When Laurel Windswift enters an apprenticeship under her uncle, the great wizard Lord Redmantyl, she sees only the delights that her magic can bring. But her desire for more knowledge brings her too soon into the dark secrets that all magicians of power share, and forces her to take up a wizard's duties of night vigils against monstrous and inhuman forces before she is ready. When Laurel returns to her home city to investigate a small magical anomaly for her uncle, this maiden of light meets a child of darkness, and must undertake a task too terrible to perform. On an alternate earth filled with wonder and danger, the wizard's niece must make a decision that will affect the rest of her life. As she struggles with the unbearable obligations of a magician, she also faces the ostracism of the merchant families who cast her out as a child, her aunt's matchmaking efforts, and finding an unexpected love.

Maiden in Light

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Ramage, Kathryn L.

Fantasy

Wapshott Press, The

Its 1984 and Hackenbushs broken heart is on the mend as she assists the very roguish, but devastatingly charming theater director, Monte Vista, in his last and greatest production. Mabel Hackenbush, better known as the singer, dancer, ukulele player extraordinaire, and front woman for Dr. Hackenbush and her Orchestra, has taken a chance on love and lost. After an epic binge, she cant sing, wont dance, and can only get through the day by focusing on her temp secretary job. Add in all this, the band has a big show coming up that Hackenbush might not be able to do in her current state of mind. Could this be the end of Dr. Hackenbush and her Orchestra? Into this dire situation saunters Monte Vista, theater maven supreme, who says he wants Hackenbush to help him write his memoirs. But for what he really wants... well, Hackenbush will have to call in reinforcements for that. And even then the outcome isnt a sure thing.

Dr. Hackenbush Gains Perspective: AIDS and Class Warfare

Literature & Fiction

Mayerson, Ginger

Contemporary

Three Days Standard Bereavement, by Michelle Brooks; Heorrot, by Kathryn L. Ramage; Ashes, by Megan Feldman; Of the Night, by Theresa Hinkle; All the Lonely People, by Fred Skolnik. Storylandia, The Wapshott Journal of Fiction, Issue 4, Autumn 2011, ISSN 1947-5349, ISBN 978-0-9825813-5-3, is published at intervals by the Wapshott Press. Storylandia is always seeking quality original short fiction. Please have a look at our submission guidelines at www.Storylandia.WapshottPress.com. Cover: "White Poppy Seeds" by Molly Kiely, www.mollykiely.com. More information at www.Storylandia.WapshottPress.org The Wapshott Press is now a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Storylandia, Issue 5: The glass wall stretched for miles, a perfect plane. A man, covered in dirt from his journey, stood stricken, staring into its surface. “Negative Man,” by Theresa Hinkle Mr. BubbleHead considered distance and velocity and time to be subsets of Fate and all of it could victimize the pedestrian, either perfect in their A.D.D. spaces or luckless as grapefruits. “The Bubblehead Chronicles,” by Kyle Hemmings Carole Linnaeker stood in line at the bank for six minutes, then watched the next free teller beckon the person standing behind her to his window. Carole feebly raised a hand. "Um...I was next." The teller’s forehead creased under his gelled hair. "I’m sorry, I didn’t see you there." “See you there,” by Paullette Gaudet Upon wakening, it is quite customary for the dream to leave one befuddled; some confusion whilst realities adjust accordingly, and find their respective corners. “Usher,” by Jon Michael Emory Brodie Stevens lived a life composed around two central themes, drinking and writing. These were the only things he did well but presently he found himself between lines and inspiration. “Snake Oil,” by William Akin

