Kelly Sandoval’s story “The Otherside of Memory” was published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 9 April 2021. I grew up on portal fantasies. I loved The Labyrinth, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Peter Pan. I wanted more than anything to disappear through a wardrobe, or a painting, and find myself somewhere else. Somewhere special. But even as a kid, there were elements of the stories that bothered me. Especially Narnia. The characters live out their lives …
Lord Rivenwend of the North Star and Lady Siverstay of the Sun’s Dawning
Q: Are you an outline or discovery writer?
A: I’m mostly a discovery writer. I sit down with an idea and try to follow it. Lately though, I’ve been trying to teach myself to outline.
Kelly Sandoval’s story “The Otherside of Memory”
in Metaphorosis Friday, 9 April 2021.
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Kelly lives in Seattle, where the weather is always happy to make staying in and writing seem like a good idea. She shares her home with her chaos tornado toddler, exhausted husband, and increasingly irate cat. Her interactive fiction is available from Choice of Games, where her current title is “Runt of the Litter”.
www.kellysandovalfiction.com, @kellymsandoval
Kelly Sandoval’s story “The Otherside of Memory”
in Metaphorosis Friday, 9 April 2021.
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Cover art by Philip McCulloch-Downs.
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Black flowers carpeted the floor that morning, cloaking the bedroom in funeral colors. Their petals, large as my hand and soft as suede, belonged to no plant I could name. The salt and midnight smell of them soured the cottage air. I would have liked to make tea before dealing with the evidence of Inae’s magics but, fearing some subtle poison contained in those leaves, I started the day with sweeping. The petals were thickest …
