Kyle Kirrin’s story “The Soul Farmer’s Daughters” was published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 8 February 2019. I really love time attack runs in video games (though I’m not particularly good at them), so I wanted to write a story where a character would be living—and reliving—a singular loop of events for an extended period of their life. Originally, my plan was for the character to get better and better at the loop as time went …
Thirteen souls flit about in mason jars on the mantle above my workbench. They’re bright—luminescent, even—but they’re not potent enough for the Duke. I glance at the ghostly light flickering within Vella’s abdomen, then pull another stool up next to mine. “Come, sit. I’ve got a surprise for you.” She joins me. “But isn’t—” “He’s still a little ways out. We’ve got time.” Seventeen minutes to be exact, I think, but never say. “Close your …
Q: What was your favorite children’s book?
A: Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card. I’ve always been (and still am) a sucker for an underdog sports story, and Ender’s Game pulled it off beautifully.
Kyle Kirrin’s story “The Soul Farmer’s Daughters”
in Metaphorosis Friday, 8 February 2019.
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Kyle Kirrin lives at 9,000 feet above sea level in Creede, Colorado, where he tends to the needs of two Irish Wolfhounds and writes speculative fiction.
Kyle Kirrin’s story “The Soul Farmer’s Daughters”
in Metaphorosis Friday, 8 February 2019.
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