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V.G. Campen’s story “Spells for Going Forth by Day” was published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 5 March 2021. Some years ago, from the window of a passenger train traveling the eastern US, I watched a jackal trot across a shallow creekbed and disappear into waist-high marsh grass. In reality it was likely a stray dog, or possibly a coyote, as jackals are not native to North America. But the idea of a jackal living alone …

A question for V.G. Campen

Q: How does writing speculative fiction affect your daily life (not as a writer but as a person)?

A: Writing speculative fiction—and reading the works of others—is like calisthenics for the imagination. It opens the mind to the fantastic. What if the weather were sentient? What if whales abandoned the ocean for the skies? On a deeper level, writing speculative fiction has increased my curiosity about, and empathy for, other members of the contrary species known as Homo sapiens.

V.G. Campen’s story “Spells for Going Forth by Day”
in Metaphorosis Friday, 5 March 2021.
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About V.G. Campen

V.G. Campen is an introvert who has learned to act like an extrovert. She lives in North Carolina with one spouse, numerous animals, and an alter-ego who writes horror.

V.G. Campen’s story “Spells for Going Forth by Day”
in Metaphorosis Friday, 5 March 2021.
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