A Season of Grieving . . .
by Amantine B
This has been a dramatic and in many cases, a deeply traumatising year, with much lost in all manner of ways, not only by physical loss of loved ones to Covid19. Fictionaut has been a place of grace for me personally and I am ever appreciative of the tribe I find among you splendid and brave folk.
It's lovely and reassuring to learn that some miss my writing here and let me know it: This time however I am writing to invite anyone of you here, who might be interested in contributing, to send me poems short fictions, prose poems or experimental forays into the themes of being and loss, for a new Rare Swan Press collection; A SEASON OF GRIEVING.
After so much of personal, social, and not least, political upheaval, it feels now is the right time to offer you a space in which you might explore aspects of the past year, and perhaps to look forward too, in all our deep discomforts, of the violence we've seen, the speaking up and speaking out in spite of the uncertainties and those rare moments of joy and connection, when wildlife ventured into human terrain and other more personal moments which have had so many of us revisiting our assumptions, if not beliefs abut how life might be lived meaningfully.
The first of these contributors has been Mark Fiddes, honouring his close friend who died from Covid 19 ...
https://literati-magazine.com/jay-bird/
It would be a deeply personal honour to host your work too.
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And maybe a time of healing, too. Great to see you here again, Amantine, and know you have our gratitude for your generous offer to us 'Nauters!
I'll see what I can pull together. Yes, grieving, and like Mathew said, also healing.
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Hi Amantine, I've sent you one of my short stories "A Short Pause to Remember her Eyes" under the heading "Loss". That was some weeks ago. I believe it has been approved.
Thank you for the offer!
Sent you some new poems.
Love for you to use them!
Thank you Mathew. I look forward to reading Foster, thank you. Erika, appreciate your infinite patience and Agnes, received thank you; you'll hear from me shortly. And thank you to everyone supporting this.
Yes, it is about healing through celebrating lives and relationships, values and ideas we cherish and are will to fight for too. X A