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This interview was conducted and edited by Ashland Creek Press intern Rachel Harris. Q: What inspired you to write this story? A: I am currently working on Arroyo Circle, a novel about wildfires and floods set in Boulder, Colorado, where I used to live. Shelley, a house manager for a wealthy hoarder, is the novel’s protagonist. Last …
This interview was conducted and edited by Ashland Creek Press intern Rachel Harris. Q: What inspired you to write this story? A: The idea for this story first came from a news article I read a few years ago about Russia’s intention to send primates on space missions to Mars. I knew that many animals, including …
This interview was conducted and edited by Ashland Creek Press intern Rachel Harris. Q: What inspired you to write this story? A: The earliest proto-version of “For the Animals” came out of a creative writing class I took in college in the late 1990s. There was a lot of disappointment, disillusionment, and ambivalence in that first story, …
This interview was conducted and edited by Ashland Creek Press intern Rachel Harris. Q: What inspired you to write this story? Were the crow’s gifts inspired by a true incident? A: I often write about the lives of animals, and I’m especially interested in writing stories in which animals are portrayed as themselves, not as metaphors or …
We are delighted to announce that we are accepting short story submissions for AMONG ANIMALS 3, the third volume of the Among Animals anthology. We’re looking for stories of how the lives of animals and humans intersect, particularly in regards to the conservation and protection of animals. We are not seeking stories about hunting, fishing, …