Last June, Crack the Spine Literary Journal published a short story of mine in their 117th weekly issue. This journal’s innovative publishing model features a weekly selection of fiction and poetry online, from which the editors select their content for a quarterly print anthology. Toward the end of 2014, I received word that my piece would be included in the CTS print anthology. And not only that, but it was one of three pieces the editors had nominated for a 2014 Pushcart Prize! I’m pleased to share that the print anthology containing “Half a World Away” (formerly titled “Commando”) is now available for purchase. This piece about a young woman’s relationship to her body, her mother, and her art has had a long journey. Not a single word remains from the original draft I turned out to my fiction workshop. Thanks to the many friends, mentors, and colleagues who helped this story reach its finished form.
Uncanny Vale
Home to the Literary Creations
of Erin Wilcox
Her hands were delicate, long like a piano player’s, calloused from hours spent knitting and tending the animals, warm and coarse. When they touched me I knew I had a home.