Margaret S. McGraw
I am co-editor, with Misty Massey and Emily Leverett, of two anthologies of short stories about the wildest West that never was: Weird Wild West (eSpec Books, 2015) and Lawless Lands: Tales from the Weird Frontier (Falstaff Books, 2017). My story "Rainmaker" appears in Lawless Lands, and “Stasis” appears in the benefit anthology Chasing the Light (Roaring Writers Press, 2018).
I write and edit speculative fiction; blog about prompt-writing, con reviews, and book reviews at WritersSpark.com; blog about the journey of writing and publishing at TheMillionWords.net; and spend too much time on Facebook.
My imagination draws on my lifelong love of science fiction, fantasy, anthropology, and natural history, as well as my fascination with fiber crafts, photography, and travel. I live in North Carolina with my daughter, an array of dogs, cats, Macs and PCs, and too many unfinished craft projects.
I am co-editor, with Misty Massey and Emily Leverett, of two anthologies of short stories about the wildest West that never was: Weird Wild West (eSpec Books, 2015) and Lawless Lands: Tales from the Weird Frontier (Falstaff Books, 2017). My story "Rainmaker" appears in Lawless Lands, and “Stasis” appears in the benefit anthology Chasing the Light (Roaring Writers Press, 2018).
I write and edit speculative fiction; blog about prompt-writing, con reviews, and book reviews at WritersSpark.com; blog about the journey of writing and publishing at TheMillionWords.net; and spend too much time on Facebook.
My imagination draws on my lifelong love of science fiction, fantasy, anthropology, and natural history, as well as my fascination with fiber crafts, photography, and travel. I live in North Carolina with my daughter, an array of dogs, cats, Macs and PCs, and too many unfinished craft projects.
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Convention Appearances
2019
RavenCon, Williamsburg, VA
Bull City Robotic Rodeo,
Durham, NC
MarsCon, Williamsburg, VA
2018
World Fantasy Con, Baltimore,
MD
Congregate, High Point,
NC
ConCarolinas, Charlotte,
NC
Illogicon, Cary NC
2017
AtomaCon, Charleston, SC
DragonCon, Atlanta, GA
ConCarolinas, Charlotte,
NC
Mysticon, Roanoke, VA
MarsCon, Williamsburg, VA
2016
ConGregate,
High Point, NC
ConCarolinas, Charlotte,
NC
RavenCon, Williamsburg,
VA
AnachroCon, Atlanta, GA
MarsCon, Williamsburg, VA
IllogiCon, Cary, NC
2015
ConGregate,
High Point, NC
ConCarolinas, Charlotte,
NC
Mysticon, Roanoke, VA
MarsCon, Williamsburg, VA
IllogiCon, Cary, NC
2014
ConCarolinas, Charlotte,
NC
MarsCon, Williamsburg, VA
IllogiCon, Cary, NC
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We've all experienced loss. A parent, a friend, a partner, a child. Sometimes it's expected. Can you really ever prepare? Sometimes it comes as a heart-stopping shock.
There's ugliness, pain, rage, suffering, and true evil in the world. Disaster in the news, made by man or nature.
In a time of grieving, I had an epiphany. The answer, as beautifully simple and gloriously complex as life itself, is to Love More. In rare moments of grace, I am filled with Love, larger than myself, shooting out of every fiber, every thought, every breath. Another word for this Love is Peace.
It's okay if you're skeptical. Cynical. I often am, too. You can turn away. The Love is still there. You don't have to acknowledge it. You can say it's too simple, too trivial, too little, too naïve. But perhaps you can let it rest with you for awhile. Maybe life will seem a little easier for a moment. Peace.
It's this Love that I offer you, my heart to your heart, my sorrow to your sorrow, my healing to your healing, my life to your life.
The light of the universe that shines within me recognizes the light of the universe that shines within you. Namaste.
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awesome :-)
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