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Alisa Alering

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Alisa Alering grew up in the Appalachian mountains of Pennsylvania. After attending Clarion West, their short fiction has been published in Fireside, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Podcastle, and Cast of Wonders, among others, and been recognized by the Calvino Prize. A former librarian and science and technology reporter, they teach fiction workshops at the Highlights Foundation. Alisa now lives in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona.
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Alisa Alering Hi Susan, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'm hesitant to definitively state that any image in a story directly represents one thing. I really value heari…moreHi Susan, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'm hesitant to definitively state that any image in a story directly represents one thing. I really value hearing readers' takes, sometimes you all see things that I don't! That said, I tend to think of the weight of Sheila's rope as everything that's holding her back: anxiety and fear, yes, also poverty, lack of satisfying role models, suppressed desire, family obligations, and so on. (less)
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“So the mountain doesn’t notice when those ragged membranes let leak something that has been sealed for a long time, when some shard of natural chaos combusts into being. Doesn’t notice when, on her other side, some volatile, neglected aspect, both new and old, breaks free of its underground bonds and pops out into the daylight world.”
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