Storylandia Issue 4: The Wapshott Journal of Fiction

Brooks, Michelle

Press, Wapshott

Feldman, Megan

Hinkle, Theresa

Skolnik, Fred

Short Stories & Anthologies

Storylandia, The Wapshott Journal of Fiction, is proud to present these stories in Issue 5, Winter 2012: "Negative Man" by Theresa Hinkle, "The Bubblehead Chronicles" by Kyle Hemmings, "See you There" by Paullette Gaudet, "Usher" by Jon-Micheal Emory, and "Snake Oil" by William Akin. More information at www.Storylandia.WapshottPress.com The Wapshott Press is now a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Storylandia Issue 5 The glass wall stretched for miles, a perfect plane. A man, covered in dirt from his journey, stood stricken, staring into its surface. “Negative Man,” by Theresa Hinkle Mr. BubbleHead considered distance and velocity and time to be subsets of Fate and all of it could victimize the pedestrian, either perfect in their A.D.D. spaces or luckless as grapefruits. “The Bubblehead Chronicles,” by Kyle Hemmings Carole Linnaeker stood in line at the bank for six minutes, then watched the next free teller beckon the person standing behind her to his window. Carole feebly raised a hand. "Um...I was next." The teller’s forehead creased under his gelled hair. "I’m sorry, I didn’t see you there." “See you there,” by Paullette Gaudet Upon wakening, it is quite customary for the dream to leave one befuddled; some confusion whilst realities adjust accordingly, and find their respective corners. “Usher,” by Jon Michael Emory Brodie Stevens lived a life composed around two central themes, drinking and writing. These were the only things he did well but presently he found himself between lines and inspiration. “Snake Oil,” by William Akin

Storylandia Issue 5: The Wapshott Journal of Fiction

Hemmings, Kyle

Gaudet, Paullette

Emory, Jon-Micheal

Akin, William

Welcome to Storylandia, issue 7 of the Wapshott Journal of Fiction.  In these pages a sin eater faces an unspeakable horror, a brilliant scientist is studied as she studies the universe, a murder weapon speaks, and the Red Planet has a noir side.  It is with the greatest pleasure the Wapshott Press presents new fiction by Julie Travis, Rohan Roberts, David Neilsen, and Irene Turner all wrapped up in a stunning cover image by Seth Anderson.  More information at www.Storylandia.WapshottPress.com

Storylandia Issue 7: The Wapshott Journal of Fiction

Neilsen, David

Travis, Julie

Roberts, Rohan

Turner, Irene

Storylandia Issue 8: Dr. Hackenbush Gets Some Culture

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

She is called Rose, and she works in a House of Pretty Ladies. This is not me, I am not here, she tells herself when she is with clients. But the night after the city falls victim to a conquering empire, she encounters a young prince whose sadness makes it impossible for her to keep her own griefs forgotten. Spring comes, and Rose becomes more restless. The conquerors start home but the prince lingers, and she wonders if he will ask her to go back with him. She does not know if she loves him, or if that even matters. For the first time in the years since she fled to Madame’s House, Rose considers what she wants and whether it might be possible to hope again. It would mean becoming open as a child: it would mean believing that there could be comfort and solace, relief and love. A novella and anti-fairy tale with a medieval setting, Rose explores themes of love and loss, healing and the fragility of hope. www.Storylandia.WapshottPress.com

Storylandia Issue 9: Rose

Lartigue, Rebecca

Literary

Make your own culture war! Stuck in the city of Dead End, where ambitions go to wither, Rodney Bauman has resigned himself to a life of covering school board budgets and antique store openings. However, led by his own aspirations and the occasional religious vision, Rodney has found the key to realizing his dreams: covering a culture war that he secretly launches himself. At first Rodney finds both notoriety and a Stoic boyfriend, but when his cause accidentally attracts a genuine cultural terrorist named Joy, Rodney succeeds far more than he ever expected... More information at www.WapshottPress.com

Storylandia Issue 14: Dead End

Denton, Chad

Humor & Satire

Pasadena is a pioneer in tree protection and community arts. This book blends the two forces together and shares the community stories about the significant oaks of Pasadena. Learn about the oaks still growing in the middle of the street where citizens have protected them from execution. Like John Muir who first came to Pasadena, learn about the Engelmann Oak or Pasadena Oak as it is often called. The artwork of Jennifer Bentson is full of the splendor of the limbs and settings of the oaks. She like no other artist is very involved in the oak paintings and collaborated with many groups to bring this book to you.

Pasadena Oaks

Arts & Photography

Bentson, Jennifer

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

As a child in Arkansas in the 1950s, Gray Alsobrook watched his father drive away and abandon his family. So when Gray Alsobrook came home from the Vietnam War as a young man and started his own family with his wife, Doreen, he determined to put down tightly-holding roots in the first town where he got a decent job, even if it was a town with a racially troubled past like Meadowview, Alabama. Almost two decades later, their youngest child, Joe, enters the home-stretch of his senior year of high school. When the town erupts into protest and anger after the school board fires the town's first African-American schools superintendent and Joe is right in the middle of it all, Gray's dedication to putting down roots and building a stable life is put to the test. Storylandia 26 -- Marchers' Season www.Storylandia.WapshottPress.org

Storylandia 26: Marchers' Season

Bartlett, Tad

Genre Fiction

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