Stop the World: Snapshots from a Pandemic

Lise McClendon (Editor) Taffy Cannon (Editor)

& 1 more

Description

HOW WILL YOU REMEMBER THE PANDEMIC?

These 40 writers from around the world set out to record their experiences, emotions, fears, and gratitude for living through 2020. Stuck at home, watching the news in horror, helping others: these writers' imaginations never stopped (although their productivity sometimes took a hit.)

Crime stories, creative fiction, elegant and angry poetry, wrenching personal essays-- these "snapshots" record the pandemic year in insightful ways that help us understand the sacrifices we've all made. For the record, here are 40 inspiring, heartfelt, creative takes on this odd and terrifying time in the world, from writers in the US, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and Romania.

STOP THE WORLD Contributors:

Lise McClendon - editor

Taffy Cannon - co-editor

Kate Flora - co-editor

Gary Phillips - co-editor

George Arion

Meredith Blevins

Jacqui Brown

Robin Burcell

Richard Cass

Tim Cahill

Sarah M. Chen

John Clark

Matt Coyle

Z.J. Czupor

J. Madison Davis

Eoghan Egan

Dan Fesperman

Tami Haaland

Naomi Hirahara

Wendy Hornsby

Jody Jaffe

Paul Jeffcutt

Allen Morris Jones

Tatjana Kruse

Craig Lancaster

Adriana Licio

Donna Moore

Mike Monson

Sharan Newman

Jim Nisbet

John Rember

Travis Richardson

Merrilee Robson

Caitlin Rother

Wendy Salinger

John Shepphird

Keith Snyder

Gerald So

Marian Stanley

Piet Tiegeler

Product Details

Price

$12.99

Publisher

Thalia Press

Publish Date

August 04, 2020

Pages

194

Dimensions

6.0 X 9.0 X 0.41 inches | 0.59 pounds

Language

English

Type

Paperback

EAN/UPC

9780578717753

BISAC Categories:

Healthy Living

Anthologies (multiple authors)

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About the Author

Lise McClendon writes fiction from her home in Montana. She is the author of many novels, short stories, and articles. In 1997 she wrote and directed the short film, The Hoodoo Artist, featured at the Telluride Indiefest. She has served on the national boards of directors for Mystery Writers of America and International Association of Crime Writers/North America. She is on the faculty of the Jackson Hole Writers Conference and co-presents a novel workshop for writers. "After thirty years writing fiction has become as necessary as breathing. Finding the essential story in the novel, chipping away the rock until the solid core is revealed, is an adventure and a joy."

Taffy Cannon is the author of fourteen books, including SibCare: The Trip You Never Planned to Take, which details all aspects of caring for a sibling. She lives in California.

Kate Flora: Flora's fascination with people's criminal tendencies began in the Maine attorney general's office. Deadbeat dads, people who hurt their kids, and employers' discrimination aroused her curiosity about human behavior. The author of twenty-six books spanning many genres including crime fiction, true crime, memoir, romantic suspense, and nonfiction, and many short stories, Flora's been a finalist for the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, and Derringer awards. She won the Public Safety Writers Association award for nonfiction and twice won the Maine Literary Award for crime fiction. Flora has taught writing for the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Brown University Continuing Education, The Cambridge Center for Adult Education, the Cape Cod Writer's Conference, and for Grub Street in Boston. She's a former international president of Sisters in Crime, and a founder of the New England Crime Bake and the Maine Crime Wave conferences. She blogs with the Maine Crime Writers. http: //mainecrimewriters.com Flora is president of the New England Chapter of Sisters in Crime.She divides her time between Massachusetts and Maine, where she gardens and cooks and watches the clouds when she's not imagining her character's dark deeds. www.kateclarkflora.com

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