<h4>Tim J. Myers is a writer, songwriter, storyteller, and senior lecturer at Santa Clara University. His children’s books--11 out and four on the way--have won recognition from the New York Times, NPR, and the Smithsonian. He’s published over 120 poems, won a first prize in a poetry contest judged by John Updike, has two books of adult poetry out, and won a major prize in science fiction. He won the West Coast Songwriters Saratoga Chapter Song of the Year and the 2012 SCBWI Magazine Merit Award for Fiction. He can also whistle and hum at the same time. </h4>

Tim J. Myers

A Death-Defying Love: Versions of the Orpheus Myth

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

East o’ the sun and West o’ the Moon

Visions of the Beast

East

<h4>Leslie Stephens is a senior at Wellesley College majoring in Psychology and English. She is an avid foodie with the intention of pursuing a career in food publishing.</h4>

Leslie Stephens

<h4>Genevieve Valentine’s first novel, <i>Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti</i> , won the 2012 Crawford Award. <i>The Girls at the Kingfisher Club</i>, a 1920s retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, is forthcoming from Atria in 2014. Her short fiction has appeared in <i>Clarkesworld, Journal of Mythic Arts, Lightspeed</i>, the anthologies <i>Federations, Teeth,</i> and more. Her nonfiction has appeared at NPR.org, <i>The A.V. Club</i>, <i>Strange Horizons</i>, and <i>io9</i>, and more. Her appetite for bad movies is insatiable, a tragedy she tracks at <a href="http://genevievevalentine.com/">genevievevalentine.com</a>.</h4>

Genevieve Valentine

<h4>Shana Mlawski is the author of<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><em>Hammer of Witches</em>, a YA historical-fantasy from Tu Books. She is also a pop culture critic at OverthinkingIt.com.</h4>

Shana Mlawski

Fairy Tale Series: On Norway's “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”

Tim J. Myers is a writer, songwriter, storyteller, and senior lecturer at Santa Clara University. His children’s books--11 out and four on the way--have won recognition from the New York Times, NPR, and the Smithsonian. He’s published over 120 poems, won a first prize in a poetry contest judged by John Updike, has two books of adult poetry out, and won a major prize in science fiction. He won the West Coast Songwriters Saratoga Chapter Song of the Year and the 2012 SCBWI Magazine Merit Award for Fiction. He can also whistle and hum at the same time. 

Tim J. Myers

Articles

A Death-Defying Love: Versions of the Orpheus Myth

Visions of the Beast

Fairy Tale Series: On Norway's “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”