Allison Wyss (But the abyss... It's still in my heart.)

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I don’t think I’ve been lost. she/her And a book(!): SPLENDID ANATOMIES (Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, 2022) https://www.allisonwyss.com

THE REBEL TURKEY IS HERE Image: Ok, so you know how they made those rebel loon images, with their wings lifting, in a circle with the Minnesota star? Well, this one has a turkey--because our neighborhood is full of turkeys and they help keep us safe. Next to this turkey image are five different t-shirt designs showcasing the turkey image and the words "We Keep Us Safe." The children's size says "My Community Keeps Me Safe." Show off your MPLS pride while supporting efforts to keep our neighbors in the neighborhood. PRE-SALE CLOSES MAY 9 T-shirts for Kids and Adults | Stickers | Magnets | Buttons ORDER TODAY Visit givebutter.com/rebelturkey-presale Amex, Discover, Mastercard, Visa; U.S. Bank; Cash App, PayPal, & Venmo accepted 100% of proceeds from your order go to mutual aid support in South Minneapolis via the Standish-Ericsson Neighborhood Fund
Angel (S2.E8 The Shroud of Rahmon) It's a dark shadowy shot (the best I could find with my super minimal effort) of Kate holding up a wooden crucifix with the bottom whittled so it's also a stake.
Silly little ghost cookie (white frosted with tiny m&m eyes, made from a scrap) propped up against a gingerbread house that will look much better after it’s decorated—though it’s structurally sound and has candy-pane windows.
A marginally related gif that depicts Hei Hei, the rooster from Moana, pecking at a raft and Maui looking perplexed and a bit alarmed.
Meme of guy ignoring "vaccines they give 46yos" to check out "vaccines they give 75yos."
Saddest little water glass of dying flowers you ever saw. Pink and yellow and dropping petals and downturned faces.
Beneath the Surface–Exploring Subtext with Allison Wyss July 17 - August 21 | Thursdays | Fiction | 6 weeks | Online Charles Baxter's The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot examines those elements that propel readers beyond the plot into the realm of what haunts the imagination: the implied, the half-visible, and the unspoken. We'll pair each of Baxter's chapters with short stories or novel excerpts to make the ideas more tangible. Each week will also include concrete writing exercises and prompts to put the ideas to use. Writers who enroll in this class should already feel comfortable with more basic concepts like plot, character development, setting, dialogue, etc. But students should also expect to get practice with those elements as they enhance their understanding of this more advanced aspect of fiction.
Where to Find Me at AWP. Panel! More than Just Conversation: On Literary Interviews & Why They Matter. Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two, Room 404AB, Thursday, March 27th, 10:35 - 11:50am. Offsite Reading! Veliz Books, co.im.press, Eulalia Books, Carrion Bloom Books. Audio Graph Beer Co., 1203 S Olive St, Los Angeles, Thursday, March 27th, 6 - 8pm. Creepily Lurking! Conference Bookfair, Just behind you, Various days and times, hard to predict.
More than Just Conversation: On Literary Interviews & Why They Matter. Montserrat Andrée Carty, Ahsan Butt, Daniel Garcia, Bareerah Ghani, Allison Wyss. Thursday, Mar 27, 2025, 10:35 AM - 11:50 AM PDT. Room 404AB, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center.
Zoom in on ID photo of younger Allison, hair in ponytail, ratty sweatshirt, but with a halfway intense expression on her face.
Gingerbread house, mid roof repair.
Official badass author photo of Allison Wyss (white woman with glasses and curly hair, who doesn't actually look very badass at all) in a small circle over the words: "The Networker: Flash Summer"
Three pink socks of the same shade and similar decoration. The two with identical decoration (white pandas and gray butterflies) are different sizes. The two that are the same size have slightly different decorations (white/gray panda/butterflies vs. white/gray stars).
Lit!Commons Virtual Writing Community LOFT.ORG/LITCOMMONS Image of green tree branch over water.
Tiny cut with bandaid on palm of a hand.
One roll of SMARTIES candy.
In both form and content, the fairy tale is an affront to "workshop craft." We can find subversive elements in the old stories we read, and we can subvert oppressive tropes in the new tales we write. So let's learn a different sort of craft. We won't cast spells... Or will we? (Hint: All words are magic.) https://bit.ly/3KNJSyJ
After going back and forth for months, we finally directly asked the company if they could afford to pay us the fair, livable wages we are asking for. They said: "It's not that we can't; it's that we won't." They openly admitted that it's not an issue of cost, but an issue of greed. The company would rather not give the profits of the business back to us, even though they can't earn those profits without us. HPB Union Logo. (HPB stands for Half Price Books)
Cartoon-creepy images of haunted houses and ghosts. Fiction, September 19 - October 24, Ghost Stories: Writing What Haunts Us, with Allison Wyss, online, Loft.org/classes, The Loft
FICTION SEPTEMBER 18 OCTOBER 23 INTRODUCTION TO FICTION Allison Wyss online Loft.org/classes classes LOFT