of twins with special powers find themselves in Eva Braun’s custody and wrapped up in a nefarious plan. A team of female special agents must destroy a secret weapon–the spindle–before it can be deployed. Retellings of The Little Mermaid, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Monkey King, Swan Lake, Pinocchio and more are all showcased alongside some original fairy tale-like stories.
Featuring stories by Zannier Alejandra, Alicia K. Anderson, Jack Bates, Patrick Bollivar, Sara Cleto, Amanda C. Davis, Jennifer R. Donohue, Juliet Harper, Blake Jessop, A.A. Medina, Lizz Donnelly, Nellie Neves, Wendy Nikel, Brian Trent, Alena Van Arendonk, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, Sarah Van Goethem, and Robert E. Vardeman.
Air is essential for life. Air is so important that breathing is instinctual. Yet Air is unstable and capricious, blowing gently as a summer breeze in one moment and blasting with the fury of a tornado in the next. No wonder that tricksters, fairies, and spirits belong to Air just as much as winged creatures. Elusive and ethereal, Air’s denizens are difficult to find and harder to capture.
Brave the ever-changing world of Air with these twenty-one stories and poems, featuring: Rose Strickman; Davian Aw; Mark Bruce; Alexandra Seidel; Damascus Mincemeyer; Cherry Potts; Ellen Huang; Giselle Leeb; Bronwynn Erskine; Kevin Cockle; Elizabeth R. McClellan; Chadwick Ginther; Christa Hogan; Rowena McGowan; Laura VanArendonk Baugh; Alyson Faye; Mara Malins; Sara C. Walker; Elise Forier Edie; Oliver Smith; and Sarah Van Goethem.
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