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Carly Racklin’s story “The Guardian of Werifest Park” was published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 27 September 2019. “The Guardian of Werifest Park” might be my oldest and most revised story. A long time ago I had a dream in which a girl beckoned a giant shadowy creature out from a line of trees, fearsome to others but to her, a friend. I’ve always been fond of the idea of “forest spirits” or magical creatures that …

The Guardian of Werifest Park – Carly Racklin

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The train car reeked of cigarettes and rumbled like a storm. Loud enough to drown out the voice of every passenger crammed inside it, but still Inez’s heartbeat rattled between her ears. It had started when she stuffed her backpack with clothes in the dark, and only boomed louder as she’d slipped out past her mother’s wheezy, sleeping form on the couch, thirty-six or so hours earlier. It had followed her through the cracked streets, …

A question for Carly Racklin

Q: Whence you do you draw inspiration for your characters?

A: My characters almost always come from little sparks of inspiration – a song, a line of dialogue that pops into my head as I’m trying to fall asleep, a picture I see while scrolling through Twitter. And of course they all carry little pieces of me in them. I think that’s the spell that usually results in a character: something from me, and some bit of magic I snatch out of the world.

Carly Racklin’s story “The Guardian of Werifest Park”
in Metaphorosis Friday, 27 September 2019.
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About Carly Racklin

Carly Racklin is a storyteller, writing consultant, bird nerd, and lover of all things horror from New Jersey. She writes about monsters with hearts, monsters born from hearts, and every lovely and odd thing in-between. She possesses a B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Arcadia University, and currently serves as an editor for Luna Station Quarterly. Her favorite birds are vultures, which she thinks more people should appreciate.

carlyracklin.com, @willowylungs

Carly Racklin’s story “The Guardian of Werifest Park”
in Metaphorosis Friday, 27 September 2019.
Subscribe now for e-mail updates!